Racism and Victimisation: The Perfect Victim Stereotype

This session explores the perfect victim stereotype, which expects a victim to be helpless and submissive. It looks at the racist stereotypes that lead services to disbelieve Black and racialised survivors who do not match it.

Audience

This session is for IDVAs, ISVAs, advocates, safeguarding leads, managers and commissioners across the domestic and sexual abuse sector.

Content

• The perfect victim stereotype and its origins
• Racist stereotypes of Black and racialised survivors, including the strong Black woman
• The effect of these stereotypes on belief, risk assessment and criminal justice outcomes
• Practice that responds to survivors as they present

Format

The session runs online on Zoom for one and a half hours and costs £35. The joining link is sent to you before the session starts.

Data protection

We Are Frieda CIC (company number 12772194) is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office under ZC265841, and our Data Protection Officer is Bennjoseph Vaughan. The details you give at booking are used to run this session and to contact you about it. Our privacy policy can be found at wearefrieda.org.uk/privacy-policy.

Contact

talkto@wearefrieda.org.uk
57 Corporation Street, Coventry, CV1 1GX
Instagram @wearefrieda.cic