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Indonesian man collapses during flogging for child rape
Tags: Rape, News

A man grimaces as he is flogged in Aceh, Indonesia, after being found guilty of raping a child

An Indonesian man collapsed as he was flogged nearly 150 times Thursday for raping a child in conservative Aceh province, where public whipping is a common punishment for violating Islamic law.The 19-year-old grimaced and cried out as a masked sharia officer lashed his back with a rattan stick in the town of Idi.

He pleaded for the punishment to stop and was briefly treated by doctors before the flogging restarted.The man was arrested earlier this year on charges he molested and raped the victim, whose age was not revealed.He was sentenced to 146 lashes, a particularly high number reserved for the most serious crimes.

Related: Indonesia child marriages on the rise Scroll back up to restore default view.”The maximum sentence is meant to be a deterrent,” Ivan Nanjjar Alavi, an official from the East Aceh prosecutor’s office, told reporters. Aceh, on the western tip of Sumatra, is the only region in Muslim-majority Indonesia to impose Islamic law under an autonomy deal with the central government that ended a long-running separatist insurgency.

Also on Thursday, a 40-year-old and a 21-year-old man were whipped 100 times each for having sex with underage partners.Aceh’s public whippings — widely criticised by rights groups — can attract hundreds of spectators, but crowds have dwindled in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

The province allows whipping for a range of charges — including gambling, adultery, drinking alcohol, and having gay or pre-marital sex.It has wide support among Aceh’s mostly Muslim population

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Five days later, Trump Jr. announced he was cleared to be with his family for Thanksgiving: “I got the medical OK I’m all done with the Rona,” he wrote on Instagram.

An Instagram video showed Trump Jr. with his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle in front of a turkey dinner Wednesday evening: “So I got cleared, happy to be healthy, and we get to spend Thanksgiving the way it’s meant to be,” he said.

The two bought enough food for “six or seven people,” Trump Jr. said, and were eating it on Wednesday “as a little extra celebration.”

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Unconforming 16 / Aversion to the word rape, rather than the act — the power of language (Part II) in enabling sexual harassment
By: Mansi Gupta
Tags: Rape, Design For Women, Sexual Harassment, Newsletter, Language

Dear Friends,

Recent Indian news tells the (heartbreaking) story of a Dalit girl who was gang-raped and beaten, leading to her death. In her video statement, which she recorded in her last few minutes, she repeatedly accuses her rapists of zabardasti — the Urdu word for “force” or “coercion,” instead of accusing them of rape.

In her book Girls & Sex, author Peggy Orenstein speaks of “a 2014 study in America, in which nearly a third of college men agreed they would rape a woman if they could get away with it — though that percentage dropped to 13.6% when the word rape (as opposed to “force a woman to have sexual intercourse”) was actually used in the question.” A third — can you believe it?!

The use of the word rape also has a strange flip side. Orenstein calls it “How misogyny becomes hilarious.” When called out on their aggressive language towards sex & women, men use humour as a defence mechanism. Providing an example of this, she speaks of a party video in which a boy, laughing at an unconscious girl, jokes “she is so raped.” When someone off-camera suggests that rape isn’t funny, he retorts “it isn’t funny — it’s hilarious!”

On the one hand we (mostly men) might dismiss rape as funny & hilarious. And on the other, we seem to have more aversion to the word rape rather than the act. With numbers as high as 81% of women having experienced some form of sexual harassment, I can’t help but wonder: are we, in some form, enabling sexually abusive behaviour by calling it funny, or using euphemisms to avoid the words that actually say the truth? And, how might using the right terminology change the way sexual harassment exists today? Hit reply to share your thoughts, I would love to hear from you!

This issue is part II of a short series exploring the power of language in designing for women. Read part I here.

Until next time,

Mansi
It’s 16 days again…
By: Diya Banerjee
Tags: Rape, Gender Equality, Violence Against Women

Everyone is sloganeering during these 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. Social media is bursting with messages of action, agitation and collective reflection. But, what is it really that drives us, the women, year after year to shout in ALL CAPS that enough is enough! Why must we rage against a society that normalizes policing women, their bodies, their choices, and their dreams?

When the infamous Delhi rape case, Jyoti Singh a.k.a Nirbhaya, hit headlines world over — swathes of people came out on the streets protesting, recounting with fury the barbarity of the incident — a young student of physiotherapy raped brutally by her attackers so that she learns a lesson on modesty. World over — Indian women were pitied, Indian men, demonized. In the aftermath of the Nirbhaya incident, a Netflix India show named “Delhi crime” set the network’s ratings soaring. Today, the show has won its first international Emmy award.

Sunday, December 30, members of various organizations in Bengaluru demanding justice for the 23-year-old student, Jyoti Singh, who died on 29 December 2012. (Photo — Jim Ankan)

Nirbhaya (meaning fearless in Hindi) became an overnight urban legend. She was titled as India’s daughter, glamourized to be this braveheart who testified against her rapists, fought till her last breath till her frail and hollowed-out body gave away. But, what legends normally do is that they offer an imaginary relief to something incomprehensible. This is where the mass gaslighting of women and the crimes they face starts. We are always someone’s daughter, sister, mother, wife, girlfriend, subordinate...never our own selves. And, the nation is this crony patriarch — bestowed with the overarching responsibility of its daughters — telling them in a paternalistic tone of toeing the line.

These 16 days are about cancelling this culture of gaslighting women. It is about complex women with complex emotions and festering wounds — demanding to be heard. Not just garlanded as the brave, and the benevolent, like Nirbhaya, who kept fighting till her breath became a breeze.

We don’t want your piety or pity. We want equal rights.
I Was Raped. Is my future still bright?
By: Temitope Taiwo
Tags: Rape, Nigeria, Sexual Assault, Girl, Metoo

Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash

I am still a girl because I just clocked 8 last month; Mother said I will be called an adult when I am 18 years. I want to be an adult quickly because I will be strong. I have been trying too hard to forget last week's episode. My class teacher told my mum yesterday that I may be traumatized. But Mother did not tell her what happened. She did not even tell anyone. She said I should tell no one also, although my uncle still lives with us. I so much hate him, but I hate myself more. I still have nightmares and I still feel pains, even though our family doctor gave me some medications that day. There was so much blood and I was afraid I will die. My teacher tells us in class, our future is bright, but I am unsure if my future is still bright. I feel like the world is against me, I was RAPED.

The story above is the story of millions of girls in Nigeria. Rape is dehumanizing and has to stop; young girls deserve to live without being raped, harassed, or molested. It is long overdue that our lawmakers and enforcers take rape issues seriously. More serious punishment should be meted out to rape offenders to serve as a deterrent to other unrepentant perverts.

What could possibly be anyone’s reason to rape a girl, their vulnerability? They after all cannot fight back against their rapist; the only people who can are their parents and the law. Let these two take their responsibilities seriously.
PM Imran Khan Approves ‘Chemical Castration’ of Rapists: Well Done Captain
Tags: Hang Rapists, Rape, Lahorified, Pm Pakistan, Pm Imran Khan

Rape cases are like clockwork on the international and national spectrum. But the prime minister of Pakistan pressed the buzzer against rape cases, adultery, assault, and child abuse by approving the iron-fisted punishment against the rapist. PM Imran Khan Approves ‘Chemical Castration’ of Rapists: Well Done Captain.

In the wake of controlling increasing rape incidents, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved, in principle, a law on chemical castration of rapists.

PM Imran Khan Approves ‘Chemical Castration’ of Rapists

The law ministry presented a bare bone of the anti-rape ordinance. Which proposes a killing-pace trial in rape cases, effective involvement of women in matters about gender-based violence, maintaining a database of serial rapists, and witness protection. That would be a monumental law for the biggest but unsafe strata of the population of Pakistan.

During the meeting, the premier intoned about the tectonic law!

“No delay would be tolerated in legislation regarding this serious matter. The government is ready to prepare a castration law for rapists.”

PM gave voice about the legislation

“The legislation would be clear and transparent with strict enforcement. The rape survivors would be able to register complaints without fear, adding that the government would protect their identity. We need to ensure a safe environment for our citizens.”

“Some federal ministers also recommended public hanging for the rape convicts. However, the law would be a start. The federal cabinet has, in principle, approved strict severe punishment for rape convicts.”

Govt to implement the law soon

Taking to Twitter, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Faisal Javed Khan said the law would soon be presented before the Parliament.

“Strict punishments against inhumane beasts abusing children and women, special policing, fast track cases, protection of witnesses and victims, a data bank of rapists, quick and expeditious investigations and other points have been drafted. Will soon be implemented after approval by Parliament.”

بچوں اور خواتین سے زیادتی کرنے والے وحشی درندوں کے خلاف سخت سے سخت سزاؤں، اسپیشل پولیسنگ, فاسٹ ٹریک مقدمات، گواہوں اور وکٹمز کو تحفظ, ریپسٹ کا ڈیٹا بینک, فوری اور تیز رفتار تفتیش اور دیگر نکاط پر مبنی مسودہ تیار کر لیا گیا ہے — جلد پارلیمنٹ سے منظور کروا کے لاگو ہو جائے گا — https://t.co/5LurzKVeEd - Faisal Javed Khan (@FaisalJavedKhan) November 24, 2020

This February, the legislators introduced legislation for the public hanging of those convicted of sexual abuse and the murder of children. However, back then, the law failed to pass.

We hold in high regard the government’s rock-ribbed stance against one of the nefarious crimes against women and children in Pakistan.

Well Done Captain!
INHUMANITY IN ITS CORE: RAPE :: END THE STIGMA
By: Shruti Bl
Tags: Victims, Rape, Awareness, Justice

INHUMANITY IN ITS CORE: RAPE :: END THE STIGMA

Pen is mightier than a sword, the power of words, can make or break something. Right now there are a lot of issues happening around that needs attention, and one of the most horrific act is Women Assaultation.Every day I open my news feed, there are several incidents in this regard, each more inhuman and gruesome than the other. India sees 88 rape cases a day, 4 lakhs reports in 2019, increasing at an alarming rate now.

If the horrible incident of Nirbhaya in Delhi wasn't enough, Hathra in Uttar Pradesh recently created uproar like none other. The sad truth is, this isn't the end, just a start of the cruelty that a human can go to. I was researching on this, wondering what makes someone do something like this, especially now, since the victims are not only women, but children, animals and elderly, I still don't how someone has the heart to do this hideous crime.

Many blame the women, narrow mindedness, remarks on the attire, leading to provocation, which is absurd, cause how can that be the reason when the victims now are children or animals,so does that mean you need to start dressing up female animals, just a thought to show the stupidity of the reasons someone justifies their action.

Mostly, I think, there is no proper sex education given, it is considered as a taboo, but understanding the basis and the natural course, creates a right mindset and open mindedness that is required. One more thing I noticed is the fact that, the guilty are not convicted quickly, with the cases going in court years, which gives them a safety haven, resulting in more crimes, what they should actually get is a death penalty or life imprisonment, cause they took the innocence of a human, even if not murdered, a life of mental trauma, creating a huge imprint, especially if it happens to a child or young adult. More stringent measures should take place for the security of women, where protection access should be at the tip of the finger.

Like they say, it's not the women mindset that should be tuned but the mens',should be set straight from a young age. It's not the dress or the age or the gender here, but understanding the basis of humanity, forcing something, controlling someone just for a moment's pleasure is heinous, and, especially if it is from people you know or in the neighborhood, is more scary. If someone does not do anything about this, eventually everyday will be a living hell to all women, and one might wonder what is the point of writing on this, well to that I say, everything starts with a single step, and words can have a great impact, creating awareness and like they say "Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed".
The Day My Spirit Died
By: Chiamaka Dike
Tags: Rape, Suffering, Poverty, Fiction Writing, Witchcraft

The day my spirit died was like every normal day. I woke up in the morning and joined my family for morning devotion. Papa had already left for work at the construction site, so it was my mum, my two younger sisters and I that attended devotion. We sang worship songs, took our Bible reading from the book of Job and prayed for God’s intervention on the day’s path. Funny how seriously I took the prayers that day. Funnier how God “intervened".

After the prayers, I carried my bread pan and margarine sachets and headed for the bakery. I hawk, or rather, used to hawk 'agege' bread for a living. Definitely was not the best of jobs, but combined with Papa’s work at the construction site and Mama’s work as a cleaner in a well established bank, it paid the bills.

When I got to the bakery, there was a long queue. I just knew that Mama taking morning prayers would make me late. I later got in, quite late I must add, and collected the bread. Now the bad luck begins.

As I got out of the bakery, a heavy downpour of rain began. I couldn’t find shelter fast enough and I soon became drenched, my clothes fast becoming revealing. I ran and ran, but it just seemed as though I was in an open field.

At lal0st, I saw what seemed to be like a 'keke maruwa' or tricycle. I was grateful to the driver and told him my destination. He continued to drive, and then I noticed that he was taking an unusual route from what I am used to. He kicked the accelerator and kept on driving. I shouted and pleaded for him to stop, but nobody was on the streets due to the downpour.

After what seemed like an eternity, we got to a large white building. I was tied up and gagged. Five giant, able bodied men came out and carried me into the building. They took me into a room, filled with calabashes, knives, horse whips and native charms.

Then an elderly man came, and together with the five men, took the whips and the knives and whipped and stabbed me continuously. To the point of losing my conscientiousness.

When I finally came back, I was by the roadside, naked and alone. I could tell that it was night time because the skies were already dark. People surrounded and stared at me as though I was some masquerade in the village square. None of them helped me. They must have probably felt that I was an “aje" or witch.

Even to this day, I don’t know how I did it, but I managed to find a nearby clinic. They took me in and treated my wounds, but later informed me that I was severely raped and may not be able to ever give birth.
Nation Wrapped in Glitters
By: Storyteller S Lore
Tags: Rape, India, Women, Discrimination, Inequality

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

Nation wrapped in Glitters

The tiding on digitizing India and Make in India amused my eyes when I saw the newspaper. Citizens, commentators, critics were all defining the status of development in free India where the right to live and right to religious practices are equal to all irrespective of gender, class and caste.

All the thoughts and golden words vanished to the air. The side corner of the newspaper contained rape news. A young 6-year old was raped, killed, lungs were taken out for performing black magic. When the authorities failed to explain the rising criminal activities and atrocities against women, some pronounced the age-old excerpt “such atrocities are there in every part of the world”.

My blood boiled when I read the news. Some made illogical comments and passed the buck to the ex-government. When the government continuously remarks about development. I am a little bit confused. Does the rising infrastructure indicate development? Does western clothes, changing hairstyles and foreign tongue hint development? Maybe to record the prospect in the development index these aspects are enough. But in the real sense, we have not changed much.

The uncouth ill human mentalities are wrapped inside the glittering clothes to represent a nation and to build an identity. When the showers on government and society as a whole got over, I turned to myself and my ignorance. Ignorance is bliss till it doesn’t affect your progress. Most of us may have heard people in our locality, family, and friend circle passing sexist and misogynist comments. And we have ignored it many times.

Many times we have experienced the stigma and discrimination based on gender wrapped inside the golden letters of love, care and concern. We ignored it. Many times we were asked to leave our passion, dreams and ambition for the esteemed motherhood and notion of sacrifice. “Sacrifice is love”, some said, either we tried to conceptualize it, or we ignored. Any sort of reaction is a taboo.

Progress and change should start from the grass-root level.

● If a citizen can’t respect another irrespective of caste, class, and gender, the nation lacks progress.

● If a citizen demands sacrifice and compromises from another under the tag of love, gender, religion and responsibility, then the nation lacks sense.

● If the government can’t reduce the crime rate and fails to understand the real problem, then the nation is in anarchy.

This is the time to rethink where we stand. This is the time to reframe the strategies to understand where we lack in the race to achieve so-called development.

Aiswarya Madhu

Freelance Writer

aiswaryakombilath@gmail.com
RAPED
By: Em Hoccane
Tags: Rape, Poem, Storytelling, News, Child Abuse

RAPED

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She asked, "why they did this to me,

even after infinite cries of No's?"

But her screams never meant a thing to them,

they only saw, what lied under her clothes.

There is no part of her body,

that they didn't touch,

and still the society wonders,

"Why she hates men very much?"

She lived a life only she knew of,

and everyone talked about love and hope,

But she found a way to make it all easy,

so she hung herself with a rope.

Background

It is about a rape incident in Pakistan. The incident took place in Sindh’s Kashmore, where a gang of rapists called in a mother and her five-year-old daughter from Karachi to Kashmore for fake job placement.

Upon her arrival, the mother and daughter were gang-raped for days after being shifted to another location, where they were gang-raped again for days.

As per reports, the mother and daughter were asked to call in another girl for them to misuse and assault, in order for them to be released.

The culprits kept the daughter while the mother was sent off to make arrangements for another girl.

However, the mother, after being released by the culprits, reported the matter to a local police station.

It was then that ASI Mohammad Bux Buriro decided to take the risk of sending his own daughter with the mother to be handed over to the culprits, with a plan to nab them on the spot.

The mother, where the culprits were called to hand over her daughter and take Buriro’s daughter as bait, took her to a local park.

The police arrested the culprit named Rafiq Malak, immediately after he handed over the five-year-old daughter and was taking Buriro’s daughter with him.

Source
https://adleklinks.com/rape-mishandled-chita-jali-kiski/
Tags: Rape, Rape Culture, Rape Victims, Hathras, Nirbhaya

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THE CICATRIX The cicatrix tells it all, a story A tale of pain and agony Hid behind my veil The…
By: Bartholomew Masirichi
Tags: Rape, Humanity, Salvation, Cicatrices, Poetry

THE CICATRIX

The cicatrix tells it all, a story

A tale of pain and agony

Hid behind my veil

The psychological scars, which

Differ in every way from the physical

Scabs that serrate my back, the welts

Crest upon my chest

I was innocent and untouched when

Suddenly, like a lily plucked out of its

Habitat, this stranger dark and fearful

Yanked me from my roots, the cradle

Of my childhood remembrances

The journey hereto was swift and profound,

Drawing me smartly to the days of my torment

Words can scarcely carry my suffering,

Fear gripped me:

Like cheap commodity, my dignity was

Purchased without worthy tender

And thus was it that the merchants same as bought

Me off for so wretched a price, sealed my fate

Only to send me farther away from the foothole

Of my grip, never again to see the land of my birth

And the breasts that suckled me

Words fail me, words fall short of describing my

Pain, my inner suffering

I was taunted and molested, was made a slave of

My weak fingers could not claw my master’s devices

My voice could not pitch soprano the music of my

Pain- the fable of my bleeding soul

Yet like tidal waves these ocean waves have

Broken on my bank, my feminine dignity ripped

Away from me, taken

I roamed the streets, seeking solace in the strangest

Of places

Men of ill-dignity took turns at me

But to live is to hope, hoping for an end to the

Harrowing nights that threaten our collective will

O! But that we were given a fresher lease to life-

That Heaven brought us Salvation

But man, and not Heaven, can put an end to all this

We are our own salvation

Let us one and all do a work of goodwill

Feed these hungry souls, clothe their naked forms

And above all give them a roof above their heads

Unleash the wrath of justice upon the merchants of evils

And the plunderers of our children’s lives-

Let our pains extend to you

That you may stand the heavy weight of the law against

Child-traffickers and their gory enterprises

It is our cry to make

But yours is the will to act

And certainly, posterity will smile on us

Let us one and all scream it on the rooftops-

That child-trafficking is a heinous crime against humanity!

End child-trafficking today! End it now!
Forevermore
Tags: Hate, Rape, Poetry, Storyofmylife

Your soul was truly soaking in greed

The moment you decided I could fill your need

How could I have known you drugged my drink

When I was so drunk I could hardly think

You dragged me out to the back of my Jeep

Because you wanted no witnesses, you fucking creep

My legs, like a newborn fawns, couldn’t keep me from the concrete

You were annoyed when you shoved me into the backseat

I lied there half-conscious, you told me to strip

When I said I didn’t want to, you struck me like a whip

There was nothing I could do to stop your hands from prying

You yelled and hurt me when I couldn’t stop crying

Constantly smashing your mouth against my lips

Grabbing and squeezing at my bare hips

I flashed in and out of consciousness like a strobe light

Making it harder and harder and harder to fight

You shoved yourself inside me, like I needed force-feeding

Completely blind and deaf to my constant pleading

You used my body for your own ecstasy

You filthy, sadistic, hedonistic, raping debauchee

You left me bruised, bleeding, naked, dirty, broken and sore

I hated you then, I hate you now, and I will hate you forevermore.
I was taking a stroll through Makoko yesterday, I always do. It helps me familiarise myself more with the environment and learn new things that I would never have known within the safety of the office
By: Oluwafunmilayo Ayobami Oni
Tags: Rape, Abuse, Rape Culture, Slum, Women

I was taking a stroll through Makoko yesterday, I always do. It helps me familiarise myself more with the environment and learn new things that I would never have known within the safety of the office. Ol’boy, what haven’t I heard!. Oluwafunmilayo Ayobami Oni Nov 20, 2020·2 min read

Three young men were having a conversation about a teenager who walked past them in a uniform. One of them whistled, licked his tongue and used his hands to demonstrate what he would do to her voluptuous breasts. The girl couldn’t have been more than 16 while these men could be pushing their 30s.

One of them laughed and told the whistler to forget about her. “She has a child”, he screamed! young men like them should look for a fresh blood rather than someone who has a child. Ooops! Ooops!!

You see, the whole conversation upsets me. First, men of that age shouldn’t be in a relationship with teenagers, it’s predatory. I can no longer count on my finger tips the number of teenage mothers whom I have met in Makoko. They all share the same story- they were abandoned by the baby daddies and left to cater for their children alone. These baby daddies are not teenagers like them, they are often much older than the girls and they feed on their ignorance and poverty to prey on them.

When these men eventually want to “settle down”, they don’t get married to their baby mamas, they look for other young girls and settle with them. Scores of girls in slums live this reality and it has continue to impede on their ability to thrive, to leave the slum and chase a better future.

We can’t continue to ignore the havoc that these predatory behaviours wreck on young girls and their families. I do my bit in enlightening women, men and girls about child abuse but it’s not enough. In your corner, please join the advocacy.
Time to say Goodbye
By: Sharon M. Slate
Tags: Rape, Healing From Trauma, Survivor, Childhood Trauma

It’s time to move on.

Time to move forward.

Time to say goodbye to all the pieces I’ve lost- pieces that were taken from me.

Goodbye to the three-year-old me’s innocence. You didn’t deserve to be hurt and destroyed. You deserved to be protected. You deserved to be loved and cherished.

Goodbye to my 15-year-old youth. I don’t know what he did to you but I am sorry it happened. I’m sorry you had to deal with it alone. I’m sorry no one noticed. You deserved someone to have seen your pain. You deserve the protection.

Goodbye to the 28-year-old woman who so desperately wanted to be seen and chosen that she settled for the wolves in sheep‘s clothing. You deserved your No’s to be respected. You deserved a partner who loved you, who respected you, someone to take care of you.

Goodbye to the 43-year-old woman who carries unspeakable pain. A woman carrying the pains of lifetimes. A woman whose courage knows no bounds but is tired of fighting, of being on guard. Waiting for the next trauma.

Goodbye to all the me’s that believe this is what we deserved. That we couldn’t ask for more. Goodbye to the weight of disgusting. Goodbye to a body abused and burdened. Goodbye to the terror and the horror we hold in our bones.

Time to say hello

It is time to say hello to new possibilities. It is time to move forward with love and joy.

It is time to live like a woman whose courage knows no bounds.

It is time to seek joy pleasure and connection.

It is time to breathe new life into the container of possibilities.

It is time to be seen and to see myself through the eyes of others until I can see myself.

It is time to pursue life with a thirst and hunger that lives deep inside.

You know more now. You can do hard things. And you can allow goodness in your life.

You are blessed with connections that adore you and you can lean on them. You can turn to them.

You are capable of big things.

You are a force to be reckoned with.

Your heart is the answer. Your heart will protect you.

You are not stuck. Look around and see you survived. You got out.

Breathe into the fear and look around.

I promise it will be OK.

Go on now. It is time to live.
Jacqueline Franklin
By: Jacqueline Franklin
Tags: Rape, Poem, Sexual Assault, Metoo, Poetry

The rape destroyed me

It ripped open every wound I had and created more

It taught me how to hate

And it taught me how to die

But it also

Taught me how to live
‘It’s Just Locker Room Talk’ Tells Women Their Bodies Belong to any Man Bold Enough To Touch Them
By: Agents Of Change
Tags: Rape, Rape Culture, Ethics, Life Lessons, Sexual Assault

This is personal for me. And it is personal for so many women.

I rarely meet a woman who hasn’t dealt with some form of sexual impropriety from men in the past. It’s our society’s dirty little secret and it’s time to start talking. If we are willing to overlook this problem by just chalking it up to men being men, then young girls and women are ill-prepared to deal with such sexual advances.

I know because that young girl was me.

The “boys will be boys” attitude is precisely what kept women like me silent. I finally shared some of my story in this article.

When I was 14, I was at a church event and my Sunday school teacher, a man in his 40’s, came up behind me and slipped his hands under my shirt. He cupped my breasts while pressing his erection into my back (although I was too naïve to know what an erection was then) and whispered in my ear “If you tell your parents, I will shame you in front of the entire church…Remember I’m a deacon and you’re a silly girl.” I believed him and I stayed quiet.

This wasn’t the only experience. A year or so later, there was a boy my age who grabbed my hand and put it in his pants. We weren’t dating, we weren’t touching at any point, yet he thought I would want to touch his penis. There was also my daddy’s brother who was just 7–8 years older than me, drunk one night who forcefully pulled me into his lap and tried to kiss me.

Let’s not forget about the modern dating trend of men sending dick pics to women, too. Without consent, an unsolicited picture of that nature is sexual harassment, not to mention a disturbing misunderstanding in how women operate and relate. But it’s still blurry for far too many.

Think all of these experiences are just “boys will be boys?”

Is this okay for your mothers, daughters or wives to experience?

Or your sons or brothers?
What It’s like To Be a Survivor
By: Jacqueline Franklin
Tags: Rape, Survivor, Metoo, Poetry On Medium, Poetry

Sometimes it’s nothing

Blank, black emptiness

A numbness you read about in articles

And then it’s every nerve in my body sending explosions of panic

It’s the taste of warm red wine that doesn’t seem to leave

And it’s the ghost of your hands on me after I said no
our land has its way of protecting our daughters
Tags: Rape, Abuse, Harrasment, Forced Marriage, Honour Killing

a dying sun

our land has its way of protecting our daughters

from men preying upon them

from names glued to their skin

from history burdening their bones

from honour savouring their soul

our land has its way of protecting its daughters

by piling up graves

in memory of their corpses

found at unknown places

unknown, my mother says, is everywhere

chasing our daughters

dead or alive

it has enough space

for their burial

not enough

for them to walk

with heads held high
fourteen months later
By: Anna Rose Buckley
Tags: Rape, Assault

violated. emptied. poured out. disregarded. disrespected. assaulted. raped.

where was your concern, your consideration, your humanity? i wanted an inch, a centimeter, a millimeter of respect. you gave none.

instead of consideration, care, humanity, respect, you gave me force. coercion. unwanted contact. unwanted sex. you shoved yourself inside of me.

you stole a part of me. you broke a piece of me. why? how could i give you the power to break me? why do i still let you break me, day in and day out? you robbed me.

i cannot change the past. i cannot return to that god-awful night and reinvent what happened. i cannot scream in your face. i cannot erase ever having met you. if i cannot change the past, how do i live in the present?

one day, you will get exactly what is coming to you. you will feel the pain i have felt. you will reap the consequences of being a perpetrator of sexual abuse.

this assault, this rape, has reverberated through my entire life. on numerous levels, this experience has impacted me. my emotional and mental well-being, my self-esteem, my relationships with others, my confidence in myself.

regardless of what anyone says, you are a predator. you raped me.

regardless of what anyone thinks, i suffered from this violation of my intimate, magical, god-given sexuality. you violated a pure, beautiful, open girl and made her into a scared, weak, powerless woman. you took a piece of me. you robbed me. you deserve to be punished.
Fear.
Tags: Rape, Poem, Sexual Assault, Survivor, Fear

My greatest fear in life is not death, even though that’s my answer when asked. It is not the dark, pain, suffering, deep waters, disease or loss.

My greatest fear in life is remembering.
SHE AGAINST THE RAPE!
By: Himanshi Chaudhary
Tags: Rape, Rape Culture, Feminist, Feminism, Stop Rape

(don’t let the victim become the accused) I would appeal to women in the local area to take care when they are walking, especially if they are alone.

Always stick to well-lit streets. If possible, let someone know when you are coming home and the route you are taking and always be alert in your surroundings, so don’t use earphones or handheld devices.

Practical, universal safety tips?

Or an unfair onus on women to change their day-to-day, law-abiding, behaviour?

Dear survivors,

First & foremost I want you to know how incredible you are.

As survivors of sexual assault, blaming yourselves for the assault is one of the most damaging things you can do. You, like many of us, may be experiencing a severe case of the “if only’s.” “If only I hadn’t trusted this person,” “If only I had screamed,” “If only I hadn’t gone up to his room,” “If only I hadn’t gone to that party,” if only, if only….

It was not your fault.

Headphones don't rape women, nor do skirts, or dark streets, or clubs, or alcohol, or parties, or sleepovers, or school uniforms.

No matter what you did or didn't do, none of what happened is on you.

YOU ARE ENTIRELY BLAMELESS.

Someone took advantage of you in the worst way possible and no one on the face of this earth deserves that. NOBODY THAT INCLUDES YOU.

I understand how it feels to have someone you don't even know overpower you and use your body like it is worthless. I understand the confusion, and i know all too well what it is like to build a wall stopping anyone from being close to you.

If you feel like nobody cares about you or loves you please know that I do.

I love you if you are bitter.

I love you if you are hateful.

I love you if you can’t get out of bed.

I love you if you can’t even bring yourself to shower anymore.

I love you for being strong and inspirational to many others.

YOU ARE JUST WORTHY OF LOVE AT YOUR UGLIEST, MESSIEST MOMENTS AS YOU ARE AT YOUR BRIGHTEST AND BEST.

Understand the beauty and happiness that you deserve. You are so much more than a face or a body. You have a soul that can shine light through the darkest of nights.You have love that can leave someone speechless and kindness that spreads like wildfire.

THANKYOU FOR NOT GIVING UP.
Gluttons for Perversion
By: Jodie Tedder
Tags: Rape, Childhood Trauma, Truth, Jesus, Denial

If we were to face the facts of childhood rape and molestation, it is perversion in the purest form. Predators of all kinds like the power they take when they possess another human being’s body to mutilate it for their own perverse pleasures.

This should not be watered down.

It is the epitome of the decay of all society. When it is allowed without the attempt to take it down it has the potential ability to seep into the fibers of our integrity and weakens the belief systems of the innocent.

It is a perfect crime of hell.

Coming through this tragedy I had to watch for and remove the imprint this perversion left with me — telling me “some of it was ok.” Not any form of it was ok.

7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

8 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.

Jude

It is as simple as this: either an abused person doesn’t enjoy sexual experiences at all and shuts down; or they take on some form of the tragic perversion with them to continue to enjoy sex.

I’m not talking about becoming a pedophile, although some abused people do. I’m talking about taking some form of the perverse acts with you to feel and enjoy sex.

I knew I had to continue to find sexual pleasure without perversion. To bring any form of the abuser’s ways with me meant I was not walking free.

Sexual pleasure is a beautiful thing and should not be altered from its original form. It was intended to bond a man and woman together and bring forth new life. The corruption from what it was originally intended for is not from God, obviously. God designed the bonds of matrimony to be the closest relationship on earth.

I am intent on not taking any sexual perversion with me. I’m leaving that all behind with the family I came through.

I am not deceived about that.

Sex is a beautiful thing.
শেকল. বারো বছর বয়সে খাদিজা বউ হয়ে আসে…
By: Maliha Khanam
Tags: Rape, শেকল, Story, Maliha Khanam, গল্প

A journalism student who loves to write and learn new things. You can check my other contents here: https://www.malihakhanamzeba.wordpress.com/
10 Mind-Blowing Affiliate Marketing Stats
Tags: Digital Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Statistics, Affiliate Marketing Tips, Infographics

10 Mind-Blowing Affiliate Marketing Stats

Over the last few years, affiliate marketing’s popularity has skyrocketed…

That’s because affiliate marketing is basically win-win for anyone who’s involved with it.

If you’re after building an income online as an affiliate marketer or launching an affiliate program for your already existing business, the following infographic of Affiliate Marketing Statistics is going to help you fully understand if affiliate marketing is worth the trouble or not.

Enjoy :)

Created by Dear Boss I Quit

If you’d like to embed this infographic on your own website, you can copy and paste the code right below to your HTML editor:
P4 in 2020
By: Luca Tiralongo
Tags: Infographics, Improvement, Community, Greenpeace, Year In Review

P4 in 2020

2020 has been a unique year. For P4 mostly revolving around community engagement*, product improvements** and a review of process, automation, workflows and bots***.

As in previous years, here’s a funky infographic to recap the highlights of this unbelievable year. None of what you see below would have happened without the help of all colleagues, freelancers, volunteers, agencies and bots who made this year unforgettable. On behalf of the P4 team, THANK YOU 💚.
Infografis: Instabilitas Afghanistan dan Lemahnya Akses terhadap Bantuan dan Kerja Sama
By: Arjuna Research
Tags: Arjunaresearch, Penelitian, Infographics, Afghanistan, Covid 19

Akun resmi Association of Researchers on Justice for the Marginal Group (ARJUNA).
Substansi Omnibus Law Terhadap Masyarakat Adat
By: Arjuna Research
Tags: Arjunaresearch, Uu Cipta Kerja, Infographics, Omnibus Law, Law

Akun resmi Association of Researchers on Justice for the Marginal Group (ARJUNA).
PUBG Mobile India delays it’s launch in india to February 2021, because MEITY doesn’t giving any response related to the meeting with PUBG Mobile.
By: The Gaming Engineer
Tags: Blog, Infographics, Game Development, Pubg, Mobile

PUBG Mobile India delays it’s launch in india to February 2021, because MEITY doesn’t giving any response related to the meeting with PUBG Mobile. The Gaming Engineer ·Dec 4, 2020

On November the game hyped up everyone in India because of PUBG Mobile Indian version of PUBG Mobile and many players confirmed the release date on 20th November 2020 but sadly it didn't launched in the market.

There are certain process should follow by the company to launch the game and also in the country where the game is already band, so Google Play Store allowed the game to get listed there then the news came that the game will be shown to the official Website of PUBG Mobile India for download.

For more information visit here-https://bit.ly/2VK1PEp
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Tags: Infographics, Infographic Design, Animation Design, Infographic Designers, Animated Video

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Infographics are around for several years and recently the rise of variety of easy-to-use, free tools have made the creation of infographics available to an outsized segment of the population. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter have also allowed for individual infographics to be spread among many of us round the world. Infographics are widely utilized in the age of short span .

In newspapers, infographics are commonly wont to show the weather, also as maps, site plans, and graphs for summaries of knowledge . Some books are almost entirely made from information graphics.

Modern maps, especially route maps for transit systems, use infographic techniques to integrate a spread of data , like the conceptual layout of the transit network, transfer points, and native landmarks. While contemporary infographics often affect “qualitative” or soft subjects, generally speaking definition still speaks, during a broad sense, to what infographics are, and what they do — which is to condense large amounts of data into a form where it’ll be more easily absorbed by the reader.We provide inspiration infographics. With stock images ,good graphic design a best business infographics we create.

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Many businesses use infographics as a communicating tool to attract potential customers. Information graphics are a sort of content marketing and became a tool for internet marketers and corporations to make content that others will link to, thus possibly boosting a company’s reputation and online presence.Infographics are finding a range in the classroom also . Courses that teach students to make their own infographics employing a sort of tools may encourage engagement within the classroom and should cause a far better understanding of the concepts they’re mapping onto the graphics.
Digest: How is 5G changing the demand for mobile trade-in & buyback?
By: Nsys Group
Tags: Digest, Infographics, iPhone, 2021, 5g

Over the past two years, telecom suppliers around the world have been actively building equipment for the next-generation 5G wireless network. 5G is estimated to be 20 times faster than 4G. The development of the 5G network will entail one of the largest smartphone upgrade supercycles. This supercycle is also supported by the growth in sales of used and refurbished phones amid the pandemic.

We have conducted our second research of the used and refurbished phones market, examining the demand for trade-in and buyback programs in the countries with the highest turnover of mobile devices.

What is this digest about?

Impact of the 5G ‘supercycle’ on the demand for trade-in and buyback programs

The growth of search queries for phones sales worldwide

Top traded-in mobile phones

Country analysis of the prices of traded-in phones

Top traded-in manufacturers

How to get the digest?

Follow this link to NSYS Group website Find a banner “Digest: The growth of mobile trade-in: 2019–2020” Click on the banner Download the digest

Stay tuned for the NSYS blog to be on the cutting-edge of the industry. A new digest coming soon.
How much cookies and milk does Santa consume on Christmas?
By: Two Dummies
Tags: Infographics, Cookies, Data Visualization, Santa Claus, Christmas

Whether you refer to him as Santa, St. Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas or Sinterklaas, there is no mistaking his legendary status as the mac-daddy of the gift-giving season.

Santa has a magical quality most people cannot deny. He can perform the impossible. He knows all of the children in the world. He knows who has been naughty and who has been nice. He lives with an army of little people who can make anything (except iPads, Apple’s’ lawyers aren’t afraid of the North Pole.) And let’s not forget that he flies around the world to deliver toys on Christmas Eve. No small logistical feat. Just ask Fed-Ex or UPS.

But this Christmas, I wanted to share with you another reason Santa is so awesome. In addition to a magical sack of toys, Santa has a magic tummy. That’s right. Have you ever thought about how much cookies and milk Santa consumes on his Christmas road trip? I have.

Taking information from several sources such as the Census Department, Wikipedia, Jenny Craig, Buddhanet, Runner’s World and personal experience and experimentation, I attempted to calculate how much cookies and milk Santa consumes and organized it visually.

I ran through the numbers 3 times so everything should be pretty accurate. Some of the data I found was a bit old. If I made a mistake, please forgive my rather rusty math skills.

Curiously yours, Garett
Common Reasons Behind Failure Of Transmission (Infographic)
By: Silverado Road Service
Tags: Infographics

Transmission failure can happen due to many reasons and as a layman you might not know these things. The transmission fluid can be low, there could be torque converter issues, overheating problem or problematic driving style. Check how old the vehicle is and check out the gears. Issues with clutch, solenoid also could be major problems. See this infographic to get an idea on the common problem reasons of transmission.