A nice cheerful post for a Thursday morning!
rape
rape
A Reddit user helpfully described his history of serial rapes in detail, and commenters rose to the occasion with stories of their own.
child molestation
No one wants to talk about the bad and dark things that happen in small towns.
halloween
Waterboarding, sexual assault and forced ingestion of bodily fluids -- does this sound like a good time to you?
date rape
It has recently come to my attention that some folks are having trouble when it comes to learning how not to rape, so I thought I would put together a little 101 for you in the interest of public service.
sexual assault
The officer chuckled. "Frankly, there's nothing we can do." My eyes were wide with disbelief as I saw her fold up the paper she had been writing on and open the passenger door of the car. "And my suggestion?" she offered. "If you have the cash, take a cab home."
rape
I had no real context or knowledge of what happened in a legal or social sense. I just knew I had a fresh, healing tattoo, and that I hated the person who gave it to me.
another country
This was what my abroad semester was for, I thought determinedly: to try to run at every wall and see if I could climb it before the skin on my palms gave way and I fell to the ground.
rape
1. If your best friend tells you she was raped, BELIEVE HER.
statutory rape
I remember walking through a wood-paneled living room, down a hall, then into his childhood bedroom. I remember the sheets on his bed had horses on them. He took my clothes off, and we had sex.
issues
Before submitting this story, I did a search for "cab" on xoJane. To my surprise and horror, Emily had a very similar experience with someone who must have been the exact same cab driver six or seven years ago, which means he is probably still out there.
rape
You can’t base decisions at the polls on one thing someone said once, and I’m tired of the media acting like you should.
sexual assault
The dehumanisation of unconscious people is part of a larger culture that also dehumanises conscious people.
sexual assault
If you're wondering why survivors of sexual assault don't want to report it, this is why.
abuse
Maria Menounos, who recently opened up about being sexually abused by two doctors, has faced criticism for not reporting the incidents to the authorities. Neither did I.
pickup artists
Much of the language around surrounds the idea that women put up “token resistance,” encouraging PUAs to not take resistance and requests to stop seriously.
crime
This, right here, is what we talk about when we talk about “rape culture,” that a group of men should be struck senseless in the face of rape, rather than being moved to step in or get to safety and call the police.
rape
Sometimes our front page looks like the RAPE RAPE RAPE montage or the front page of RAPE DIGEST and I just have to close the tab and sigh deeply.
alcohol
...and I've only recently realised quite how uncool her behaviour is...
action movies
Sexual violence shouldn't be the go-to standard test we use to make sure heroines are "badass."
rape
I found out about my sexual assault because another (female) co-worker took photos through the car window while it was happening.
groping
This may be news to some, but being followed home and getting your butt grabbed is actually more serious than getting mugged.
