Video: August 2008 Archives
I came across a live version of "Me and a Gun" by Tori Amos while looking through iTunes a few weeks ago, maybe months. It is absolutely, without a doubt, the most haunting version of this song I've heard by her. It's downright creepy. I found the same live performance she did as the iTunes file, so watch it here:
I wasn't a fan of the song to begin with because it deals with such a touchy matter that makes me quite sad. When push comes to shove, no one "deserves" to get raped. I don't care how they look or what position they put themselves in. Our bodies are meant to be shared with those who we choose and not by force.
As I have said before, the best thing to do is to continuously be informed of the alarming statistics.
Approximately 3% of American men, or 1 in 33 have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime. In 2003, 1 in every 10 rape victims were male. 2.78 million men in the USA have been victims of sexual assault or rape. (For women, this is 1 in every 6 women and 17.7 million women in the USA have been victimized.)
Every 2 minutes, someone in the USA is sexually assaulted.
A victim of sexual assault are:
- 3 times more likely to suffer from depression;
- 6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder;
- 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol;
- 26 times more likely to abuse drugs; and
- 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.
People could tell me a million times that rape doesn't happen to men, but I'll tell you right now that it does. Only 10% of these cases are reported to the authorities. 60% of rapes/sexual assaults are not reported to police. 6% of rapists ever serve a day in jail.
To point you in the right direction to get more information, you can go to Men Surviving Rape or RAINN. (The statistics were taken from the RAINN website.) If you're in Australia, go to South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault. To get information about the myths of about male rape go here.
