Category Archives: Rape, intimate violence, & related issues

Feminism has made women less likely to be murdered

Posted on August 24, 2005 by Ampersand

The London Sunday Times reports on a new British study: Danny Dorling, the report’s author and professor of human geography at Sheffield University, said that marked changes in the social status of women explained the shift. “The decline in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Whatever | 173 Comments

Lobbying for VAWA's reauthorization

Posted on August 19, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

The Violence Against Women Act is up for reauthorization soon and naturally so, women’s rights groups are campaigning to have it brought back to the floor of Congress for a vote. Lobbyists for the act are worried however that some … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections and politics, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 1 Comment

Linda Loaiza

Posted on August 3, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

Linda Loaiza, a Venezuelan woman, was abducted, beaten, mutilated, torturued, starved, and rape several times over for four months by a man would later on be acquitted for the crime. This is her story…. In July of 2001, 18-year-old Linda … Continue reading →

Posted in International issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 8 Comments

Rape prevention versus theft prevention

Posted on August 2, 2005 by Nick Kiddle

I’ve been thinking about rape prevention advice lately. Not the transparently nonsensical stuff, like “don’t dress slutty” and “don’t be alone with dodgy men”, but the superficially reasonable advice like “stay aware of your surroundings” and “act as if you’re … Continue reading →

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

New Rape Culture and Gender Thread

Posted on June 28, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

Okay here’s the “sequel” to my other Rape Culture post. For a lead-in I bring you the very brutally honest and true comment by Q Grrl from the ‘Amanda presents some real Anti-Rape Advice’ thread. Q Grrl Writes: June 28th, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 408 Comments

Amanda presents some Real Anti-Rape Advice

Posted on June 25, 2005 by Ampersand

Inspired by threads here on “Alas” and on her own blog, Amanda has written an excellent post about victim-blaming and rape, including some well-researched advice: *Austin is a relatively peaceful city, crime-wise, but we have an abnormally high rate of … Continue reading →

Posted in Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 78 Comments

Yes some guys are assholes, but it's still your fault if you get raped

Posted on June 15, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

(First, kudos to Amanda Marcotte whose comment and link here in the Daily Kos Kerfuzzle thread served as the inspiration for this post) How ingrained is our culture’s prominent “past-time” of ‘guilt tripping the sexual assault/rape victim for the attack’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Feminism, sexism, etc, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 528 Comments

Activist Judges Again

Posted on June 8, 2005 by Ampersand

Quoted from “The Backfiring of the Domestic Violence Firearms Bans,” by Lisa May, published in the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law in 2005. Dale Barsness was a convicted wife batterer. At the time of his conviction, he had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 35 Comments

Why do the pretty suburban white girls get all the media's attention?

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

When someone goes missing or is abducted–especially if at such a young, tender age–it’s always heartwrenching to watch the family members and spouses pour out their emotions on national television, pleaing for their loved-ones safe return. Unfortunately some times the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Economy, Popular (and unpopular) culture, Race, racism and related issues, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 63 Comments

Boyfriend Gets Life Sentence Under "Fetal Protection" Law

Posted on June 7, 2005 by Ampersand

UPDATE: Several folks in the comments, especially Portia and Radfem, read more closely than I did and noticed that there’s a disturbing pattern here; regardless of whether or not she really did want him to hit her to cause a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 117 Comments