Would you like to know how many people have visited this page? Or how reputable the author is? Simply
sign up for a Advocate premium membership and you'll automatically see this data on every article. Plus a lot more, too.
I have 2 fans: Become a Fan. You'll get emails whenever I post articles on OpEd News
Survivor of and activist against violence on women. In America, only 5% of rapists are convicted. 32% of women live in domestically violent situations with no way out. Courts are less likely to believe charges of sexual abuse of children made by women, but men falsely accuse at 5 times the rate. Rape is a federal crime, but the only one which cannot be tried in Federal Court. Over 50% of courts are biased against female victims of violence. 3-4 women per day are killed by an intimate partner vs. 1 man, while a rape occurs every 2 minutes in America. America, though not the highest, has among the highest rates of violence against women, including some countries we think of as Third World. Women, when they complain about court treatment are fined for contempt and jailed to silence them. Children are removed from women and given to their attackers is 70% of the cases that end in court. All oif this in America.