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“When New York City created a special Rape Analysis Squad commanded by police- women, the female police officers found that only 2 percent of all rape complaints were false—about the same false-report rate that is usual for other kinds of felonies. (a a talk given by Judge Lawrence H. Cooke before the Association of the Bar of the City of New York)”

Book:Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape

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Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape

This book delves into the complex nature of rape, analyzing its occurrence, the psychological impact on survivors, and the societal attitudes towards it. It provides an in-depth look at the experiences of both male and female victims, aiming to shed light on the broader context of sexual violence. more

Author

Susan Brownmiller

Susan Brownmiller, an American journalist born on February 15, 1935, is renowned for her profound insights into feminist and gender equality issues, particularly her seminal work 'Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape,' which had a significant impact on the feminist movement. more

“[Rape is framed] as something that a potential victim can prevent if they learn the steps of this peculiar dance that is trying to avoid being possibly assaulted, the immediate response is often one of several questions ranging from “What were you wearing?” to “Why were you there?” to “Had you been drinking?” The answers to those questions can never be relevant — ultimately victims are assaulted because someone chose to attack them. Instead of tips on how not to be a rapist, how to teach people not to rape, or even on creating therapeutic outlets for potential rapists, we find a half dozen tips on preventing a mythical stranger from raping an able-bodied, alert, physically fit person with excellent reflexes and an exceptional amount of luck. These tips never address disability, differences in flight-or-flight (or freeze) adrenaline responses, or even the reality that most assailants are known to their victims.”

Sexual Assault Rape Myths

Book:Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Source: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

“Those who were molested or beaten as children or teenagers might later be vulnerable to sexual abuse or violence, because their natural impulses to protect themselves and protest (physical and verbal) were extinguished. Expectation of hurtful treatment by others or one's own failed capabilities can stubbornly persist despite overwhelming evidence that such is no longer the case.”

Self Help Trauma Vulnerability Survivor Child Abuse Rape Self Defense Sexual Assault Victims Traumatic Experiences Childhood Abuse Complex Ptsd Traumatic Stress Revictimisation Physical Assault

Author:Babette Rothschild

“In this paper I propose the existence of two distinct presentations of DID, a Stable and an Active one. While people with Stable DID struggle with their traumatic past, with triggers that re-evoke that past and with the problems of daily functioning with severe dissociation, people with Active DID are, in addition, also engaged in a life of current, on-going involvement in abusive relationships, and do not respond to treatment in the same way as other DID patients. The paper observes these two proposed DID presentations in the context of other trauma-based disorders, through the lens of their attachment relationship. It proposes that the type, intensity and frequency of relational trauma shape—and can thus predict—the resulting mental disorder. - Through the lens of attachment relationship: Stable DID, Active DID and other trauma-based mental disorders”

Mental Health Attachment Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociation Mental Disorder Traumatized Repeating The Past Revictimisation Active Did Stable Did

Author:Adah Sachs

“Gradually the idea for a book began to take shape. It was to be a wildly ambitious and intolerant work, a kind of 'Anatomy of Restlessness' that would enlarge on Pascal's dictum about the man sitting quietly in a room. The argument, roughly, was as follows: that in becoming human, man had acquired, together with his straight legs and striding walk, a migratory 'drive' or instinct to walk long distances through the seasons; that this 'drive' was inseparable from his central nervous system; and, that, when warped in conditions of settlement, it found outlets in violence, greed, status-seeking or a mania for the new. This would explain why mobile societies such as the gypsies were egalitarian, thing-free and resistant to change; also why, to re-establish the harmony of the First State, all the great teachers - Buddha, Lao-tse, St Francis - had set the perpetual pilgrimage at the heart of their message and told their disciples, literally, to follow The Way.”

Migration Nomadism Human Essence