rape culture
"Does This Dick Make My Ass Look Fat?:" A Theory on Gendered Effects of Insecurity, Or Why Men Tweet Their Penis Pix
by Marianne Møllmann, Amnesty International
May 1, 2012 - 10:33pm (Print)
Men are more likely to take and send photos of their genitalia than women. The question is why, and so what? Here’s my theory.
Follow Marianne Møllmann on Twitter, @cluelesscamper
S*** Men Say to Men Who Say S*** to Women on the Street
“S*** Men Say to Men Who Say S*** to Women on the Street” was inspired by International Anti-Street Harassment Week. This video shows some non-violent ways that men can interrupt street harassment as it happens. (And it happens all the time.)
Hollaback: Bringing Sexual Harassment Above the Radar
We are at an unprecedented time in history where we do not have to wait for the media to pay attention to our stories. We all have a platform; we all have followers. Through the power of mobile technology, social media, and the internet we are able to move street harassment from something that is isolating to something that is sharable.
Follow Emily May on Twitter, @ihollaback
13-Year-Old Explains Why Slut-Shaming is Bad
This 13-year-old vlogger understands why slut discourse and shaming women for their sexuality is extremely detrimental to our culture, and she made this video to prove it! (Via Care2)
The Penn State Scandal and Rape Culture
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
November 13, 2011 - 7:32pm (Print)
The most surprising thing about the cover-up and riots over the Penn State child rape scandal is how surprised we are. If you've been paying attention, you might notice that our society has a habit of not taking sexual violence seriously.
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SlutWalk: Why I Am Marching
by Nancy Schwartzman, The Line Campaign
September 28, 2011 - 11:32pm (Print)
SlutWalk is a grassroots movement, often spearheaded by young people organizing for the first time. Though the name has causes controversy, SlutWalk was never meant to be divisive. Instead it stands as a challenge to the notion that what might fall under a contemporary description of “sluttiness”—revealing clothing, flirting, drinking—does not equate consent to sex, and never justifies rape.
Indiana's Eric Turner Doesn't Trust Women to Make Choices OR Tell the Truth
April 1, 2011 - 8:54am (Print)
Silencing the voices of victims and restricting our access to abortion are both ways of maintaining a status quo in which our bodies are not our own.
Aggressive Women, Rape Myths, And Abortion Realities
by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check
January 3, 2011 - 1:01am (Print)
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