On AlterNet: sexual violence

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "sexual violence"

Queer Injustice: The Widespread Sexual Abuse LGBT People Face in Prison

Kay Whitlock, Andrea Ritchie, Joey Mogul, Beacon Press. February 25, 2011.

While sexual violence is part of the daily prison experience for many inmates, LGBT people are disproportionately targeted by staff and prisoners.

Westerners Who Condemn So-Called "Honor Killings" Must Confront Gender Violence Within Their Own Culture

Anna Momigliano, The Nation. February 4, 2010.

To consider honor killings in Muslim communities a crime unto itself overlooks the patriarchal roots of much of the intimate partner violence against women in the Western world.

The Fantasy of Acceptable 'Non-Consent': Why the Female Sexual Submissive Scares Us (and Why She Shouldn't)

Stacey May Fowles, Seal Press. December 29, 2008.

There is a guilt and shame among women who have fantasies of their own violation and express a desire to be demeaned.

Why Soldiers Rape

Helen Benedict, In These Times. September 13, 2008.

The Culture of misogyny and illegal war acts in the military fuels sexual violence against women in uniform.

Victory Over Violence -- For Women and Men

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.

Protecting the Women of the Congo

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?

Can a Kenyan Peace Agreement Stem Rape?

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.

Sexual Violence: An Occupational Hazard -- In Iraq and at Home

Marie Tessier, Women's Media Center. December 26, 2007.

One in five acts of nonfatal violence against women happen in the workplace.

For Female Soldiers, Sexual Assault Remains a Danger

Celina R. De Leon, AlterNet. January 5, 2007.

According to the Pentagon, there were 2,374 reported cases of sexual assault against women in uniform over the past year. But as the saga of military police officer Suzanne Swift shows, numbers alone don't tell the whole story.