Talking with Men, Not at Men Makes A Difference
The Women's Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee asked the following question: If you come across someone who laughs at the idea of teaching men not to rape, what's the...
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Statement by the Press Secretary on New DOD Initiatives to Eliminate Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 15, 2013 Statement by the Press Secretary on New DOD Initiatives to Eliminate Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces The President has...
Victim-Blaming Is Easy (or You Really Aren’t A Useful Person)
Alyson Miers on There Is No Right Way For A Victim To Behave : "People are saying stupid shit about Amanda Berry. Burnett’s concerned astonishment was charitable compared to what the lowest form of...
Mad Men, Male Rape Survivors and Female Predators
Abigail Rine, writing for The Atlantic, on "Don Draper Was Raped"" According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, a nationally representative study on sexual victimization developed by the CDC, 4.8...
Reflections on Five Years of Healing and Speaking Out
Reflections on Five Years of Healing and Speaking Out by James Landrith June 16, 2013 I have taken it on the chin several times for speaking out and publicly telling my...
Statement by the President on Eliminating Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 20, 2013 Statement by the President on Eliminating Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces Earlier this year I directed Secretary Hagel, Chairman...
Remarks by the President After Meeting on Sexual Assault in the Military
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 16, 2013 Remarks by the President After Meeting on Sexual Assault in the Military Cabinet Room 4:53 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: I...
Executive Order — 2013 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 15, 2013 Executive Order — 2013 Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – –...
Thank You Alyson Miers (or There Are Good People in the World)
Author Alyson Miers had this to say about the young man from Toronto, who was gang-raped and victim-blamed: It’s not often that we hear about a case of a guy being raped by a...
Still Saying Male Survivors Don’t Get Victim-Blamed? (or Time to Grow Up)
I’m furious right now. I’m a bit too angry to write as coherently as I’d prefer. You know I’ve been through hell since publicly disclosing my rape. You know I have little tolerance for...