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In Response To A String Of Sexual Assaults, New... →
fearandwar:
In response to a string of at least 10 unsolved sexual assaults in Brooklyn, New York police are reportedly stopping women on the street who are wearing clothing they say is revealing and advising them to cover up if they don’t want to be raped. The Wall Street Journal reports on the disturbing message police officers are allegedly spreading:
Lauren, a South Slope resident, was...
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Facebook refuses to take down rape joke pages →
timecodereading:
Women’s rights activists in Britain and the US have accused Facebook of promoting rape and “rape culture” after the social networking site refused to take down pages on which users made jokes and apparent confessions about sexual assault.
Petitions urging the site to remove pages such as “You know she’s playing hard to get when your [sic] chasing her down an alley” have been...
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SlutWalk
scotchandpancakes:
I recently learned about the SlutWalk, and it’s gotten me thinking a lot about the experiences of certain people in my life with sexual assault and how we can change the cultural norms, mindsets, or attitudes that propagate violence against women. Though I am fully aware that men also experience sexual assault, because I am a woman and I also know that women are more often...
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