Tag Archives: Sexual Assault
This is what the legitimization of acquaintance assault and rape looks like
TweetWhenever I’m intrigued or baffled by what’s going on in the world around me I look to the literature for answers. After the atrocity in Steubenville OH last year and the recent tragic suicide of Audrie Pott in Saratoga CA I started to educate myself on rape. I learnt about rape culture and, equipped with [...]
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Do you want to know what rape culture looks like?
TweetDo you want to know what rape culture looks like? It looks like a world where you blame women. Where you ask: “What was she wearing?” “Where has she been?” “How many men has she slept with?” Where one the first things asked after hearing about a sexual assault is “how much was she drinking?” [...]
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Authorities must stop treating sexual abuse charges with ‘caution’
TweetWhen someone is murdered, an investigation is launched. When a victim is paralyzed when mugged at gun point, no one asks why they didn’t scream or says they asked for it. When someone is robbed, the judge doesn’t tell the victims they should have shouted in protest against the violation of their home to prove [...]
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‘Women’s bodies are not public goods’ and other corrections we are still making
TweetWhile I hate to give this professor from Rochester more attention than what he deserves, the apparent inability (based upon the comments I quickly perused) of anyone to see the logical problems with this man’s argument has prompted me to do a little writing of my own on the subject. Based upon his original blog post and his [...]
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