Perception of Sexual Violence Against Women in Asian American Communities

Incapacitated Rape and Alcohol Use in White and Asian American College Women

“…Ethnicity affects sexual assault outcomes and beliefs (Abraham, 1999;Holzman, 1996;Kalof, 2000;Lee & Law, 2001;Roosa, Reinholtz, & Angelini, 1999). Asian men and women residing in Western countries appear more likely to endorse negative attitudes toward rape victims, have greater belief in rape myths, and are more accepting of sexual harassment than White men and women (Kennedy & Gorzalka, 2002;Lee, Pomeroy, Yoo, & Rheinboldt, 2005;Mori, Bernat, Glenn, Selle, & Zarate, 1995).…”

“…Comparing Asian and White college students' rape attitudes, Lee et al found that both Asian male and female students were more likely to believe that women are responsible for preventing rape, victims cause rape, and that sex is the main motivation for rape. Asian Americans also reported shame as the main deterrence for rape victims in seeking professional help (Lee & Law, 2001). Thus beliefs in some Asian cultures may serve as risk factors for rape victims for negative outcomes (Abraham, 1999;Okazaki, 2002).…”

Introduction to Special Issue: Trauma and Well-Being among Asian American Women

“…Alone and together, these statuses encapsulate devaluation, invalidation, stereotypes, and invisibility within the racist-sexist context of U.S. society (Kawahara & Van Kirk, 2004;Tien, 2000). On top of these challenges, sexism and patriarchy are integral in many AA communities (Fong, 1997;Lee & Law, 2001;Rimonte, 1991;Wang, 1996). The complex interplay of multiple oppressive contexts with regard to race and gender points to many potential traumatic events faced by AA women, some of which we have mentioned above, such as race/gender discrimination trauma, sexual violence/harassment trauma, domestic violence trauma, intimate partner violence trauma, poverty trauma, and so forth.…”

“…Where there is available literature for AA women, areas of focus include the impact of refugee pre-migration and migration trauma on postmigration adjustment (e.g., Chung, 2001;Chung & Bemak, 2002), domestic/intimate partner violence (e.g., Dasgupta, 2007;Liao, 2006;Yick & Agbayani-Siewert, 1997;Yoshihama, 2000), and sexual violence (e.g., Abraham, 1999;Lee & Law, 2001). Even in these areas of trauma that have received some attention from scholars and clinicians, more recent works are limited, as well as empirical evidence of their effects on outcomes of wellbeing.…”

Editorial: Violence Against Women Across the Globe

“…A sampling of topics included sexual assault of college women in the UK, marital rape in Nigeria, war-related rape in the Congo, violence against sex workers in Ethiopia, female genital mutilation in the African Sudanic belt, honor killings in Iraq, and sexual victimization of Asian American women (Banwell, 2012;Chika, 2011;Hague, Gill, & Begikhani, 2012;Kedir & Admasachew, 2010;Lee & Law, 2001;Phipps & Smith, 2012;Wilson, 2012). Once again, in perusing these articles I found eloquent authors and impressive research.…”