Questions From Deer Book (EXAM 1), 100% verified. Rated A

Questions From Deer Book (EXAM 1), 100% verified. Rated A What does Deer think about using the word "epidemic" regarding violence against Native women? (Intro) - ✔✔She thinks that we've been using the wrong word. ...

Questions From Deer Book (EXAM 1), 100% verified. Rated A What does Deer think about using the word "epidemic" regarding violence against Native women? (Intro) - ✔✔She thinks that we've been using the wrong word. -The word epidemic is used to attract attention to a particular problem that affects a growing number of people the longer it remains ignored or untreated. -But the dictionary definition is a "sudden quickly spreading occurrence of something harmful or wanted". -Attention grabbing, but misleading. -The connotations of the word allow society to absolve itself of blame. -The word suggests that the problem is biological, that the problem originated independent of long standing oppression, that it has infected our society, twisting human relations. -Suggests a short term, isolated problem. -Deflects responsibility because it fails to acknowledge the agency of perpetrators and those who allow the problem to continue What are the two senses in which Deer uses the term "sovereignty"? (Intro) - ✔✔1. political 2. personal Why is it critical for tribal nations to develop and strengthen their response to rape? (Intro) - ✔✔-Women's sovereignty is central to Indian sovereignty because nations cannot be free if their Indian women are not free. -Other social problems cannot be resolved unless psychological trauma is addressed in a systemic way. -Because rape played such a significant role in past attempts to destroy indigenous nations, it is critical that tribal nations develop and strengthen their responses to rape as part of broader political work toward achieving sovereignty. -Without a system in place to respond to violence, it can only proliferate. What does Deer mean by "soul" and how is it important to rape recovery? (Intro) - ✔✔Deer uses it to refer to deep, fundamental aspects of identity, aspects that will be described differently depending on cultural beliefs. -If our sexuality is part of that which defines who and what each of us is, then it is at the very core of our self identity. What does Deer mean when she informs the reader that she has "consciously decided to use the word "rape" in this book? (Intro) - ✔✔-She means that she wants to encompass a constellation of crimes that involves the abuse of sexual power, including child sexual abuse and adult rape, one time incidents and ongoing abuse, even when not overtly physically violent. -She objects to a burden of proof that requires physical violence for there to be psychic harm. -Not like in the legal sense where the word rape is reductive; it collapses a wide range of events into a single descriptor. What headlines began to appear in 1999 and what is irrefutable based on data for the 15 years since? (1) - ✔✔"American Indian and Alaska Native Women Experience the Highest Rates of Interpersonal Violent Crime in the United States" -It is undeniable that, based on available data, violent crime is experienced by Native women at per capita higher rates than almost all other groups in the US. According to the statistics, 1 in how many Native women will be raped in their lifetimes? (1) - ✔✔3 What does AI/AN stand for? (1) - ✔✔American Indian/Alaska Native What does Deer report about other types of violence used during the rapes of Native women? (1) - ✔✔-The level of physical violence Native women experience during rape is significantly elevated when compared to that experienced by other races. -aggressors physically hit them during the assault (90:71 percent) -perpetrator used a weapon (25:9 percent) What does "intraracial" mean? (1) - ✔✔Victims are usually attacked by persons of their own race. What does Deer report about AI/AN women and intraracial vs. interracial rape? (1) - ✔✔AI/AN women report that the majority of assailants are non-Native. -9 in 10 AI victims of rape or sexual assault had white or black assailants.