The Blame Shame: Why Do We Persist In Holding Victims Partly Responsible For Sexual Assault?
WHAT makes the perfect rape victim? To most people such a question will seem abhorrent. Yet, despite decades of efforts to change antediluvian attitudes towards sexual assault, the myth persists that some survivors are worthier than others of our outrage, empathy and...Everything We Know About False Rape Accusations Is WRONG
False rape accusations loom large in the cultural imagination. We don’t forget the big ones: The widely-read 2014 Rolling Stone article, later retracted, about a brutal gang rape at the University of Virginia; the 2006 accusations against innocent members of the Duke...Must Read: My Friends Did Nothing To Stop My Sister's Sexual Assault
Trigger Warning: This post contains language about sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. This piece is part of Not Your Fault, a Teen Vogue campaign that aims to educate people about the epidemic of sexual assault. For more on this series, click here....What To Say To People Who Don't Think Sexual Assault Awareness Month Is Necessary
It’s no secret that sexual violence is a problem in the United States. The necessity for declaring April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month becomes even more clear when you look at just some of the statistics on sexual assault. Perhaps the greatest evidence for why...GA’s “Campus Rape Bill” Is Finally Dead, Students Are Asking For Something Better In 2018
Georgia state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, R-Powder Springs, after the second and final defeat for 2017 of his controversial campus rape bill, House Bill 51, in the Georgia General Assembly said he would continue to push the measure. “It’s the bottom of the first,” he told The...