Why College Students Are Terrified of Betsy Devos
In a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice-President Mike Pence, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as secretary of education last week. The choice was controversial due not only to her lack of experience when it comes to politics and public school systems, but also, as campus sexual...
Why Are Women So Often Met With Disbelief When It Comes To Sexual Assault?
Whenever there is a reported rape, my immediate and first response is always going to be to believe the accuser. For some, this flies in the face of ‘innocent until proven guilty.’ Rape is the only crime where you have to prove it happened at the same time as proving...
4 Sneaky Ways Rape Culture Has Become Ingrained In Our Society
Remember this adorable little guy? Pepé Le Pew is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes character that first premiered in 1945. Pepé is a skunk who falls in lust with Penelope the Pussycat. Penelope was walking with her owner when she passed a construction site and a painter...When Does Drunk Sex Become Rape?
In her first semester at the University of Portland, Clara Ell says that her classmate sexually assaulted her while she was too incapacitated to consent. He insists they had consensual sex—and, in a subsequent disciplinary hearing, school administrators agreed with...The Problem With Letting 'Boys Be Boys'
On January 18th, 2015 in the early hours of the morning Brock Turner raped an unconscious twenty-two year old woman and penetrated her with a foreign object. He was apprehended initially by two Stanford international students from Sweden, who stated that they...