Exclusive All-Male Harvard Club Says Letting in Women Could Increase Sexual...
One of Harvard University’s private “final clubs” has responded to criticism of its all-male membership, arguing that admitting women might make sexual assaults more likely. The Porcellian Club,...
View ArticleThis Ad Uses College Acceptance Letters to Shed Light on Campus Sexual Assault
A new ad is creating awareness for sexual assault on campus by putting a dark spin on the moment teens find out they got into college. In the spot, which is designed to look like a home video, high...
View ArticleBYU Students Protest ‘Honor Code’ Charges for Rape Victim
Brigham Young University students protested Wednesday after they say a sexual-assault victim was mistreated by the school. Sophomore Madi Barney reported the alleged assault to Provo, Utah, police...
View ArticleNFL Linebacker Pens Emotional Essay About Sexual Assault
Rape and sexual assault are often considered women’s issues, but DeAndre Levy wants to change that. In an article the Detroit Lions linebacker wrote for The Player’s Tribune, he calls on men to change...
View ArticleHarvard to Penalize Students in Groups Like Frats and Sororities
Harvard University students who participate in single-sex social organizations like fraternities and sororities will soon be ineligible for leadership positions on officially recognized clubs and...
View ArticleConnecticut Landlord Arrested for Allegedly Soliciting Sex for Rent
A Connecticut landlord was arrested this week and charged with several sex crimes as police investigated allegations that he solicited sex as rent payments, including sex with children. Richard Bruno,...
View Article3 Quick-Thinking Women May Have Prevented an Attempted Rape, Police Say
Three women are being celebrated online after authorities say they may have stopped an attempted rape while they were dining in a Santa Monica restaurant on May 26. According to their Facebook post,...
View ArticleAlcohol Doesn’t Rape People
Brock Turner is a convicted sex criminal. He was unanimously convicted of assault with the intent to commit rape, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person and sexual...
View ArticleJoe Biden to Stanford Sexual Assault Victim: ‘A Lot of People Failed You’
Vice President Joe Biden has a message for the victim of a sexual assault at Stanford University after reading the powerful letter she read out loud to her attacker in court. In a letter from Biden...
View ArticleBrock Turner May Only Serve Half of 6 Month Jail Sentence for Stanford Sexual...
The former Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at a party last year will likely serve half of his six-month sentence. Santa Clara County Department of Corrections officials say...
View ArticleCongress Will Read Stanford Sexual-Assault Victim’s Letter Aloud
Members of Congress will read the letter from the woman who was sexually assaulted by a former Stanford University student on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Next week, California...
View ArticleKansas University Alleged Sex Assault Victim Speaks Out
After finishing her freshman year, a woman who’d anonymously sued Kansas University in April for allegedly failing to properly address her sexual assault claims has come forward, disclosing her...
View ArticleAssemblymember: California’s Definition of ‘Rape’ Must Change
On June 2, California Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Brock Turner to six months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at Stanford University last year in a case that rightfully shocked and outraged...
View ArticleCongress Members Read the Anonymous Stanford Sexual-Assault Letter, and It...
In their suits and pearls, members of Congress stood on the House floor and staged a public reading for a full hour Wednesday night. Their material was the viral letter penned by Anonymous, the woman...
View ArticleObama and Biden Won’t Visit Schools That Mishandle Assault
The Obama Administration has taken many steps to better handle sexual assault on university campuses, but the officials amped up their efforts by announcing that they will no longer visit campuses run...
View Article‘Dear Brock Turner’ Project Puts a New Lens on Sexual Assault
In the wake Brock Turner’s trial, in which he was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault and sentenced to six months in jail, many have questioned the culture around assault. Turner’s...
View ArticleGermany Is Expected to Pass a More Stringent Rape Law
A new law is expected to be passed by the German legislature Thursday to expand the definition of rape and to make it easier to deport foreign sex offenders. The new statute — widely dubbed “no means...
View ArticleIndian Police Have Arrested Three Men Accused of Raping a Woman for the...
Police in India have arrested three men accused of gang raping a 20-year-old college student in the city of Rohtak, in an alleged attack the victim’s family believes was intended to punish her for...
View ArticleTo Eat Less, Order Your Lunch an Hour Early
1. To eat less, order your lunch an hour early. By Shilo Rea and Katie Delach at Carnegie Mellon University 2. Why is Russia so excited about Donald Trump? By Anna Nemtsova in Politico Magazine 3....
View ArticleBill Cosby Drops Lawsuit Against Accuser in Sex-Assault Case
(PHILADELPHIA) — Bill Cosby has dropped a lawsuit that demanded the accuser in his criminal case repay the money from their confidential 2006 court settlement. Cosby had sued Andrea Constand for...
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