History: Black Women and Rape

[jimnyc]

More victim crap. WS likes Trayvon and black women who've been raped, as she can associate herself with other "victims".

[Wind Song]

More stories related to the work WS does. The subject is of interest to women.

[Dilloduck]

Let me check that for you. It's related to slavery.

As early as 1660 in Colonial America laws encouraged the "sexual tyranny" of African American slaves by slave owners to enhance owners' economic and social gain. Slave owners especially victimized African American women; offspring from the rape of African American women slaves by slave owners increased slave populations and owners' holdings. Moral justification for the sexual oppression and exploitation of African American slaves stemmed from 15th century Christian missionary attitudes that vilified the "sexual appetite" of Africans. Stereotypes about male African American sexual prowess and the sexual promiscuity of female African Americans linger to this day. Until slavery was abolished, African American slaves had no legal recourse for rape. After slavery, the American legal system treated the rape of African American and White women differently; African American women's sexual assaults were not taken as seriously.
http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/re...cultural.shtml

I don't see a law cited there.

[ConHog]

Sure. Give black women credit for being at the forefront of the movement. US Law once made it legal for black women to be raped.

That is incorrect. there was NEVER a US law making rape of any kind legal. It would be correct to say that in the age of slavery blacks were not protected by the laws to the same extent that whites are , but there was NEVER a law allowing the rape of blacks.

A similar case is that at one time in this country marital rape wasn't illegal. That doesn't mean there was a law encouraging or allowing marital rape, just that there was no law against it.

[fj1200]

Let me check that for you. It's related to slavery.

You mentioned Jim Crow as well...

[jimnyc]

More stories related to the work WS does. The subject is of interest to women.

Oh, I didn't realize where you work you only helped black women. I thought white women who were raped, even if reported more often, were just as heinous.

[Wind Song]

I don't see a law cited there.

See Slave Codes.

[ConHog]

Oh, I didn't realize where you work you only helped black women. I thought white women who were raped, even if reported more often, were just as heinous.

Even when WS has a valid point she has to be wrong. It IS a valid point that too many rapes go unreported, and if she wants to start a thread about that fine; but why throw skin color into the equation? Why reference things from 150 years ago as if some black woman today after being raped thinks "oh lawdy lawdy I besta not report mastah or i gets a whuppin."

There are MANY reasons why women today don't report rapes, and I'd bet NONE of them have to do with skin color.

[DragonStryk72]

It's difficult for rape victims to come forward, even though they know that there are people who would understand and listen to them. Male/Female, Black/White, it doesn't matter, rape is hard to discuss. The person feels shame that they weren't able to fight off their attackers, or that maybe they orgasmed during it. At the very least, there is the sheer violation of it, and in situations where the person did orgasm, they can add that their own body betrayed them, the feeling that there is something wrong, or broken, in them that they would "like" something like that.

Unfortunately, as humans, we most usually hide our serious hurts from others, despite being social animals.

[jimnyc]

Even when WS has a valid point she has to be wrong. It IS a valid point that too many rapes go unreported, and if she wants to start a thread about that fine; but why throw skin color into the equation? Why reference things from 150 years ago as if some black woman today after being raped thinks "oh lawdy lawdy I besta not report mastah or i gets a whuppin."

There are MANY reasons why women today don't report rapes, and I'd bet NONE of them have to do with skin color.

Because in the manner she would like to address things, it makes for better victims. It's impossible in her little world for ALL to be victims.

[Wind Song]

http://angryblacklady.com/2012/02/23...y-deaniemills/

[jimnyc]

"angry black lady" and "Tea Baggers"

No wonder you are fucked in the head when you read this garbage!

[fj1200]

There are MANY reasons why women today don't report rapes, and I'd bet NONE of them have to do with skin color.

You'd probably lose that bet:

Through the filmmaking process, she discovered that racism played a significant role in survivors’ reactions to rape. “There was a level of trust with perpetrators because (as in the majority of all rape cases, regardless of race/ethnicity), the women I interviewed were raped by acquaintances. They would ask, ‘How do I come forward?’ because they were advocating against racism in their communities and didn’t want to send another Black man to jail. We are trained as women not to betray the Black race.”

But the question remains as to how internal "black" issues can ever be solved if racism is always used as an obstacle to solving the problem?

[jimnyc]

What does a sonogram have to do with REAL rape, WS?

[Dilloduck]

You'd probably lose that bet:


But the question remains as to how internal "black" issues can ever be solved if racism is always used as an obstacle to solving the problem?

Racism isn't the problem. Refusal to speak the truth is.