Posted on 11/19/2014 5:48:58 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
Native American women in the United States are two and a half times more likely to be sexually assaulted than women of any other race. This staggering and awful statistic illustrates that there is a profound epidemic of sexual violence going on in Native communities, and lest people think this is an internal issue, much of that violence is coming from white men.
Tribes across the country are struggling with the issue and attempting to work within their own communities to heal and fight sexual violence from within, while also bridging with US government organizations and other groups to promote the health, safety and welfare of indigenous women.
Such groups have their fingers on the pulse of these issues among Native Americans, and thus, their concerns about a possible unanticipated side effect of Keystone XL approval should be taken seriously. They fear that if construction on the controversial pipeline proceeds, it could endanger Native women even more, especially in South Dakota. Their worries are based on several solid and important reasons.
One is the known and ongoing history of sexual violence against Native women, and the fact that the issue has not been resolved despite considerable advocacy work. Given the fact that Native women are already extremely vulnerable, anything that would increase that vulnerability (like huge temporary pop-up cities of pipeline workers and personnel) is a cause for concern Native women are already considered to be easy, soft targets for would-be rapists, and men who know theyre passing through are even less likely to believe theyll be held accountable for their behavior.
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Absolutely. No goat in Tennessee will be safe.
Unsubstantiated clap trap...
Hey...this ain’t no thing.
White man needs to “lay pipe”.
knowwhati’msayin’?
I was similarly looking for the satire tag.
Grasping at straws comes to mind
If native american women are 2x more likely to be assaulted, it must be 10X that on Super Bowl Sunday. If they build a pipe line on Super Bowl Sunday... I just can’t even do the math.
Gruber said it best, “We tortured the language to make it acceptable.”
Which means that Obama's stimulus program was probably the greatest impetus to rape since Mohammend invented Muslims. Obama, as the smartest man ever to become president, must have known this. Talk about a war on women!
Law Enforcement Gaps Leave Native Women Vulnerable to Rape and Domestic Violence
I want to know where they get their statistics if they say 70% of rapes are never reported.
Not to mention Burger King running out of fries.
Michael Savage is right — liberalism is a mental disorder.
and Global Warming leads to impotence....but sometimes leads to excessive sexual activity.
Whatever you need Global Warming to do, it can do.....it is that powerful a religion.
Native women in the Twin Cities drive big 4WD pickups and are well armed.
I want to know where they get their statistics if they say 70% of rapes are never reported.
Kinda like Obama listening to voters who didn’t vote.
These guys (the left) are pathetic in a world of actual thinking human beings.
Get the women .38 Specials and train them on their safe use.
End of problem.
Eventual if not immediately.
I remember a series of letters to Dear Abbey talking about how great the men are as lovers. One man wrote back explaining why(he’s indian).Next thing you know some woman writes complaining about how all the girls in the office now won’t leave her half-indian husband alone. Hilarious.
Bingo!
Typical “Progressive” drivel.
First, determine the desired outcome (always more government power, or destruction of the existing system). In this case, stop the pipeline in order to make energy cost higher and the U.S. less stable.
Second, design “studies” to butress your conclusions.
Third, claim that the order was reversed.
Is Bill Cosby going to be installing the Keystone Pipeline??
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