In Toronto, Black Women in Motion is an organization that helps to empower black girls and young women by hosting WAAR: Weekend of Action Against Rape. Her story of teen girls who resist rape culture might seem like the stuff of fiction, but there are real organizations worldwide that help teens do just that. Amy Reed's YA novel The Nowhere Girls takes a crack at breaking the silence behind this epidemic. But news of famous men being caught harassing or sexually assaulting women prove we still have a long way to go. While these staggering statistics apply to the New York area, rape and the toxic culture which tolerates it has cracked through the prism of silence in the past few years.
13% (214,000) of lesbian women, 46% (1.5 million) of bisexual women, and 17% (1.9 million) of heterosexual women will report rape in their lifetimes. 18.8% of black women will report sexual assault in their lifetimes while 60% will experience rape before they turn eighteen. Only 16.3% of men who are accused of rape will be prosecuted with only 3% spending a single day in jail. 60% of those assaults are never reported. So far, some school libraries have opted to remove some of the challenged books during an informal review, but many remain on shelves.Īs of Wednesday morning, Moms for Liberty had not made a request for a formal district-wide review under the policy adopted Tuesday. District officials have warned it may take a year or more to complete such a process.This article relates to The Nowhere GirlsĪccording to the New York branch of the National Organization for Women, 93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attackers. The School Board voted Tuesday night on a policy that will allow the district to review challenged books on a district-wide level instead of forming committees at each school.
The Brevard Chapter of Moms for Liberty also included all books from Sarah J.
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