Nearly half of women in Massachusetts experience some kind of sexual violence?

Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2014-03-09 22:09

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'It’s White Ribbon Day on Beacon Hill. 22News spoke with lawmakers, men and boys throughout Massachusetts about their vow to end violence towards women.

One in seven women in Massachusetts has experienced rape in their lifetime. Now, men from Beacon Hill and around the state pledge to lower that statistic.

“I take the pledge because I said the women in my life deserve better. They deserve to be safe. If I can feel safe, they should be able to feel safe,” said University of Massachusetts Amherst student, Scott Greene.

The issue hits close to home; nearly half of all women in Massachusetts have experienced some type of sexual violence other than rape. The White Ribbon Day Campaign hopes to change that statistic by urging men and boys to take a stand and help end violence towards women.'

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The comments thread on the article has been closed. There was only one comment posted and it reads as follows (I am repeating it here in case it gets taken down):

"There is absolutely no excuse for violence against women. And unfortunately we've seen a rise in domestic violence across the board. Reported domestic violence by women against men has skyrocketed and the incidence of domestic violence in lesbian relationships happens with about the same frequency as in heterosexual relationships. Everyone needs to take the pledge to stop. I am curious of where this report got its statistics, especially the 50% experiencing sexual violence. I've never heard that but if this is legitimate, then it's beyond appalling. I'd like to know the source because we've seen a bit of exaggerated and misleading data in this field before and this is far too serious a problem to be playing politics with. So, Ms. Chan... sources please. The thing that troubles me about this story is the actual activity itself. There seems like there is an underlying assumption that all men have it in them to be batterers. Well, statistically speaking, all lesbians could be as well. We took a group of good men and stood them up in public to do this. Should we ask all lesbians to stand up with the men and take the oath publicly? What do you think the response to that would be?"

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2014-03-10 04:00