Republican War On Women: Sex Abuse

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Loophole Forced Mother to Pay Spousal Support to Daughter's Convicted Rapist

Loophole Forced Mother to Pay Spousal Support to Daughter's Convicted Rapist
"A California mother says that she was forced to pay spousal support to her ex-husband after he raped her daughter for years."

Pentagon: Estimated 26,000 Sexual Assaults In Military Last Year

Pentagon: Estimated 26,000 Sexual Assaults In Military Last Year: Just one day after the Air Force’s chief of sexual assault prevention was arrested for sexual assault himself, a new Pentagon report shows a sharp increase in the estimated number of assaults in the military annually. The report from the Department of Defense’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office for Fiscal Year 2012 showed a [...]/p

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

U.S. Government Reminds Colleges: Don’t Punish Students Who Speak Up About Sexual Assault

U.S. Government Reminds Colleges: Don’t Punish Students Who Speak Up About Sexual Assault: Over the past several months, students and faculty on several college campuses have filed federal complaints with the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that their universities’ administrations have perpetrated rape culture by mishandling sexual assault cases. But university officials don’t always take those allegations very well. A University of North Carolina student was threatened with [...]/p

Swarthmore College Allegedly Underreported Sexual Assaults, Dissuaded Victims From Coming Forward

Swarthmore College Allegedly Underreported Sexual Assaults, Dissuaded Victims From Coming Forward: A group of Swarthmore students are filing a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against their Philadelphia-area college, alleging the elite private institution has been mishandling the sexual crimes that occur on campus. The students say that Swarthmore has violated federal law by failing to accurately report sexual assault cases, as well as by [...]/p

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Another Football Player Accused Of Rape, Another Community Blaming The Victim

Another Football Player Accused Of Rape, Another Community Blaming The Victim: Two football player high school students in Connecticut are charged with the second-degree sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. The allegations come amid other complaints of hazing at the school, but Torrington High School officials insist that these are individual instances and not a part of a larger cultural problem. But whether or not the [...]/p

Thursday, February 28, 2013

National Review: Victims Of Violent Military Rapes Struggle In Life Because Of ‘Their Own Bad Decision-Making’

National Review: Victims Of Violent Military Rapes Struggle In Life Because Of ‘Their Own Bad Decision-Making’: In Thursday’s paper, the New York Times ran the harrowing story of Tiffany Jackson, a female veteran grappling with the effects of military sexual trauma. Jackson had been violently raped while deployed overseas at the Suwon Air Base in South Korea, and upon her return to the states had difficulty finding and keeping a job, [...]/p

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Around the World, A 'Billion Rise' to Fight Violence Against Women and Girls | Common Dreams

Around the World, A 'Billion Rise' to Fight Violence Against Women and Girls | Common Dreams
"Across the globe today women are dancing, striking, and in other ways "rising" to call attention to the plight of violence against women and girls across the many cultures of the planet."

Child-Sex Offender Part of Joe Arpaio's Armed School Posse

Child-Sex Offender Part of Joe Arpaio's Armed School Posse
"What’s worse is that Arpaio has been facing heavy criticism for his alleged laxity on prosecuting sex crimes, particularly sex crimes against children."

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Prosecutors Ignore 2/3s Of All Sex Abuse Against Native Americans — Eric Cantor Is Keeping It That Way

Prosecutors Ignore 2/3s Of All Sex Abuse Against Native Americans — Eric Cantor Is Keeping It That Way: As Irin Carmon explains in a must read piece at Salon, Native American reservations are virtually law-free zones for women victimized by non-Indian rapists. Eighty percent of Native American rape survivors were attacked by non-Indians, and these crimes are currently beyond the reach of tribal authorities. Meanwhile, federal officials have the theoretical power to prosecute [...]/p