Rape
Crommunist writes at the Freethought Blogs: This morning I made a reference to the fact that men are often assumed to be potential rapists as an example of how sexism negatively affects…
The Associated Press reports (via the Washington Post): The Obama administration on Friday expanded the FBI’s more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to count men as victims for the first time and…
Violet Blue explains why the new SlutWalk protests are “a significant tipping point in cultural evolution” — and she’s serious. “Yes: I think scantily clad girls marching in the streets around the…
“If the inmate is not powerful enough or guards would not take care of him, he will be certainly raped. Prison guards ignore those who are seen with condoms simply because they…
Peace Corps is in the business to help “countless individuals who want to build a better life for themselves, their children, and their communities.” But do they help their volunteers? Numerous cases…
Britain’s Daily Mail tabloid newspaper has long been known for pushing stories of dubious provenance to appeal to the conservative outrage of its largely middle class readership. It has really outdone itself…
The Daily Mail reports: The Libyan woman who was arrested after telling foreign journalists she had been gang-raped by Gaddafi’s troops has been charged, a government spokesman said today. In a chaotic…
Al Jazeera reports: Sexual assault within the ranks of the military is not a new problem. It is a systemic problem that has necessitated that the military conduct its own annual reporting…
An interesting ‘coincidence’ in the still unfolding honey pot trap that has ensnared Julian Assange. From Kirk Murphy at Firedoglake.com: Yesterday Alexander Cockburn reminded us of the news Israel Shamir and Paul…
From Feminist Critics: Feminists, do not focus upon male rape generally, or male prison rape in particular. This is unsurprising, and not, in itself, particularly problematic. What is problematic with feminist discourse…
Nastasya Yay reports on the AP via Yahoo News: JOHANNESBURG— A new survey says more than one in three South African men admit to having committed rape. A 2010 study led by…
Melissa McEwan writes on shakesville: Frequently, I receive requests to provide a definition of the term “rape culture”… Rape culture is rape being used as a weapon, a tool of war and…
Yahoo! Answers is not the font of all wisdom, as I think even most of its members know, but two years ago at least one interesting question was asked which proved controversial. …
South Korea has taken steps toward keeping their children safe from sexual predators. Each child was given a beeper with a GPS device installed. After atrocious attacks on minors, the government has…
Media Matters points out the most popular conservative pundits’ weird love of rape metaphors. (Gays are raping us! Obama is raping us! So are illegal immigrants!) I’ll leave it to psychologists to figure out what this all means.
Science and Politics by Meg Stone: I spent most of this past spring and summer rolling my eyes every time I heard a news story about the swine flu. Almost every day…
Is America ready for a movie about an obese Harlem girl raped and impregnated by her abusive father? Lynn Hirschberg tells us in the cover story of this week’s New York Times…