Sexual Violence and Abuse - Essay Example

However statistics on sexual violence provide facts that indicate more blacks are subject to sexual violence as victims than whites and that the perpetrators in most of these cases are whites. The discussion will provide the different ways in which race is a factor in sexual violence.

This therefore leads to the white males subjecting the black women to different forms of sexual violence and especially sexual harassment, sexual assault and even rape (Gardiner, 2002). Most of these cases go unreported for fear by the women of the repercussions (this is especially so if the sexual violence takes place in a workplace and the perpetrator has higher authority and uses threats). 

Black males (most of them) as a result of the low status accorded to them by the white race engage themselves in sexual violence in order to regain their machismo and ego (Gardiner, 2002). They perform different sexual violence acts especially rape and use sexual words directed towards the white female as a way to intimidate them and even force them to respect them let alone accord them higher status. They therefore target the white women they are close to and whom they know well and in most cases whom they “want to teach a lesson” to. Most of these cases are reported and it is no wonder there are more black males associated with sexual violence in prison.

The other shocking statistic according to Postmus, 2012 is that whites lead in sexually violating their fellow white more than the blacks sexually violate their black. Even though this is not broken down to which gender is the perpetrator and which the victim, it is obvious both genders are involved both as victim and perpetrator but this depends on the type of sexual violence. The reason for this high statistic is because of the lenient and less conservative society the whites have which allows them to openly challenge each other and failure results to sexual violence and especially using sexual words.

Conclusion

Statistics do not lie and therefore the mentioned statistics on the racial sexual violence are a true reflection of what is really happening in the society. The different causes for these sexual violence as well as the factors leading to them in the different races have been elaborated. What is remaining therefore is to try and address different issues such as racism in the society which will lead to a cease in the white males sexually violating the black females and the black males doing the same to the white females. The repercussions accorded to black male perpetrators should be accorded to the white male perpetrators if these figures are to reduce. This will therefore call for more empowerment for the black women victims in terms of reporting the incidence for action to be taken.