Rape Culture
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Reporter speaks up after man attempts to kiss her on-air: 'Let us do our jobs'
A Louisville, Kentucky, reporter is speaking out after a man attempted to kiss her while she was reporting live on-air. "I hope he hears me," she said. "I hope we can all grow from this."
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New York Times under fire for tweet comparing Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault allegation to 'harmless fun'
"Sexual assault isn't harmless fun," writer Roxane Gay said of the newspaper's tweet about the latest allegation of sexual misconduct facing the Supreme Court justice.
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Kavanaugh's third accuser, Julie Swetnick, is 'very accomplished.' Why should that matter?
In addition to her stunning accusations, it was notable how much time Julie Swetnick spent portraying herself as credible.
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Anika Noni Rose takes on sexual assault: 'No one has the right to touch me'
Anika Noni Rose is a sexual assault victim, but she will not be silenced.
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A women-only music festival is happening: Is keeping genders separate really a step forward?
After another event was canceled following a string of sexual assault and rape complaints, a Swedish comedian is launching a man-free festival, to take place next summer. But it’s worth asking whether segregated events are the way forward or only an interim tactic.
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Runner slams commenter who said her shorts invite rape
What stunned Laurah Lukin, a runner, blogger, and assistant dean at the University of Cincinnati, was how the one commenter felt justified in perpetuating the idea that certain clothing invites rape.
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Why Didn’t I Know I’d Been Raped? My School Didn’t Teach Sex Ed.
Sexual assault wasn’t even something on my radar because it had never been talked about, especially by my school. All I was taught was that a sexual encounter was a sexual encounter — I had no way of distinguishing between consensual sex and rape.