Tea and Consent by Blue Seat Studios

Tea and Consent from Blue Seat Studios on Vimeo.

Warning, strong language in use -- but consent explained for the simple minds, with a cup of tea.

Words Speak Louder Than Actions: Jeff Perera at TEDxRyersonU

Tony Porter: A call to men

Jackson Katz: Violence against women—it's a men's issue

"Jackson Katz: Violence against women—it's a men's issue" can be found on TED Talks, and I encourage you to visit the site, not just watch the video here.  The comments to the video are especially interesting.

World Health Organization on Violence against women

The latest (Nov. 2014) update of WHO's fact sheet on "intimate partner and sexual violence against women" lists some disturbing global numbers.  I quote the key facts below, more info is available at the WHO site.

• Violence against women - particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women - are major public health problems and violations of women's human rights.
• Recent global prevalence figures indicate that 35% of women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
• On average, 30% of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their partner.
• Globally, as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner.
• Violence can result in physical, mental, sexual, reproductive health and other health problems, and may increase vulnerability to HIV.
• Risk factors for being a perpetrator include low education, exposure to child maltreatment or witnessing violence in the family, harmful use of alcohol, attitudes accepting of violence and gender inequality.
• Risk factors for being a victim of intimate partner and sexual violence include low education, witnessing violence between parents, exposure to abuse during childhood and attitudes accepting violence and gender inequality.
• In high-income settings, school-based programmes to prevent relationship violence among young people (or dating violence) are supported by some evidence of effectiveness.
• In low-income settings, other primary prevention strategies, such as microfinance combined with gender equality training and community-based initiatives that address gender inequality and communication and relationship skills, hold promise.
• Situations of conflict, post conflict and displacement may exacerbate existing violence and present additional forms of violence against women. 

 

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"Qui aime bien châtie bien" (Who loves well, punishes well)

"Grandville Cent Proverbes page69" by Granville (Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard) - H. Fournier Éditeur, Paris, 1845.. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

This was acceptable very recently in human history -- and still is, in parts of the world.  In the foreground, a child is being beaten.  In the background, so is a woman.  Both are unacceptable.  And one does not lead to the other, despite what some might argue.