Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports writes: “They basically told the victim about it. Their friends essentially took real-time crime-scene photos for the cops. Of course, this was only possible because Mays and Richmond were more than comfortable committing the…
The degradation of women and girls is ubiquitous in our society. The term ‘rape culture’ is used to describe the casual debasement we all experience and witness every day. In fact, it has become such a part of our lives that it is often invisible.
An article at HealthDay News says: “People with disabilities are at greater risk of being the victims of violence, particularly if they have a mental illness-related disability, according to a new study.”
Jeremy Herb writes for The Hill: “Lawmakers are considering stripping military commanders of judicial powers that they say are abetting rampant sexual violence against women in the armed forces.”
Jessica Valenti writes for The Nation: “Of all the feminist ideas that draw ire, one would think that ‘don’t rape’ is a fairly noncontroversial statement. It seems not.”