Gender Violence
Breaking the silence in gender-based violence involves learning how to share and talk about it to initiate ways and movements to an end. Cultural attitudes and beliefs contribute to the silence of gender violence. The breaking of silence is achieved by forming strong activism movements and has raised awareness, but challenges are still there. According to Hamby, women report cases of violence to enforcement agencies than men. Women are likely to street harassment that is likely to result in sexual assault and rape. The #me too movement in the US was started as a movement against sexual harassment and assault. Women empowerment helps in helping a woman to know their rights and able to fight the sexual harassment and assault in the workplace and also helps end the victimization on women about gender violence. The rape myths are there to maintain a male advantage in the male-dominant culture with the assumption that those men involved are deviant and lack a sexual partner. Women are victimized by the myths that they exaggerate and makeup account of rape.