In the article, she covers a broad perspective on sexual assault and even violence black and women of color face. I would like to focus on the much deeper side of Police Officers and their assault on women. After reading the testimonials of these young women and what they had to go through after being assaulted by a higher power person it made me upset. This made me think those type of Police Officers have taken advantage of their position and have used their position as a way to threaten their mission in hurting these women. Instead of protecting these women from harms like these presented they've become a part of it.
As a Chicago Resident myself, I've seen a lot of violence growing up. At some point, I did believe that they were in every right to act the way they should in crimes and those people who refrained from being arrested. After reading this article It opened my eyes that not every gender gets treated the same women, in fact, can be seen vulnerable and that's when police officers take advantage of their position not only working for the law but also as men.
The reality is that women all over the world are taken advantage of just for who they are as a woman. This situation reminded me of something I read about women in Egypt. In Egypt, as I read, it is believed by men that women like to be harassed, physically violated, disrespected, and etc. When incidents arise people only assume that the women wanted to be treated that way. This relates because we see how through these acts feminism arises and even war. Because no one takes a stand for women they choose to defend themselves, but when they do all the system does is turn their heads and act injustice.
https://egyptianstreets.com/2017/07/02/43-percent-of-egyptian-men-still-believe-that-women-like-
sexual-harassment-report/
Do you believe that women of color/black go through sexual assault more than any other race?
Noemi,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you that within cases of police brutality against women of color, police officers appear to take advantage of their positions of power and do so quite often. Seeing that they hold power by being male cops, police officers are not afraid to use violence in order to exert their masculinity and power. Additionally, it's s quite unfortunate that when women do try and defend themselves, the law appears to always fall in favor of the police officers.