Steubenville Reminder: Rape Is Rape

Christine Pelosi writes for The Huffington Post: “Remember 2012 when America was awash in ‘legitimate rape’ stories? Seems some of the networks forgot that rape is rape and that all survivors deserve justice. When Candy Crowley and her colleagues discuss the impact of a rape conviction on the rapists and not on the survivor, it perpetuates the rape culture already rampant in the Steubenville ‘rape crew.’ When FOX reveals the name of the victim but not of the rapists, it perpetuates rape culture. So to our friends in the media right and left, here is a refresher course: Rape is rape.”