Who doesn’t love a festive holiday tradition? The Christmas tree has been trimmed, stockings have been hung, the elf is sitting on his shelf and, once again, people are debating whether “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is a song about rape. Every December, the Internet serves up a fresh batch of …
Read More »Kavanaugh Accusations: How Does the Brain Process Sexual Assault?
On Sunday, The New Yorker reported that a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Deborah Ramirez, Kavanaugh’s classmate at Yale, joins his high school acquaintance, Christine Blasey Ford, in publicly accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct and demanding an investigation …
Read More »Watch Terry Crews Testify Before Senate on Sexual Assault
Terry Crews discussed the importance of protecting survivors of sexual assault, his own experience as a survivor and the “cult of toxic masculinity that exists in our society” during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. The Judiciary Committee was holding hearings on the Sexual Assault Survivors’ “Bill of Rights,” …
Read More »Schneiderman Allegations Aren't 'Role-Playing' – They're Abuse
When the line between “playful sex romp” and “violent assault” is thin enough to be the subject of dispute, something’s gone terribly wrong. In an article published yesterday in the The New Yorker, multiple women accused New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of monstrous emotional manipulation and physical abuse. Most …
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