Алекс
12-13-2007, 05:16 PM
http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=8&compID=95
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_by_sex#Rape_of_females_by_females
Sadly these accounts are typical. For too long this problem has been ignored, neglected and minimised:
I kept it to myself because it was an embarrassing thing: I was bigger than she was....When people hear about rape, they think of a man raping a woman. It's hard to envision one woman raping another.
last summer i was raped by a butch i met from a website. we had been talking online for months…i went to see hym….one thing led to another, and i ended up in the hospital having surgery to repair a 3 inch tear inside my vagina. hy fisted me, with no glove and no lube, the way one would put their hand through a wall.
Carers are generally not trained to discover and deal with this problem, and may not understand that being the victim of female-on-female sexual abuse/attack does not mean that one is homosexual.
Legally, definitions of rape and sexual assault differ from state to state. Some states define rape as an act perpetrated by a man against a woman. Others use an inclusive definition of sexual assault that does not state the sex of the victim or perpetrator and that lists a range of behaviors such as penetration by object, fingers, or penis.
Because of the widespread ignorance and denial surrounding sexual assault of women by women, those of us who are abused by other women may experience a different sort of shock than women who are raped by men. We also may feel that no one will believe us, and therefore be reluctant to seek help.
Women who are sexually assaulted by women experience the same short-term and long-term emotional consequences of the assault as women who are assaulted by men. These may include post-traumatic stress symptoms of fear, trouble sleeping, nightmares, dissociation, anxiety, and sexual problems. Sexual violence may also lead to difficulty trusting others, needing time off from work, inability to concentrate, and a host of other stress-related consequences.
Because society does not widely recognize female-perpetrated sexual assault, women who experience it are less likely to call crisis lines or go to therapists immediately after the assault.
Being sexually assaulted by another woman, whether a partner, acquaintance, or stranger, often causes feelings of betrayal, confusion, isolation, and self-doubt. This form of abuse must be acknowledged so that we can get the support and assistance we deserve and need.
At last serious research is beginning to be done on f-on-f rape/sexual abuse, and the results are coming in. they don't match the common 'Emperor's New Clothes' fallacy that females are just passive, innocent victims in sexual crime:
As in male-male prison rape, a number of authors have noted that women rape other women in prison.
Rape can also be committed by responsible female elders against daughters or female wards, which is parental incest). Bobbie Rosencrans, a survivor of mother-daughter incest and co-author of The Last Secret: Daughters Sexually Abused by Mothers (1997), a study of 93 women and 9 men sexually abused by their mothers claims she was flooded with responses from female subjects when she began her study. Other researchers in the counseling field have noted similar responses from victims though along with persistent attempts to stifle, or to hold back research into mother-daughter incest and sexual abuse.
It is estimated in the United States that 3-10% of all serious sexual offenses are female-female in nature. Researchers in the counseling professions believe that female-on-female sexual offenses are significantly under-reported. There is also evidence to suggest that sexual offenses committed by females against females are actively concealed and/or denied by both the offenders themselves and the wider population.
We need to clear away the sexism, homosexism and prejudice from the social research and caring fields so that we can get this evidence out in the open, be honest about this problem and look into solving it. There are a lot of females out there who need help but are afraid to get forward and/or are not getting the help that they deserve. Especially in the prison system I'm sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_by_sex#Rape_of_females_by_females
Sadly these accounts are typical. For too long this problem has been ignored, neglected and minimised:
I kept it to myself because it was an embarrassing thing: I was bigger than she was....When people hear about rape, they think of a man raping a woman. It's hard to envision one woman raping another.
last summer i was raped by a butch i met from a website. we had been talking online for months…i went to see hym….one thing led to another, and i ended up in the hospital having surgery to repair a 3 inch tear inside my vagina. hy fisted me, with no glove and no lube, the way one would put their hand through a wall.
Carers are generally not trained to discover and deal with this problem, and may not understand that being the victim of female-on-female sexual abuse/attack does not mean that one is homosexual.
Legally, definitions of rape and sexual assault differ from state to state. Some states define rape as an act perpetrated by a man against a woman. Others use an inclusive definition of sexual assault that does not state the sex of the victim or perpetrator and that lists a range of behaviors such as penetration by object, fingers, or penis.
Because of the widespread ignorance and denial surrounding sexual assault of women by women, those of us who are abused by other women may experience a different sort of shock than women who are raped by men. We also may feel that no one will believe us, and therefore be reluctant to seek help.
Women who are sexually assaulted by women experience the same short-term and long-term emotional consequences of the assault as women who are assaulted by men. These may include post-traumatic stress symptoms of fear, trouble sleeping, nightmares, dissociation, anxiety, and sexual problems. Sexual violence may also lead to difficulty trusting others, needing time off from work, inability to concentrate, and a host of other stress-related consequences.
Because society does not widely recognize female-perpetrated sexual assault, women who experience it are less likely to call crisis lines or go to therapists immediately after the assault.
Being sexually assaulted by another woman, whether a partner, acquaintance, or stranger, often causes feelings of betrayal, confusion, isolation, and self-doubt. This form of abuse must be acknowledged so that we can get the support and assistance we deserve and need.
At last serious research is beginning to be done on f-on-f rape/sexual abuse, and the results are coming in. they don't match the common 'Emperor's New Clothes' fallacy that females are just passive, innocent victims in sexual crime:
As in male-male prison rape, a number of authors have noted that women rape other women in prison.
Rape can also be committed by responsible female elders against daughters or female wards, which is parental incest). Bobbie Rosencrans, a survivor of mother-daughter incest and co-author of The Last Secret: Daughters Sexually Abused by Mothers (1997), a study of 93 women and 9 men sexually abused by their mothers claims she was flooded with responses from female subjects when she began her study. Other researchers in the counseling field have noted similar responses from victims though along with persistent attempts to stifle, or to hold back research into mother-daughter incest and sexual abuse.
It is estimated in the United States that 3-10% of all serious sexual offenses are female-female in nature. Researchers in the counseling professions believe that female-on-female sexual offenses are significantly under-reported. There is also evidence to suggest that sexual offenses committed by females against females are actively concealed and/or denied by both the offenders themselves and the wider population.
We need to clear away the sexism, homosexism and prejudice from the social research and caring fields so that we can get this evidence out in the open, be honest about this problem and look into solving it. There are a lot of females out there who need help but are afraid to get forward and/or are not getting the help that they deserve. Especially in the prison system I'm sure.