Category : Rape & Sexual Abuse
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Prostitution Survivors Say the Nordic Model is our Only Hope
Posted on Wednesday, March 23 rd, 2016 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.By Meghan Murphy, published March 15, 2016 Survivors say the Nordic model is our only hope People were turned away from a packed, standing-room only panel, addressing the impacts of various prostitution legislation around the world, on Monday...
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Hundreds of women’s groups and advocates protest Amnesty International’s proposed prostitution policy.
Posted on Wednesday, July 29 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Over 400 women’s groups & advocates sign letter protesting Amnesty International’s position on prostitution. Hundreds of women’s groups and advocates protest Amnesty International’s proposed prostitution policy. appeared ...
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Rape Recovery
Posted on Wednesday, May 27 th, 2015 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Bloew are some links that are good resources for those that are recovering from rape trauma. When a person is raped or sexually assaulted, his or her world is turned upside down. Not only has he or she been violated in the most intimate way possib...
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Prostitution and Human Trafficking: A Paradigm Shift
Posted on Friday, September 13 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.According to an article of FBI.gov, “Most of the women described their path into the sex trade as a boyfriend transforming into a pimp or a girlfriend becoming a prostitute. A man recognized the woman’s situation and gained access through aff...
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Sexual Exploitation of Women In Cults
Posted on Thursday, August 29 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.There are countless numbers of cults in America and across the world. One of the common threads that ties them all together is the sexual exploitation of women. Not only this, but this common “thread” is actually a three-fold chord that’s stre...
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‘Purity’ culture: bad for women, worse for survivors of sexual assault
Posted on Wednesday, May 15 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.The Guardian: Virginity has no bearing on a person’s worth, yet ‘purity balls’ and shaming victims make our culture more medieval than modern. In The Purity Myth, Jessica Valenti notes that the cultural emphasis on virginity teache...
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Silence is Not Consent. The Collective Silence Problem
Posted on Tuesday, March 19 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.Combating an attempt to blame the Steubenville rape victim for being too drunk to actively say no, a young blogger reminds the world: Silence is not consent. Silence has never been consent. Silence will never be consent. [This post contains testimony...
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Harms of Prostitution, Some Facts.
Posted on Tuesday, January 29 th, 2013 by Voices for Dignity 2 Comments.Sexual violence and physical assault are the norm for women in all types of prostitution. One Canadian observer noted that ninety-nine percent of women in prostitution were victims of violence, with more frequent injuries “than workers in [those] o...
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