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Victims Do Not “Contribute” To Their Own Rapes

by Cara August 15, 2008

I’m a little bit late on this, but can’t help but write about it.  News has emerged that female rape victims in Britain were having their monetary rewards reduced in cases where they had been drinking at the time of the rape.  Their alcohol consumption was considered to be a “contributing factor” in the crime.  [...]

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This is How Much a Woman is Worth in America

by Cara April 6, 2008

Trigger Warning UPDATE: Tressa Gross’ cousin has shared his victim impact statement with us in the comments. I’ve verified his relation through this news article, which also provides some insight into Berger’s light sentence — assuming that his lawyer is telling the truth, which is always a gamble. A St. Louis man named John Berger [...]

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