The Maid’s Tale
Nafissatou Diallo, the woman who brought forward charges of rape against Dominique Strauss Kahn, spoke with Newsweek magazine.
issue: Stopping Violence Against Women
Rape Culture: Why the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Matters
The Dominique Strauss-Kahn case has given us an opportunity to see how rape culture affects national coverage of rape. We have seen victim blaming from respected news publications using irrelevant details to discredit the accuser’s case (last time I checked, having truthful immigration papers does not make anyone more or less likely to become a survivor of sexual assault). This case is hugely important because rape culture does not exist on some far away plane, and it does not take Strauss-Kahn’s prestige to get off scot-free.
Still a Case for Trying Strauss-Kahn
Jim Dwyer writes for The New York Times: “What is so wrong with the original plan to hold a trial for Dominique Strauss-Kahn to decide if he committed an act of sexual violence against a hotel housekeeper?”
This Is Rape Culture: Whose Credibility Problem?
Rape culture means that while some women are more statistically likely to be raped, every woman is at risk of sexual assault and “No Means Yes” passes for an acceptable joke in far too many quarters.
20 Quotes About DSK That Reveal How We Think About Rape
Amanda Hess writes on Good: “It’s been a month and a half since a 32-year-old hotel maid accused then-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her in his swanky Manhattan suite. And each time a new fact trickles into the public record, comm…
