On AlterNet: statutory rape

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "statutory rape"

Singer R. Kelly Reinforces Racial and Sexual Stereotypes

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. May 30, 2008.

R. Kelly and other musicians who cultivate a thuggish persona perpetuate a sexually rapacious cardboard image of young blacks.

Age of Consent Muddles Law on Marriage vs. Rape

Claire Bushey, Women's eNews. June 11, 2007.

A Delaware clerk of the peace is happy that his days of performing wedding ceremonies for underage, pregnant brides will soon be over. But a number of other states still have marriage provisions that conflict with their own laws on statutory rape.