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femmeInterrupted · 03-18-2013, 03:22 PM

As I watch and read the devastating and alarming news coming out of the U.S regarding rape culture and the media's "poor perpetrator" attitude towards two young men who clearly, ARE sexual predators, and thusly deserved to be labelled as such, I had another piece of women's reality cross my path much closer to home.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunde...men-stats.html

http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/thu...on-report.html

Aboriginal women in jail
The Kenora jail has 30 beds for women.
Proportion of Aboriginal women admitted in 2011/12 — 93%
Proportion of Aboriginal women admitted l in 2001/02 — 83%
Proportion of Aboriginal women in all provincial jails in 2011/12 — 19%
Proportion of Aboriginal women in all provincial jails in 2001/02 — 11%
*source: Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

This is the result of intergenerational trauma, systemic abuse and lived experiences of violence and poverty. The wrongful incarceration of women who need access to justice, appropriate response/services, and healing.

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femmeInterrupted Member How Do You Identify?: Queer femme Preferred Pronoun?: she works out well ;) Relationship Status: Happily married. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Ontario Posts: 812 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,885 Thanked 3,221 Times in 666 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	As I watch and read the devastating and alarming news coming out of the U.S regarding rape culture and the media's "poor perpetrator" attitude towards two young men who clearly, ARE sexual predators, and thusly deserved to be labelled as such, I had another piece of women's reality cross my path much closer to home. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunde...men-stats.html http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/thu...on-report.html Aboriginal women in jail The Kenora jail has 30 beds for women. Proportion of Aboriginal women admitted in 2011/12 — 93% Proportion of Aboriginal women admitted l in 2001/02 — 83% Proportion of Aboriginal women in all provincial jails in 2011/12 — 19% Proportion of Aboriginal women in all provincial jails in 2001/02 — 11% source: Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services This is the result of intergenerational trauma, systemic abuse and lived experiences of violence and poverty. The wrongful incarceration of women who need access to justice, appropriate response/services, and healing. __________________ "If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us walk together." Lila Watson* You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shade when its shining. You say you love wind, but when its comes you close your window. So that's why I'm scared, when you say you love me. -- Bob Marley