Violence Against Women Archives

Rape Culture and State Supreme Court saying a woman with cerebral palsy should have fought off her rapist

Our Rape Culture Honor Roll

Alex Mar 25, 2018 Domestic Violence, Human Rights, Institutional Sexism, Legal System, Rape, Rape Culture, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights

We give judges the title of ‘Honorable.’ We stand up when they enter a courtroom. So we shouldn’t be surprised when this quark of authority worship leads to our blind

toxic masculinity in Yamaguchi assassination

Toxic Masculity: Penises in Japan and Tanks in Czechoslovakia

Eric Mar 18, 2018 Abusive Male, Human Rights, Kenzaburo Oe, Milan Kundera, Toxic Masculinity, Violence, Violence Against Women

She would have liked to tell them that behind Communism, Fascism, behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic, pervasive evil and that the image of that evil was

gun violence and mental health doesn't explain the rise in school shootings since the 1980s

The NRA Needs Pie: equating gun violence and mental health is poor taste

Alex Feb 27, 2018 Abuse, Abusive Male, Americans, Domestic Violence, Gun Control, Guns, Human Rights, Mass Shooting, Mental Health, Murder, NRA, People with mental illness, Politics, Rhetoric, Shooting, Tragedy, Violence, Violence Against Women

The gun violence and mental health script Dr. John T. Monahan sums up the gun violence and mental health script thusly: “Two things typically happen in the wake of a

Hollywood sex scenes leave several women uncomfortable

Grin and Bare It All: A Hollywood Sex Scene as Sextortion

Alex Jan 29, 2018 #MeToo, #TimesUp, Abuse, Abusive Male, Coercion, Feminism, Film, Film Critics, Gender Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Hegemony, Hetero-normalizing, Hollywood, Hollywood gender disparity, Hollywood sex scene, Human Rights, Institutional Sexism, LGBTQ*, Nudity, Rape, Rape Culture, Sex in art, Sexism, Sextortion, Sexual Harassment, Violence, Violence Against Women, Women in art, Women's Rights

A Hollywood Sex Scene A Hollywood sex scene can become iconic, revolutionary in its art-form, powerful in its critique of harmful cultural beliefs, and legendary in its impact on cinema

rape culture in the FBI definition of rape

The FBI celebrates rape culture and racism as a ‘legacy’

Alex Jan 28, 2018 Abortion, Abuse, Abusive Male, Americans, Civil Rights, Coveture, Dictionary Sexism, Domestic Violence, FBI, Feminism, Human Rights, Lynching, Marital Rape, Police, Politics, Racism, Rape, Rape Culture, Republican Party, Rhetoric, Sexism, Violence, Violence Against Women, Women's Rights

Setting its own terms: the FBI’s impact on rape culture For 84 years, from 1927 to 2011, the FBI’s definition of rape never changed. And for 84 years, human rights

Bullet Points: Shooting Holes into the NRA’s Echo Chamber

Alex Jan 15, 2018 Abuse, Americans, Chicago, Domestic Violence, Gun Control, Guns, Mass Shooting, Murder, NRA, Police, Politics, Racism, Rhetoric, Shooting, Tragedy, Violence, Violence Against Women, War

As if a shooting weren’t tragic enough After a shooting, we are suddenly forced into a world without our loved ones. Be it accidental or murderous, no words can soothe

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Our Rape Culture Honor Roll

Toxic Masculity: Penises in Japan and Tanks in Czechoslovakia

The NRA Needs Pie: equating gun violence and mental health is poor taste

Grin and Bare It All: A Hollywood Sex Scene as Sextortion

The FBI celebrates rape culture and racism as a ‘legacy’

Bullet Points: Shooting Holes into the NRA’s Echo Chamber