Jerry Sandusky showered with boys to teach them “basic hygiene skills.”
Of course he did. And if that explanation isn’t offensive enough, the boys needed to be taught hygiene because they were poor. And poor people are dirty:
...read moreInterview with a sex-positive feminist
Recently, I received an email from a student who is writing a paper about sex-positive feminism. He asked a bunch of questions; while I was reviewing those questions, I decided to just go ahead and post them plus my answers publicly (with the student’s consent, of course).
...read moreGirl-on-Girl Victim-Blaming Action (or, The Most Terrible Time of the Year)
This is a guest-post from Jaclyn Friedman.
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What is it about December that inspires mass breakouts of victim-blaming? Is it the darkness encroaching on our days? Is it the way the holidays make us all want to drink? Whatever it is, it’s happening again.
Frat at University of Vermont asks, “If you could rape anyone who would it be?”
Good question, guys. Very cool. Just normal questionnaire stuff, you know.
...read moreSex & Marriage
In the epic breastfeeding thread below, someone brought up another Dear Prudie letter from Tuesday’s column, so let’s discuss: Sex Is a stumbling block: My wife and I have been together for eight years. We regularly had sex until three years ago, when we got married. Almost immediately after we were married, my wife told [...]
...read moreSchools Must Protect Students from Sexual Violence
This is a guest post by Katherine Greenier.
Sexual violence in schools and on campus is a pressing civil rights issue. When students suffer sexual assault and harassment, they are deprived of equal and free access to an education.
Deprioritizing rape victims in the name of big football.
Hey, look who’s been a rape apologist for a long time. David Zirin is right: This is the world that Joe Paterno made. Here’s hoping it’s ending.
...read moreJustifications, translated.
“We got rowdy, and we got maced,” Jeff Heim, 19, said rubbing his red, teary eyes. “But make no mistake, the board started this riot by firing our coach. They tarnished a legend.” [Translation: You made me hit you by talking back; men who create things that other men like deserve a get-out-of-rape-free card. See [...]
...read moreSure, children were raped, but…
Football! Seriously, Penn State students who are rioting because the board of trustees fired a man who helped cover up serial child molestation? You all should be ashamed. And if the comments on your school’s facebook page are any indication of the level of intellectual discourse (and basic spelling and grammar skills) you’ve got going [...]
...read moreSo if the accusations against Herman Cain are true…
…and I have no idea if they are… he didn’t just “sexually harass” the latest accuser, or engage in “lewd behavior.” He sexually assaulted her. During that trip, she said Mr. Cain had secretly upgraded her hotel room before drinks and dinner that the two had to discuss possible future employment. She said that after [...]
...read moreCharlotte Allen Missed the Memo
This is a guest post by Thomas Macaulay Millar.
Allen’s idea is that rape is merely a sexual urge men cannot control. Leaving aside all the other evidence, this ignores the recent research into who the rapists are: they are not out of control. They are very much in control. Allen’s puritanical finger-wagging cannot hold up to the actual evidence.
Aggravated assault victims are targeted because they’re just too sexy
If you get stabbed, it’s probably because you just look too bangin. That’s the conclusion, anyway, if you follow Charlotte Allen’s logic: The other reality that feminists tend to deny is that rape and sexual desire are linked. Rape, in that view, is a purely political act of male dominance. This ignores the fact that [...]
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