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Where do you stand on Roman Polanski?
It is, perhaps, ironic that right around the same time that Mackenzie Phillips went public about her incest experience, a second entertainment icon was thrust into the limelight for sexual misconduct,...
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There are layers of information and emotion covering the speculation that Democratic Senator from Hawaii and Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye may strip an amendment from the Department of...
View ArticleCourt States You Can't Get Raped in Skinny Jeans
People have connected clothing to rape for years, usually from the angle that the woman must want sex due to what she's wearing. Taking the discussion a dangerous step further, an Australian court...
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#SpeakLoudly: Laurie Halse-Anderson's "Speak" Is Not Porn
Melinda is just a girl that went to a party. It was her first high school party and it did not go the way she had planned. How could it? Melinda never planned on being raped. After being raped Melinda...
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What Age Is The Right Age To Talk With My Daughter About Rape?
My fourteen-year-old daughter is upstairs in her bedroom listening to Shakira on her iPod and studying for a french mid-term. Me? I am downstairs watching a horrific rape scene on a television show...
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Biological Evolution Protects Ovulating Women from Rape, but the Rest of Us...
Well, I am glad to learn from Slate that, from an evolutionary perspective, I am more likely to be raped because I don't ovulate and thus am a wuss who judges character poorly. See, according to...
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Does A Comic's Joke About Rape Speak to A Larger Problem?
Perhaps you've caught wind of the mess involving a former Second City employee in Chicago who told a story on an open mic. In the story, a slightly drunk female customer gives a Second City waiter her...
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Sharing a Secret Shame
It was a calm afternoon. An old friend, I'll call her Angela, had stopped by for the afternoon for brunch and coffee. We nibbled healthy foods and joked about weight loss. It is part of our usual...
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Rape Turned to Bullying: What Your Teen Needs to Know From You
Earlier this year, a gang rape in Steubenville, Ohio and the subsequent victim-shaming became national news while "Jane Doe" was bullied and received death threats. By the time the horrific series of...
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Is Twitter Doing Enough to Curb Rape Threats Online?
It is too easy to threaten someone on Twitter. Too easy to cut them down, to mock them, to ridicule. With 140 characters, you can make a woman so uncomfortable that she doesn't feel safe online. The...
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Ohio Allows Rapists to Sue Victims for Custody of the Child: Does Your State?
Today three Ohio State University students took 60,000 signatures to the office of State Senator John Eklund (R) in hopes that he will help push forward the stalled bill. The signatures come from...
View ArticleCourt States You Can't Get Raped in Skinny Jeans
People have connected clothing to rape for years, usually from the angle that the woman must want sex due to what she's wearing. Taking the discussion a dangerous step further, an Australian court...
View ArticleBound & bitten, or just Franken, Inouye, the Pentagon & the White House...
There are layers of information and emotion covering the speculation that Democratic Senator from Hawaii and Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye may strip an amendment from the Department of...
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