Category Archives: Prisoner rape

WTF, New York Post? Why Are You Advocating Rape?

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Ampersand

So famous dieter and Subway spokesman Jared Fogle has admitted to paying minors for sex (which is, as I understand it, statutory rape) and having child pornography, and will spend between five and thirteen years in prison, as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisoner rape, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sexism hurts men | 4 Comments

The Minister in charge of police and upholding rape culture

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Maia

I haven’t written about, and don’t feel capable of writing about, the earthquake in Christchurch. I am too close, and too far away (I am OK, everyone I know is OK). Other people have written about the experience powerfully eloquently, … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisoner rape, Prisons and Justice and Police, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 8 Comments

We Know How To Stop Prisoner Rape

Posted on December 31, 2008 by Ampersand

In a letter published in The New York Review of Books, David Kaiser of Just Detention International argues that we could significantly reduce prison rape, if we genuinely wanted to. “Since 1980 the murder rate inside prisons has fallen more … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisoner rape, Sexism hurts men | 40 Comments

Daisy on Prison Rape and Human Rights

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Ampersand

Daisy at Our Decent Into Madness writes: In Iran, a woman was attacked by her scorned suitor turned stalker: he threw sulfuric acid on her face, blinding and permanently disfiguring her. He’s been sentenced to a punishment of having five … Continue reading →

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Ezra Klein on Prison Rape

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Ampersand

From an LA Times op-ed: Prison rape occupies a fairly odd space in our culture. It is, all at once, a cherished source of humor, a tacitly accepted form of punishment and a broadly understood human rights abuse. We pass … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisoner rape, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 37 Comments

You can only say 'Yes' if you can say 'No'

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Maia

There’s been a brilliant discussion about Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti’s Call for Submissions for ‘Yes means Yes’.Firefly, BlackAmazon, Sylvia, Tekanji, Chris Clarke, Sudy, Magniloquence, and Theriomorph are just some of the people who have written about the original Call … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Feminism, sexism, etc, Prisoner rape, Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 11 Comments

Statistics About Prison and Prisoners In The USA

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Ampersand

Some statistics swiped from the NY Times, which in turn based its article on a Department of Justice report released last week: * At the end of last year, 1 of every 31 adults in the United States was in … Continue reading →

Posted in In the news, Prisoner rape, Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 3 Comments

More On Prison Rape

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Ampersand

Ilya Somin and Mark Kleiman have been debating prison rape. Ilya, a libertarian, argues that it’s not politically plausible for the government to help prisoners. “Government is responsive to those who have political power, and prisoners are the classic example … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisoner rape, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sexism hurts men | 10 Comments

Blog Post Round-Up: Prison Rape

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Ampersand

“The opposite of compassion is not hatred, it’s indifference.” –Anonymous prisoner quoted by Human Rights Watch In response to Ezra Klein’s two posts on prison rape yesterday (which themselves relied on a 2001 Human Rights Watch report), a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Prisoner rape, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sexism hurts men | 38 Comments

Men Are Much Less Likely To Be Victims of Rape

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Ampersand

On the Male Privilege Checklist (henceforth “the list,”) I wrote: 7. If I’m a teen or adult, and if I can stay out of prison, my odds of being raped are so low as to be negligible. Karmaq, writing in … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Prisoner rape, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, The Male Privilege Checklist | 93 Comments