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Sexual assault prevention and response policies and programs in the
Armed Forces are the most comprehensive and the most aggressive in
the United States, yet after years of fighting this problem, we are
still in the exact same place. Sexual assault in the military is
still pervasive. It is still hurting military readiness. It is
still causing thousands of service members to suffer. The trends
and numbers are going in the wrong direction. This book examines
the policies and results of sexual assault in the military.
Fresh out of college, hating her job, and searching for meaning,
Meghan Tschanz left everything to join a mission trip around the
globe, and quickly witnessed oppression experienced by women that
she never thought possible. Over the next several years, she
befriended women around the globe who had survived sex trafficking,
female genital mutilation, and violence so extreme Meghan wondered
at the woman's survival. Through listening to their stories, Meghan
started to notice a pattern that pointed to systems of injustice
that held women back-systems that her childhood church had taught
and in which she was complicit. She was changed. Returning to the
United States, Meghan became keenly aware of how the teachings and
messaging surrounding women in her own upbringing were part of the
problem. In the process, she began to find her voice, one that
spoke out against injustice and moved her into tension with her
Christian community. Women Rising is Meghan Tschanz's personal
journey of transformation. But it's also a Christian blueprint for
anyone wanting to confront injustice against women while pointing
to a biblical standard for gender equality. With humility and grit,
Meghan calls Christian women to amplify their voices for
righteousness-and she calls the church to listen.
In the United States, approximately one in five women experiences
rape during college, and LGBTQ students experience sexual violence
at even higher rates. An increasing number of interested parties,
from activists and students to legislators and university
administrators, are re-evaluating the role that universities and
colleges play in the incidence of sexual violence on their
campuses. To this end, the number of U.S. universities under
investigation for mishandling sexual assaults has recently grown to
the highest count to date. Many more universities, guided by
federal laws such as Title IX and the Clery Act, are working to
better prevent and address various forms of assault on their
campuses by implementing new policies, reporting procedures, and
investigative processes. Now that such measures have been
implemented for several years, however, the question arises of
whether these institutional changes are actually combatting the
issue of campus sexual assault or whether they might in practice be
reproducing that violence in other forms. In Beyond the Rapist,
Kate Lockwood Harris considers this question and how the
relationships among organization, communication, and violence
inform how we understand the ways in which universities talk about
and respond to sexual violence. Drawing upon theoretical insights
from feminist new materialism, Harris explores how complex physical
and symbolic components of violence are embedded in organizations
and applies this thinking to the policies and practices of a
university known for its Title IX processes. In doing so, she
suggests that combatting the epidemic of sexual violence on college
campus involves both recognizing that sexual violence is part of
larger systems of injustice and refining our definition of violence
to encompass far more than individual moments of physical injury.
Domestic Violence/Strangulation Assessment will teach readers the
language of evidence-based evaluative methods of care for
strangulation patients. It is designed to standardize anatomic
nomenclature, as it relates to the head and neck, for both new and
experienced sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) and sexual
assault forensic examiners (SAFEs), first responders, medical
residents and physicians, nursing students, and nurse
practitioners, including nurse midwives, women's health nurse
practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, and forensic nurse
practitioners. Ten new strangulation case studies with a clear
history, photographic representation, and confirmation of anatomic
landmarks and injuries, along with discussions about existing
conditions and their influence, identification of injury,
evidence-based collection techniques, and treatment based on
current standards of practice. Chapters will also include best
practice recommendations and other tools to support evaluation and
documentation. Offering this workbook to first responders and
health care providers will help fulfill their need for basic,
peer-reviewed information and will contribute to continuing
competence in care for strangulation patients.
Rethinking Rufus is the first book-length study of sexual violence
against enslaved men. Scholars have extensively documented the
widespread sexual exploitation and abuse suffered by enslaved
women, with comparatively little attention paid to the stories of
men. However, a careful reading of extant sources reveals that
sexual assault of enslaved men also occurred systematically and in
a wide variety of forms, including physical assault, sexual
coercion, and other intimate violations. To tell the story of men
such as Rufus?who was coerced into a sexual union with an enslaved
woman, Rose, whose resistance of this union is widely
celebrated?historian Thomas A. Foster interrogates a range of
sources on slavery: early American newspapers, court records,
enslavers' journals, abolitionist literature, the testimony of
formerly enslaved people collected in autobiographies and in
interviews, and various forms of artistic representation. Foster's
sustained examination of how black men were sexually violated by
both white men and white women makes an important contribution to
our understanding of masculinity, sexuality, the lived experience
of enslaved men, and the general power dynamics fostered by the
institution of slavery. Rethinking Rufus illuminates how the
conditions of slavery gave rise to a variety of forms of sexual
assault and exploitation that affected all members of the
community.
This accessibly written book illuminates the good news of healing
and liberation the Bible offers survivors of sexual abuse. As an
expert in pastoral ministry and a survivor of abuse herself, Elaine
Heath handles this sensitive topic with compassion and grace. The
book is illustrated with stories and insights from survivors, and
each chapter ends with reflection questions and recommended
activities. Previously published as We Were the Least of These,
this repackaged edition includes a new contextualized introduction
that explores how the book speaks into a vital cultural
conversation (#MeToo).
In the landmark Lavallee decision of 1990, the Supreme Court of
Canada ruled that evidence of "battered woman syndrome" was
admissible in establishing self-defence for women accused of
killing their abusive partners. This book looks at the trials of
eleven battered women, ten of whom killed their partners, in the
fifteen years since Lavallee. Drawing extensively on trial
transcripts and a rich expanse of interdisciplinary sources, the
author looks at the evidence produced at trial and at how
self-defence was argued. By illuminating these cases, this book
uncovers the practical and legal dilemmas faced by battered women
on trial for murder.
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