Serena Williams Apologizes For Saying “It Could Have Been Worse” For Steubenville Rape Victim
Williams apologized in a blog post Wednesday morning after comments from her Rolling Stone profile prompted an outcry.
Williams apologized in a blog post Wednesday morning after comments from her Rolling Stone profile prompted an outcry.
Opponents of the traditional justice system argue for a replacement that focuses on healing the community — and even the criminal. But does this approach give victims short shrift?
The states with the most severe punishments for rape also have the highest rates of the crime. A BuzzFeed original analysis.
A Canadian teenager hung herself after photos of her rape were spread by classmates on Facebook and Twitter, now the internet is demanding justice.
Create a future with less rape and sexual assault by teaching children about having empathy for others and understanding consent. Condensed and reprinted with permission from The Good Men Project.
Well over 1 million views at this point. The recent social media attacks on the Steubenville Rape victim prompted a University of Oregon student to make a PSA with the simple message, “Real men, treat women with respect.” At 26 seconds long, this video is short and to the point. BRAVO, Samantha Stendal.
Twitter users are taking on the depressing topic of women’s safety tips and flipping it into absurdist realtalk with the hashtag #SafetyTipsForLadies.
Dear Lou Piniella: if you “don’t want to use the word ‘rape,’” then DON’T USE THE WORD “RAPE.”
A flurry of online backlash erupted this weekend over how CNN covered the Steubenville rape trial.
Ram Singh’s lawyer: “There were no circumstances which could have led to Ram Singh committing suicide. There was no mental stress. He was very happy.”
A naked woman is used to “attract the reader’s eye” to Playboy SA’s cover decrying rape, a marketing tactic that isn’t sitting well with gender equality activists.
In 2010, she compared a mining practice to rape.
The One Billion Rising event involves women and men around the world demonstrating and dancing to raise awareness and call for an end to violence against women.
“This is actually pretty simple. If you’re about to talk about rape as anything other than a brutal and horrible crime, stop.”
Richard Graham told a newspaper that women in high heels and short skirts are more likely to get raped. Graham later clarified, saying it’s about “risk maintenance.” (via thisisgloucestershire.co.uk)
They are also three times as likely to be raped, according to the first-ever nationwide study on domestic violence and sexual orientation.
The crime: “tampering with evidence.” [UPDATE: The lawmaker who introduced the bill says that isn’t the aim and plans to update the bill.]
“I don’t think those two exceptions are relevant.”
The hacker group Anonymous has turned a local rape controversy into something much larger after leaking the personal records of 50,000 Ohio residents. The group is demanding justice for what they’re calling a conspiracy to cover up one teenage girl’s possible sexual assault.
Congressman Bikram Singh Brahma was attacked by a mob of women in northeastern India before being taken into police custody after he allegedly raped a woman in her home.
We won’t see real change until my Indian parents and their generation change how they see women’s sexuality.
A woman who was brutally gang-raped by six men on December 16th died from her injuries on Saturday. The pressure on the Indian government to be tougher on crimes against women reaches its boiling point.
Akin loses in Missouri, and Mourdock loses in Indiana. Women reject two tone-deaf conservatives.
Outside groups are suddenly flocking to the former pariah. But national groups are officially staying out.
On the Tonight Show, the President fired back at Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s comment that pregnancy from rape is “something that God intended to happen.”
“We disagree on the policy regarding exceptions for rape and incest.”
Won’t say if he still endorses.
Even if it is a joke, it’s a very very very bad joke.
A story about a man coercing a drunk teenage girl into oral sex was “rape-apologizing nonsense,” says the editor of the Good Men Project.
Among Jeffrey Sinclair’s numerous charges: possessing booze, porn and “engaging in conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.”
