Archive for April, 2009
April is STD Awareness Month
Each year, public health advocates declare April to be STD Awareness month, to bring attention to the issue and, more importantly, to encourage people to be screened for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This is also an important time to talk about the connection between STDs and relationship abuse or violence. While people often attribute STD transmissions [...]Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Salon.com on Coercion
This article from Salon.com explores the ramifications of coerced sex and violence against women, as well as the peril of coerced abortion laws. The piece also features a quote from Esta Soler, president of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, and includes a link to Know More, Say More. http://archive.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/07/forced_abortion/print.html Forced to abort? Why anti-violence advocates aren’t rushing to [...]Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Forced to abort? Why anti-violence advocates aren’t rushing to criminalize “coerced abortion.”
Lynn Harris, at Salon’s Broadsheet, calls Missouri’s legislative billed on so-called “coerced abortion” a red herring. An excerpt: Violence against women comes in many forms, and “forced abortion,” such as it is, is only one of them. As covered earlier in Broadsheet, researchers are now beginning to notice and study what’s turning out to be another [...]Thursday, April 9th, 2009
New Study Chronicles Sexual Coercion Among Young Adults
Young adults repeatedly engage in sexual behaviors that they dislike, and women are considerably more likely than men (12% vs. 3%) to do so, according to “Sexual Insistence and Disliked Sexual Activities in Young Adulthood: Differences by Gender and Relationship Characteristics,” a new study by Christine Elizabeth Kaestle that was published in the March 2009 [...]Monday, April 6th, 2009
Join the kNOw MORE, Say More Facebook Group!
Know More, Say More is now active on Facebook with a new group called “Raise Awareness about Pregnancy & HIV Caused by Dating Violence & Coercion.” Members of the group can share stories, find news and information and help connect with each other. The Facebook group is open to everyone, so please join today! Simply enter [...]Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
He threatened me when I asked to use birth control, and always refused to use condoms after we became exclusive. When we decided to continue the pregnancy and marry, the overt abuse started within days of our wedding."
