rape and sexual assault

Let Us Pity the Poor Rapist

by Cara February 27, 2009

Via Hoyden About Town comes the story of New Zealand rugby player Jake Paringatai, who committed an act of sexual violence against a woman in at a social function.  Of course, as seems to always happen when a perpetrator is a famous sports star, rape apologism from both the media and the courts has ensued, [...]

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Rape Is Cheaper Than Bullets

by Cara February 25, 2009

Yesterday, I came across this new UK ad campaign by Amnesty International, called Rape Is Cheaper Than Bullets.   It’s apparently intended to bring attention to the use of rape as a weapon of war around the globe: This morning I received a text message from a friend who was on her way to work. It [...]

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Sexual Violence in Italy Used to Support Racist Immigration Policies

by Cara February 21, 2009

Last month, I wrote a post about how Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made statements which heavily implied a belief that women are raped not because certain men have a desire for control over women, or feel that they deserve permanent access to women’s bodies, but because women are so good looking.  Even worse than [...]

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Thoughts on the RapeLay Video Game

by Cara February 13, 2009

Severe Trigger Warning Amazon.com was recently caught by the Belfast Times selling a Japanese video game called RapeLay. The entire objective of the game is to rape women with varying levels of violence — sometimes stalking them first, sometimes using gang rape scenarios, and sometimes forcing them into abortions afterward. One website review describes “tears [...]

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Yes, Statutory Rape Is Real Rape

by Cara February 11, 2009

Trigger Warning Yesterday, I got this comment on an older post about a judge who, among many other things, said that a 24-year-old man who repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl was not a predator because he was in a “relationship” with the girl he was raping.  The commenter goes by the name “This is not [...]

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Rape Apologism Starts Early

by Cara January 28, 2009

James West, school dean for a prominent Roman Catholic high school for boys, has been suspended due to allegations that he sexually assaulted one of the students in his office. As far as this news story reports, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to believe that the allegations are not credible and do not deserve [...]

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Police Chief: Women Want the Dick

by Cara January 24, 2009

Trigger Warning Colorado State University Police Chief Dexter Yarbrough is a violent, misogynistic asshole. It seems like so many people have posted on this already — from Feministing, to Womanist Musings, to Yes Means Yes, to name only a few — but couldn’t let it just pass without comment.  Because this is rape culture at [...]

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Blog For Choice: Sexual Rights

by Cara January 22, 2009

Today is the 36th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, and that means it’s also Blog for Choice Day.  Unlike last year (and more like myself), I have little interest in the theme, pro-choice hopes for Barack Obama and the new Congress. I’ve decided that I want to write about something else.  I want to write [...]

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Men’s Magazine Desires World Without Meaningful Consent

by Cara December 18, 2008

This image, of a scantily clad woman attached to a video game controller with the caption “Keep on dreaming of a better world,” was posted without comment at Sociological Images. First of all, it seems pretty obvious to me what the man targeted in this ad (by a men’s magazine) is supposed to use the [...]

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Queensland Attorney-General: Some Rapes “Minor,” “Technical”

by Cara December 17, 2008

Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine has defended the common practice of letting rapists out on the street with no jail time at all by saying that some rapes just aren’t all that serious. New figures showed 23 out of 172 people sentenced over rape or attempted rape during the past financial year avoided prison time. Mr [...]

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