The Brett Kavanaugh controversy has made the country focus on rape. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center says one in ?ve American women is raped and 81 percent of women report significant short- or long-term impacts from rape. Date rape drugs such as GHB and rohypnol are concealed in a drink to make a girl […]
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Nobel Peace Prize honors the fight against sexual violence
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Congolese doctor who treats rape victims and an Iraqi woman who speaks out for those — like herself — who were raped and tortured by the Islamic State group won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of […]
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M. McIntyre: Messages to combat sexual violence
Cal Thomas’s column (Oct. 1) offered ideas for combating campus sexual assaults. Thomas says conversations about sexual behavior should start with both genders long before college. I agree. He then says that young women should be taught to respect themselves and “conduct themselves honorably,” and that young men should be taught to be gentlemen and […]
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Jane Morrison: An explosion of debate on domestic violence
There has been an abundance of media coverage in the past weeks concerning Ray Rice, domestic violence and the penalties he’s received from the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens. There was public outrage at a two-game suspension, which led to a reversal in approach by the NFL and the Ravens. Rice’s contract with the Ravens […]
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Froma Harrop: College rapes a matter for police
If a 19-year-old high-school dropout raped by her ex-boyfriend wants justice, she calls the police. The same should apply to a 19-year-old college freshman similarly attacked by another student. But it doesn’t apply nearly enough. Colleges have let themselves become arbiters of violent crime. They have no business being in that business. Furthermore, they got […]