Date of Graduation
5-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Hinrichsen, Lisa
Committee Member/Reader
Stephens, Dorothy
Committee Member/Second Reader
Ham, Lindsay
Committee Member/Third Reader
Potra, Adriana
Abstract
To fully understand the severity of sexual violence and its pervasiveness in America, I will present statistics of rape and sexual assault, as well as available legal court statistics of justice and punishment for offenders (or a lack thereof). However, there must be an acknowledgment of the disparity in information and representation pertaining to indigenous, LGBT+, immigrant, and minor communities. Note that these statistics do not speak to the complete pervasiveness of rape and sexual assault in the United States, given the negligent protection and lack of belief in victims, which results in victim silencing and a lack of reporting.
Keywords
sexual violence, memoir, testimony, witnessing, trauma
Citation
Comer, A. (2022). #MeToo: The Literary and Social Impact of Sexual Violence Narratives. English Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/engluht/13
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