How someone can ever blame the victim of a crime for the crime is something that will never cease to astound me, yet it’s an incredibly pervasive attitude. Such victim-blaming is absurdly and horrifyingly common in cases of sexual assault and rape. Women are blamed for assault if they dress in a manner that […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Mondays: If You Were Sexually Assaulted, You Were Asking for ItEman al-Obeidy (also spelled Iman Al-Obeidi), a Libyan woman who was detained by Gadahfi’s troops for two days in Tripoli, has recently revealed that, while in captivity, she was brutally gang raped by Gadahfi loyalists. As though this woman had not been through enough, when she was finally freed she was subjected to harsh, unyielding […]
Read More Quick Hit: Eman al-Obeidy speaks out about being raped by Gadhafi loyalists tonight on CNNOn March 4, 2007, Lauren Chief Elk and April Grolle, two members of the De Anza College soccer team, were leaving a house party when they sensed that something suspicious was going on in one of the back rooms where the door was closed and the lights were turned off. In ktvu.com‘s coverage of the […]
Read More “No Woman Left Behind”: Encouraging the Notion of Becoming an Active BystanderWe have narrowly won a victory today. For those of you who don’t know, the “Smith Bill,” is an antiabortion GOP-backed House bill that was proposed by Republicans a few weeks ago. The bill proposed changing current abortion laws, which provides federal money for abortions in the case of life-threatening pregnancies or rape. The Smith […]
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