Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues

Twenty links about Assange, consent, and rape

[Crossposted on Alas and on TADA. Anti-feminists, conservatives, “feminist critics,” and MRAs may post in the comments on TADA, but not in the comments on Alas.] Here’s how James Joyner describes the accusations against Julian Assange: Assange had consensual sex … Continue reading

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Husband Murder on the Rise in Iran

Saba Vasefi is an Iranian women’s and children’s rights activist who is now living in Australia. Her documentary, Do Not Bury My Heart–for which I have not been able to find much information on the web–about the execution of minors … Continue reading

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Longest-Running Study of Same-Sex Parented Families–in This Case, Planned Lesbian Families–Yields Very Interesting Results

The study, which was published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, appears to debunk the myth so often promulgated by opponents of marriage equality that lesbian and gay parents are more likely to abuse their children sexually. Not a single child in … Continue reading

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Blogging About A Sexual Assault That Can't Be Proven

[Crossposted at TADA and Alas. Feminists only may comment on this post at “Alas.” Non-feminists and feminists are both welcome to comment at TADA.] On her blog, Noirin Shirley writes about an after-party at ApacheCon: And then I went to … Continue reading

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Domestic Violence Has Always Been a Current Running Through My Life

Three weeks ago, as the students were filing out of the room at the end of one of my classes, a woman stopped in front of my desk and said something along the lines of, “So I want to write … Continue reading

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: Thinking About Pornography 4

I did not go to pornography because I’d been sexually abused, but the fact that I’d been abused made the world of pornography one that it felt natural for me to inhabit. One of the effects that sexual abuse often … Continue reading

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Straight Flowing on a Boat in the Deep Blue Sea

Remember James O’Keefe III? Sure you do! He’s the guy who (didn’t actually) dress(ed) as a pimp and shot selectively-edited video in order to bring down ACORN, which thanks to a heavy assist from FOX and Andrew Breitbart, and the … Continue reading

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On "Hey Baby" And The Invisibility Of Managing Sexual Harassment (Invisible To Men, I Mean)

[Crossposted on “Alas” and on “TADA.” The discussion on “Alas” is open only to feminists.] Bean emailed me a link to this article about the game Hey Baby, a first-person shooter game intended to educate men about street harassment of … Continue reading

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A Very Good Anti-Rape Ad from Scotland

It speaks for itself. It’s part of the Not Ever campaign.

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Fragments of Evolving Manhood: The Violence In Me 1

Serious domestic/intimate partner violence trigger warning in the first few paragraphs of this post. Sitting on my bed with her back against the wall, my lover—who’s come to visit during my first year of graduate school—tells me that she’s at … Continue reading

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