Amy Hosotsuji
  • home
  • SERVICES
    • PAST WORK
  • LIBRARY

LIBRARY

Rape Culture Explained in One Diagram

5/23/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
Rape Culture, sexism and misogyny is all around us, all around the world. The fear of being attacked in the middle of an alley way is not the only form of 'rape'. There is so much more more nuanced behaviours and relationships that people of all genders take part in that alludes to it and make women around the world uncomfortable in varying degrees from discomfort about what a family member or acquaintance tweets to downright life threatening situations. 

Sexual abuse is most often done by familiar people around the victim, be it family members, immediate or extended, co-workers, friends, and people you see often. I've experienced street harassment for literally 2 decades and it has accumulated to a constant fear, watchfulness, complete pent up anger and frustration for all these years. My story isn't uncommon, many girls experience sexual advances long before puberty hits.

This is why the empowerment and spiritual awakening of men and masculinity is so crucial, along with that for women and femininity. This is why parents sticking around for their children are so important, even if you separate from your partner; to teach children what their value is. Self-respecting children won't grow up to do these things to other people, they know what respect is. There are so many other factors that lead to this type of rape culture behaviour such as codependency and lack of self-love, lack of love in families, and so on but it isn't impossible to fix it, to heal, to re-write wrongs. 

Gender-based violence towards the LGBTQ community is also an example of this - it is not a duality, a black and white circumstance. 
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

     

    Welcome to my Library / Blog! I intend to post resources that may help you, opinion pieces I write, and wonderful things I come across that I want to share! 
    ​

    Archives

    September 2017
    July 2017
    May 2017

    Categories

    All
    Activism
    Burnout
    Charity
    Co-dependency
    Environmental Change
    Global Change
    Inclusion
    Personal Development
    Personal Healing
    Psychotherapy
    Relationships
    Resource
    Social Change

    RSS Feed

Find me on these other platforms!
  • home
  • SERVICES
    • PAST WORK
  • LIBRARY