Antisocial Behaviour:
“Anti-social behaviour impacts adversely on people's quality of life, directly by causing fear, alarm and distress to victims and witnesses”
Tackling Anti-social behaviour, House of Commons committee of public accounts 2006-7, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmpubacc/246/246.pdf
“People act in alignment with what they value and how they see themselves. Encouraging them to change their behaviour in ways that don’t fit their values and identity simply doesn’t work. However, showing how a preferred behaviour allows individuals to express what’s important to them more effectively than what they’re already doing is way more likely to succeed.”
“In opposition to widespread myths about stranger rape, it is estimated that 90% of sexual violence is committed by someone known to the victim/survivor”
"Sexual violence affects every aspect of victims' lives, including their social, health, economic and interpersonal well-being," the submission said. "The experience can lead to other health and social problems, including smoking, drug and alcohol overuse, relationship breakdowns, truancy, teenage pregnancy, the inability to parent well and suicidality. "
Barriers to sexual violence social services. (2014). Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 20(4), 32.
“Gender-based violence continues to thrive because the patriarchal, colonising attitudes that dwell here in Aotearoa/New Zealand – our place – have not gone. ”
“Up to one in three women in Aotearoa/New Zealand will experience violence. We will be raped, coerced, confused, manipulated, beaten, threatened, denigrated, financially deprived, shamed and terrified. Our children and our pets will be used as weapons of control against us. Our private realities will not match the public perception of us as ‘vulnerable victims’ or ‘brave survivors’ of violence. Our resistance to this violence will be hidden, diminished, unacknowledged and ignored. When we finally get up the courage, we will leave this violence to sit uncomfortably within a society which ignores, minimises, and excuses what has happened to us. We will rarely have the chance to represent our stories because experts, agencies and spokespeople will speak on our behalf. We will be seen as too ashamed, vulnerable or damaged to speak for ourselves. This is our reality”
MCINTYRE, K. (2015). Painting indignity / painting in dignity: Art-making in response to gender-based violence. Women's Studies Journal, 29(2), 60-69.
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/perpetrators-sexual-violence
"Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby creating a society that disregards women’s rights and safety.
Rape Culture affects every woman. The rape of one woman is a degradation, terror, and limitation to all women. Most women and girls limit their behavior because of the existence of rape. Most women and girls live in fear of rape. Men, in general, do not. That’s how rape functions as a powerful means by which the whole female population is held in a subordinate position to the whole male population, even though many men don’t rape, and many women are never victims of rape. This cycle of fear is the legacy of Rape Culture."
How can men and women combat Rape Culture?
Avoid using language that objectifies or degrades women
Speak out if you hear someone else making an offensive joke or trivializing rape
If a friend says she has been raped, take her seriously and be supportive
Think critically about the media’s messages about women, men, relationships, and violence
Be respectful of others’ physical space even in casual situations
Always communicate with sexual partners and do not assume consent
Define your own manhood or womanhood. Do not let stereotypes shape your actions.
Get involved! Join a student or community group working to end violence against women.
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