Tag: rape culture
On Freedom Fries, Strauss-Kahn and “French Standards”
France has long been aligned with romance in the American imagination, but recent events have got me going all Public Enemy on that ish: Don’t Believe the Hype. It all centers on the discussions of the behavior of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the chief of the International Monetary Fund currently sitting in Riker’s Island without bail awaiting [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2011 under Uncategorized.
Tags: abc, affairs, anglo-saxon culture, crime, dominique, don't believe the hype, equity, france, french standards, gender, germany, imf, international monetary fund, obesity, public enemy, rape, rape culture, riker's island, sarkozy, seduction, sexual assault, strauss-kahn, womanising, womanizing, women's rights
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What If We Treated Rape Like H1N1?
What if we treated rape like an actual public health crisis? Meg Stone goes into it over at Bitch. Hat tip to the ever-rad Kaveri for the link.
Posted: November 16th, 2009 under rape, rape culture.
Tags: bitch, crisis, h1h1, public health, rape, rape culture, swine flu, virus
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Jane Doe Wants YOU to Join the Fight Against Rape Culture
In the past, women who experienced rape or sexual assault were faced with the immediate decision of whether or not to prosecute, even as they still reeled from the trauma of violation, which is often manifested as post-traumatic stress disorder. This was necessary because any action such a woman took following her rape, such as [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under agency, military, police report, popular culture, posttraumatic stress disorder, prosecution, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, sense of self, sexual abuse, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, sexual inequality, sexual objectification, sexual violence.
Tags: administration, agency, Bush, culture, DNA, domestic violence, evidence, harassment, injustice, military, patriarchy, pentagon, posttraumatic stress disorder, prosecution, rape, rape culture, rape kit, sexual, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, survivor, trial, u.s., victim
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