At I.M.F., Men on Prowl and Women on Guard

Binyamin Appelbaum and Sheryl Gay Stolberg report for The New York Times: “Interviews and documents paint a picture of the [IMF] as an institution whose sexual norms and customs are markedly different from those of Washington, leaving its female employee…

Harsh Light on Two Men, but Glare Falls on Women

Kate Zernike writes for The New York Times: “For all the differences of the two cases — one involves allegations of sexual assault, the other does not — they raise similar questions about imbalances of power that continue in some ways after the accusatio…

Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on Rape

Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports for The new York Times: “Jess Smochek arrived in Bangladesh in 2004 as a 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer with dreams of teaching English and ‘helping the world.’ She left six weeks later a rape victim after being brutalized…

Florida bills burden women’s health

Christopher Estes writes in the St. Petersburg Times: “In medical school, we learn that the patient comes first. Our Legislature is trying to gut this principle. The House passed six bills meant to separate women from medical care they need; the Senate a…