sexual assault
Fifteen Adults at Penn State Knew About Child Sexual Assaults, Rapes and Did Not Act
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
November 11, 2011 - 3:20pm (Print)
Fifteen adults at Penn State--15 individual adults, all men--either witnessed directly or had knowledge of rape, sodomy, and assault of children by Jerry Sandusky and either did not act or whose actions were for naught. These include 12 adult men who were in positions of power, some of them members of law enforcement.
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Connecting the Dots: Egg-as-Person Initiatives, Sexual Harassment Charges All Reflect Disregard for Women
by Andy Kopsa
November 8, 2011 - 11:23am (Print)
Religious zealots form a symbiotic relationship with politicians to pass draconian legislation sacrificing the rights of women. The zealots get to walk away having successfully implemented a cog in their overall attempt to implement a Christian worldview system of governing and politicians in return get tons of fundraising cash and a committed group of one-issue voters that can propel them into office.
Raped? An Immigrant or Woman of Color? Lesson of the DSK Case: Don't Bother
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
July 7, 2011 - 2:55pm (Print)
When the next housekeeper is assaulted, she can look to the way the DSK case has played out for guidance.
Strauss-Kahn Released From House Arrest as Case Enters Legal Limbo
After a court hearing last Friday in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, was released from house arrest. Although he still faces charges of sexual assault on a hotel maid, that such strong evidence against him appears to have been ignored in light of prejudices towards his victim is offensive to American women everywhere. Jeffrey Brown of PBS News reports on the latest developments in the high-profile case. Read Kathleen Reeves' article on the ordeal right here on our site.
What's HIV Got to Do With It? New York Post Violates Alleged Victim's Rights in Strauss-Kahn Case
May 18, 2011 - 6:54pm (Print)
A brutal rape and sexual assault was not enough. Now the NY Post has turned its vicious sights on the woman who brought assault charges against IMF leader Dominique Strauss. Positive Women's Network demands an apology.
Schwarzenegger, Strauss-Kahn and The Media's Groping Problem
by Kate Harding
May 18, 2011 - 4:10pm (Print)
Regarding the news that Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting divorced, in part because he fathered a child with a woman not his wife, Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic writes, “I’ve yet to encounter anyone surprised by the news.
Rape and the Culture of Impunity: Despite Proclamations, White House Remains Silent About Rape in the Military
April 6, 2011 - 9:00pm (Print)
A new Presidential Proclamation makes no mention of the epidemic of rape in the military.
The Military's Rape and Sexual Assault Epidemic
March 31, 2011 - 11:42am (Print)
Military rapes and sexual assaults are ignored and if not ignored so callously prosecuted within the Military Code of Justice as to suggest that rape is nothing more than a minor infraction deserving of little punishment, if any.
Morning Roundup: Planned Parenthood's Truth Tour Underway
by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check
March 9, 2011 - 11:05am (Print)
Planned Parenthood is touring the country in a hot pink bus to rally support, a march for women's equality in Egypt turns sexually violent, and men in Texas don't want to play politics with forcing ultrasounds. Except that is exactly what they are doing.
Miscarriage-as-Murder Bill Center of GOP War on Women
by Amie Newman
February 24, 2011 - 8:17am (Print)
Rep. Bobby Franklin (R-Marietta, GA) of "rape victims aren't victims" and, now, miscarriage is "prenatal murder" infamy, is not simply a "Lone Ranger," as some call him. He's exactly what happens when we allow a GOP full-scale war on women, girls and families to get this far.
