Crimes against women - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/crimes-against-women en Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:05:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Congress FINALLY Passes The Violence Against Women Act!]]>

The fact that VAWA languished for so long is an illustration of what a political football women’s rights in the US have become, that we cannot even get Congress to agree on a basic and fundamental issue, which is that women should be safe from sexual assault and domestic violence.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/congress-finally-passes-vawa http://www.xojane.com/issues/congress-finally-passes-vawa Issues Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:05:00 -0500 s.e. smith <![CDATA[It Happened To Me: I Took My Sexual Assailant to Court and He Walked Free]]>

I feel strangely indifferent to my attacker. It's the system that let him get away with it that I'm most angry with.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-me-i-took-my-sexual-assailant-court-and-he-walked-free http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-me-i-took-my-sexual-assailant-court-and-he-walked-free It Happened To Me Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:30:35 -0400 Caroline Dean