Resurrection After Rape Community Group
Discussion, question-and-answer, general social support, and journal processing for progress-oriented rape survivors. No crisis, no damaging or triggering conflicts--this is for individuals who want to contribute to collective, cooperative action toward the goal of making actual PROGRESS through rape trauma. Much of this work is based on the book "Resurrection After...
Here are a few videos, averaging about 5-10 mins. each, of young women describing their personal experiences with dating violence. They describe the development of the relationship and the tactics of power and control used by their partners. It is NOT gruesome or intense content; these are part of a new education campaign for young women.
They are .wmv files, so Windows Media Player will work (for probably everyone but Leitha, whose computer seems to have no idea what to do with file types that have existed any time after 1997...ha ha!)
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/anya.wmv
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/alisa.wmv
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/nicci.wmv
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/sara.wmv
They are .wmv files, so Windows Media Player will work (for probably everyone but Leitha, whose computer seems to have no idea what to do with file types that have existed any time after 1997...ha ha!)
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/anya.wmv
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/alisa.wmv
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/nicci.wmv
http://resurrectionafterrape.org/media/sara.wmv
Also seems to be aimed at younger women, I liked the message that even if it's "only" verbal abuse it is still abuse and not OK.
I wish there'd been more awareness when I was younger, I can see in hindsight that I accepted far too much as being "just the way it is" :(
website: http://www.loveisrespect.org/
PSA to parents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCxn8sFt0ck
PSA to teens and parents: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc9kpXI7stM
One thing that gave me pause in the parent one is that the "symptoms" are the same as those that used to be listed in Public Service Announcements for drug abuse. One has to wonder how many parents have added insult to injury by sending their kids through the wringer for drug abuse when the real problem was that they were being abused by a boyfriend?
I am pretty sure though that as a teen if I had known it was possible for a "peer" to rape I might have been spared cause I think I would have understood what my intuition keep trying to tell me.
I am all for showing what can go wrong. Just also want to celebrate what can go right! Beware of the single story - right!
http://www.thisisnotaninvitationtorapeme.co.uk/