Self Defense and the Gender Bias
The gender bias is undeniable
The law is RASIST and SEXIST
“A Florida study done on 237 ‘Stand Your Ground’ cases finds that SYG laws are disproportionally biased against women and people of color.”
Unless you are a woman…
Self Defense is legal in all 50 States
“-promoters of SYG laws emphasize the need to protect citizens from threats outside the home, while ignoring the fact that intimate partner violence, and more broadly, domestic violence, have been and remain the most common forms of violence against women.”
Standing Your Ground is legal
Unless a women is forced to use deadly force against her male abuser…
Domestic Violence effects us all.
Women suffer world wide
“The cases of these female prisoners are among those examined in a report that analyses how the justice system treated women who killed their male abusers. It concludes that both the law and the way it is applied in England and Wales means women are being unfairly convicted.”
Disproportionate punishments for survivors
Women serve longer sentences…
“According to Demleitner, gender disparity is prevalent throughout the justice system. That’s just one of the reasons women receive harsher sentences for murder.”
Designed by and for men
America’s criminal justice system
“That’s it. It doesn’t matter that he’s going to kill you.... You let that happen”
End the cycle: Stand with victims of domestic violence, believe them, and stop the abuse!
Criminalized survivor
Nikki Addimando
Criminalized survivor
Aylaliya “Liyah” Birru
Criminalized survivor
Marissa Alexander
