Blog 10

One issue that is extremely important to me is rape because I have heard so much about it. Over the years, I have read so many awful rape stories that have truly made me aware of what goes on in our world. I feel very passionate about this issue because being raped is one of the worst things that can happen to anybody...either a boy or a girl. As a result, I found an organization called AWARE, which stands for Arming Women Against Rape and Endagerment. This is an organization that promotes "effective self-protection for intelligent young women". Their mission is to educate the public, organizations, and individuals about issues related to personal safety. It is a source of training, information, and support for people, primarily women, learning how to cope with violence. AWARE training is focused on self-protection and self-defense skills that can enable women to avoid, resist, and survive situations ranging from low levels of aggression to extremely violent assault. It also is a valuable resource for self-defense instructors, law enforcement professionals, social workers, rape crisis counselors, human resource employees, and victim service providers.

I really like this organization because it teaches women how to pretect themselves and this is crucial in avoiding rape. Being aware of your surroundings and knowing how to protect yourself is crucial in potential rape situations. I definitely support this organization and would really like to donate money to it. In the future, I would love to be able to work for an organization like this.

Readings:

In the F-word, the author discusses the difference between the second wave feminists and the third wave feminists. Reuss claims that the second wavers are more concerned with electoral change while the third wavers are more concerned with social change. I think that this is very interesting. He then goes on to argue that the third wavers are making many mistakes and that everything is their fault. I don't completely agree with this because I think that times are very different and we cannot judge the second wavers or third wavers.