Tag Archives: Sexual Assault
Watch live: Senate hearing on sexual assault in the military
TweetThe Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel is currently holding a hearing on sexual assault in the military, including testimony from victims and military officials. You can watch the live stream of the hearing here. We are also live-tweeting thoughts and reactions from @Feministing using #MSThearing. Past Feministing coverage on this topic: Is the military [...]
What happened in the last episode of “Girls” was not “uncomfortable sex”
TweetTrigger Warning and Spoiler Alert. ..it’s rape. The most recent episode of Girls was slightly spoiled for me as I had glanced at Amanda Hess’s piece on it before I watched it, but I stopped myself from reading the whole thing. Still, I found myself watching with clenched teeth, waiting for the inevitable and uncomfortable, [...]
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Telling women to get a gun is not rape prevention
TweetTrigger Warning On Tuesday night, I appeared on Hannity in a segment framed around the idea that giving women guns is the solution to ending rape. I was on with Independent Women’s Forum’s Gayle Trotter who recently made the point that women need guns for self defense from rape and gun violence prevention is infringing [...]
Also tagged gun control, gun violence, Rape, Republicans, victim-blaming, Violence Against Women Comments closed
Steubenville text messages and the confusion over consent