On AlterNet: sexual assault
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "sexual assault"
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. October 22, 2009.
"Everyone has the potential to be a sex offender. It depends on how they have been conditioned."
Anna Clark, AlterNet. August 17, 2009.
Our attitudes towards sexual abuse in prison leads to a culture of permissiveness that destroys lives.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. June 22, 2009.
You can't claim to care about discouraging rape if your main priority is making sure you don't lose rapists as repeat customers.
Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Huffington Post. June 17, 2009.
Rape is vicious, cruel, painful and damaging. I shouldn't have to explain this to you. But from the way our media treats rape, apparently I do.
Marie Tessier, The Women's Media Center. December 20, 2008.
Millions of dollars in new security systems do less to combat violence than the simple recognition of sexual assault as an inherently violent crime.
Lys Anzia, Women News Network. September 23, 2008.
Physical and psychological abuse are rampant in women's prisons from the U.S. to Canada to Pakistan.
Cara, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. May 28, 2008.
A new report reveals the rape of minors by peace keepers in post-conflict zones.
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. May 27, 2008.
The VA will not consider trauma from sexual assault a cause of PTSD.
Rob Okun, AlterNet. April 25, 2008.
V-Day reminds us that creating a world safe for women and girls means creating a world safe for boys and men. Now it's time for men to do their part.
Stephen Lewis, The Nation. April 24, 2008.
Women in the Congo are suffering such horrific violence that "vaginal destruction" is now a local medical term. Where is the UN?
Dana Goldstein, RH Reality Check. April 21, 2008.
U.S. servicewomen are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire. It's time we dealt with this national disgrace.
David Rosen, CounterPunch. April 14, 2008.
Sexual assault has long been used as a tool of war. But as war tactics have changed, so have sex crimes in war-torn areas.
Ariela Migdal, Huffington Post. April 8, 2008.
Sexual assaults continue to plague college campuses. Too often, university officials look the other way -- especially when athletes are involved.
Mike Lillis, Washington Independent. March 6, 2008.
A new bill makes it more difficult for Native American women to access reproductive health services. So why are some Democrats supporting it?
Jemima Khan, The Independent UK. March 5, 2008.
Even in the face of extreme adversity, women around the world are using their experiences to teach and to heal.
Jessica Pupovac, In These Times. March 3, 2008.
The Pentagon fails to protect U.S. troops from sexual abuse -- sometimes with deadly results.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. March 3, 2008.
President Bush claims that Afghani women are "learning the blessings of freedom." But all we've given them is poverty, death and abuse.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 28, 2008.
A conservative pundit takes to the pages of the LA Times in order to twist statistics and attack rape victims.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. February 21, 2008.
Do right-wingers not know where babies come from, or is there more to the story?
Ann Jones, Tomdispatch.com. February 21, 2008.
Civil wars in West Africa are officially "over," but horrific violence against women continues unbated -- and is growing increasingly worse.
Muadi Mukenge, February 12, 2008.
The international community must support Kenyan women, promote peace and send a message that sexual assault will not be tolerated.
Cara Kulwicki, The Curvature AlterNet: PEEK. January 29, 2008.
As violence in Kenya reaches epidemic proportions, rape is again used as a tool of war against women and girls.
Jennifer Thurston, Dominique Soguel, January 8, 2008.
Cheers: N.H. allows civil unions. Jeers: Abortion clinic attacks intensify.
Ann Bartow, Feminist Law Professors AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2007.
Ann Bartow: I wonder if the average porn consumer would recognize what was occurring or care about the coercive way that it was produced.
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. September 14, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: This sickening story comes from a state where "family values" supposedly reign.
