Jane Doe, You Are Not Alone
Once again, there has been a rape case involving football. This time it was a young woman in Steubenville, Ohio. Predicatably, there has been sympathy for the young men who raped her. She has...
Tagged: Sexual Violence
Military Rape Survivors Are Actual Human Beings, Not Your Gun Control Talking Points
NOTE: Yes, there will be sarcasm, snark and profanity. That's what you get when people co-opt the struggles of military survivors for political or ideological arguments unrelated to their traumas. My PTSD is not...
FACT SHEET: Combatting Violence against Women
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 05, 2014 FACT SHEET: Combatting Violence against Women **Funding in the President’s FY 2015 Budget Aims to Reduce Backlog of Untested Rape...
More Than A Love Story: Cassandra By Starlight
More Than A Love Story: Cassandra By Starlight I’m not one to read romances, like, ever – with the exception of Dorothy Eden’s “Winterwood” from 800 years ago or so. I was looking...
This Is Why Male Rape Survivors Don’t Come Forward (or Gendered Victim-Blaming)
Well, today I was treated to some of the worst victim-blaming I've received yet from rape denialists and self-appointed gender police. I'm so tired of this garbage. Why is this okay? Why is this...
More on Female Predators
From Dean Esmay, who also experienced sexual violence at the hands of a female, on "Raped on Active Duty: Why He Didn't Report": "James is still regularly harassed and abused for telling his...
Albany AMWA Hosts Interpersonal Violence Awareness Week
American Medical Women’s Association AMWA Student NewsFlash February 2013 Albany AMWA Hosts Interpersonal Violence Awareness Week By: Amanda Wingle, Region 2 Director Albany Med’s Interpersonal Violence Awareness Week was held in January. On Monday, Christin...
Raped on Active Duty – Why I Would Not Report
I recently attended the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the sexual assault investigations at Lackland Air Force Base on January 23, 2013. A group of female and male survivors attended to support witness...
When A Victim-Blamer Cries Victim
I received an email from Cristina Robinson today in response to my article about her mockery of me. Apparently, I am just supposed to be okay with her weak apology and she is now...
Male Survivor Observations on Speaking Out at Albany Medical College
I was asked by the Albany Medical College chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association to present for the 2013 Interpersonal Violence Awareness Week on January 8, 2013. As I am a member of...