Do you think Republican women are more loathe to say they have been assaulted?

I think they, in their own minds, would chalk it up to “boys will be boys” or that they shouldn’t have “been at that party” so it’s “their fault” and they don’t want to ruin a “man’s reputation” so they stay silent about it.

I think they are more likely to feel guilty of wrongdoing, rather than feeling like they had been violated.

That is part of the problem.

Well yes, for the theists probably more so than ‘Republicans’ in general, but since many
reps are theists, this applies.

It’s shameful to many women in a society that prizes innocence and no sex before marriage and chastity rings, etc…

Some women will tell parents who will talk to pastor, then say ‘don’t tell anyone’ because for some people, it devalues your worth as a woman. Some men don’t want damaged goods in a wife and mother, and that’s fairly well known around my area.

@KNOWITALL I was in a church like that and I left for that very reason. They were very mean people who called themselves Christians but weren’t.

@snowberry I get it, sorry.

I’ve been to a couple of those myself, but a couple really good ones, too. I just got burned too many times, so I quit trying to find a church that wasn’t judgemental. I don’t want to play perfect, or hide faults, that’s not what it’s supposed to be about.

Interesting Article written by a former Purity Movement member. Good read, brings up many of the point in this thread. This was not the one I was looking for, there is another out there which brings up other points about things like pressure from males who then dump women when they give in because they are not good enough. I will keep searching.

Did not find the article I was looking for but WOW are there a ton of great ones out there on the Purity Movement and its detrimental effects on the women involved.

Here is one on how young women today have “normalized” sexual assault to the point that they are often unable to identify harassment and rape for what they are—criminal acts..

How I left the purity movement interesting take on what happens after sex happens.

And it is worth remembering that purity culture came into its own in a big way in the 80’s & 90’s and these women are the soccer moms of today and many, because of their upbringing, are likely to blame themselves and vote republican.

Wow. I did not expect these answers. Very interesting.

@rojo Well it was beneficial in some ways, too. I didn’t engage in sexual activities at a young age, so I missed a lot of drama, potential problems and got to enjoy being a kid longer (imo.) Your innocence was a gift for your future husband, the best gift you could give him.

But yes, this rings really true to me: According to Klein’s faith, girls and women were responsible for keeping male sexual desire in check by wearing modest clothing, maintaining a sexless mind.

Honestly, my religion is probably one of the reasons I protected my friend, the rapist, even though I probably wasn’t aware of it at the time. I honestly can’t even imagine what would have happened if I had spoke up. Of course, Catholic churches are more forgiving than Baptist from my pov. I had to wear shorts under dresses until I was at least 12 or 13 years old, pants on women were not allowed, it was a very male dominant religion at that church I grew up in.

I know several republican women who have been victims, the psychological trauma is the same and they report the crimes at about the same rate. Politics has little to do with this, there little tolerance for assault even with these “evil” republicans. Culty churches though… sure.

I think all women are loathe to discuss sexual offenses.

Yes I do. Where else are you going to look to find attitudes on the subject that were current 50 years ago?

Slightly off topic, but that “purity” nonsense is FAR more important to men than to women. When I lost my virginity it meant nothing to me. I broke up with the guy a couple of days later.
Three years later, after we graduated, he happened to be at a very small party that my girlfriend and I were at. At one point he kind of got me off alone and talked about how we shared something so very, very special, remember?
I said, “It wasn’t that big of a deal, Steve, and it hurt. That’s all I remember,” and I walked off.
He was utterly astonished that it had 0 significance to me.

It’s always, always about what the men want.