Hillary Crosley, writing for Parlour, on Pennsylvania's 'Prove Your Rape' Bill Proposed: I maintain that all of these vagina-policing laws wouldn’t be an issue if the topic of conversation was […]
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Tag: Sexual Violence
Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture. – Charlotte Bunch
Work With Us – Or Don’t, But Stop Blaming Us for Trying
Kristin McFarland on Let Women Speak for Women: How John Scalzi Pissed Me Off: Scalzi, Rothfuss, and Whedon are—right now—wealthy(ish) white men writing about problems only women face. They are […]
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Male Rape and Romance Novels
I’ve just started reading Cassandra By Starlight, the first in a series of three novels by Susan MacNicol. I don’t normally read romance novels – as in NEVER. However, I […]
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Executive Order – Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 25, 2012 Executive Order – Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts EXECUTIVE ORDER – – […]
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A Simple Gesture of Hope, Strength, and Courage
A Simple Gesture of Hope, Strength, and Courage by Natasha Hagan Showing support to Rape and Sexual Assault survivors can be shown from a simple gesture of ‘Hope’ and […]
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Selected as One of The Best of GMP’s Men’s Stories
Wow, my survivor story "I've Got the T-Shirt…" was chosen as one of The Best of GMP's Men's Stories: http://goodmenproject.com/good-feed-blog/the-best-of-gmps-mens-stories/ When I wrote it, I truly did not expect the level […]
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Sexual Violence Survivorhood and Selective Reading (or It is Time to Get Over the Stupid Internet)
I’ve been having an interesting discussion with artist M.K. Hajdin on male rape survivors. She linked to a blog commentary by Wayne Myers – On Being A Male Rape Survivor. […]
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Dear Huffington Post: Cherry Picked Rape Myths Do Not Equal Innocence
Dear Huffington Post: Cherry Picked Rape Myths Do Not Equal Innocence by Matt Atkinson David Protess, writing for the Huffington Post on Did Oklahoma Wrongfully Convict a Chicago Hoops […]
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Akin is Not Unique
Donald D’Haene, writing for The Huffington Post, on “As a Rape Survivor, You Get Used to Stupid Remarks Like Akin’s“: Todd Akin’s ridiculous declaration on the serious crime of rape […]
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Todd Akin and the False Equivalency of the Enraged
Mom-Blog on Todd Akin and Rape: What did you say?? I’m not at all happy what’s going on with politics lately. I’m supposed to keep quiet and say things like, […]
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