It’s not often that rapists get brought before the court of law to face justice for their crimes. According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), 97 out of every 100 rapists will never even spend a single day in jail.
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APRIL IS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH, and “Prevention is Possible” is the theme for 2016. The discourse around sexual violence has increasingly emphasized that the…
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LAST MONDAY, MARCH 7TH marked the third anniversary of the 2013 re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This landmark legislation, first passed in…
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ALTHOUGH IT’S NOT FEASIBLE, I wish Academy voters had been able to see Lady Gaga’s Oscar performance of “Til It Happens To You,” the song…
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One of the world’s best countries for women has a new immigrant education program that has left many observers on the fence. Norway provides voluntary-participation classes…
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TRIGGER WARNING: rape, sexual assault and harassment, verbal and psychological abuse. Also, light spoiler alerts. WHEN I SAT DOWN TO WATCH JESSICA JONES, I had…
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ACCORDING TO THE RAPE, ABUSE, AND INCEST NATIONAL NETWORK (RAINN), someone commits a sexual assault in America every 107 seconds, which equals about 230,000 victims…
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SEX TRAFFICKING IS NO JOKE. We may not always be aware of it, but it occurs a lot closer to home than we think. Erica…
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IT MIGHT SOUND SEXIST, and even contrary to the aims of contemporary feminism, to separate men and women from riding on public transportation together – but could…
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In a culture as sex-obsessed as ours, discussions of virginity will inevitably raise some tempers and blood pressures. Most of us have been raised to…
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS recently uncovered testimony from Bill Cosby, in which he admitted to obtaining quaaludes for the purpose of drugging women for sex. He also confessed…
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IF WE EVER NEEDED PROOF that rape culture is real in the United States and is affecting a whole new generation of young men, a…
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