Many men believe that they can force women to have sex against their will and that it isn’t rape—at least, not if the man knows the women and doesn’t beat her up or wield a weapon. The law’s casual treatment of such rape cases is the subject of this pioneering book, which is both a powerful exposé of the often shocking facts and a trenchantly written call for reform.
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Black Schoolgirls at the Intersection of Consent and Property: Mapping a Socio-Historical Analysis for Anti-Rape Education Futures in Schooling
This article examines how the concept of consent, persons as property, with its links to the convergence of law, imperial governance and schooling reveal the fragility and possibilities of consent ...
What the Cornell 7 and LSU sexual assault cases are revealing about the experiences of Black women
In the wake of the Cornell 7 and LSU assault cases, many, including Black women, are reckoning with their dismay and rage.
Additional evidence on the effects of banning the purchase of sex on cases of rape in Sweden
I discuss (Ciacci J Popul Econ 37:37 2024) and provide additional results of a regression discontinuity in time model showing that the result that the ban affected cases of rape is not robust.
Man detained over rape of intellectually disabled girl in Ctg
Police intervention saves accused from mob attack
Reflecting On a Few Very, Very Strange Years In Silicon Valley's Rape Culture
On rape culture in Silicon Valley and its subcultures: Rationalism, Effective Altruism, TPOT, and Vibecamp. Also the informal rules that dictate how women are allowed to talk about sexual violence.
How AI is exacerbating technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
This paper examines how artificial intelligence is accelerating technology-facilitated violence against women and girls—from deepfakes and automated hate to sextortion, impersonation, and large-scale disinformation. It outlines emerging risks, legal and ethical challenges, and opportunities for prevention, while calling for urgent regulation, safety-by-design, and coordinated global action to ensure that AI technologies advance, rather than undermine, women’s rights and safety.
A Rape in Cyberspace - The Village Voice
December 23, 1993 They say he raped them that night. They say he did it with a cunning little doll, fashioned in their image and imbued with the power to make them do whatever he desired. They say that by manipulating the doll he forced them to have sex with him, and with each other, […]
Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller: 9780449908204 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The bestselling feminist classic that revolutionized the way we think about rape, as a historical phenomenon and as an urgent crisis—essential reading in the era of #MeToo. “A major...
Man sent to jail over gang rape of physically challenged woman
A man was sent to jail today in a case filed over gang rape of a physically challenged and speech impaired woman in Cumilla
A Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent
Our autonomy can be compromised by limitations in our capacities, or by the power relationships within which we are embedded. If we insist that real consent requires full autonomy, then virtually no sex will turn out to be consensual. I argue that under conditions of compromised autonomy, consent must be socially and interpersonally scaffolded. To understand consent as an ethically crucial but nonideal concept, we need to think about how it is related to other requirements for ethical sex, such as the ability to exit a situation, trust, safety, broader social support, epistemic standing in the community, and more.
A Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent
Our autonomy can be compromised by limitations in our capacities, or by the power relationships within which we are embedded. If we insist that real consent requires full autonomy, then virtually no sex will turn out to be consensual. I argue that under conditions of compromised autonomy, consent must be socially and interpersonally scaffolded. To understand consent as an ethically crucial but nonideal concept, we need to think about how it is related to other requirements for ethical sex, such as the ability to exit a situation, trust, safety, broader social support, epistemic standing in the community, and more.
What About the Rapists and Murderers?
Trigger warning: rape, sexual assault, murder, torture, ablelism, trauma.
Syracuse University Intervenes to Block Subpoena of Police Records — ProPublica
The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.
Deep Care by Angela Hume | East Bay Booksellers
The story of the radical feminist networks who worked outside the law to defend abortion. Starting in the 1970s, small groups of feminist activists met regularly to study anatomy, practice pelvic exams on each other, and learn how to safely perform a procedure known as menstrual extraction, which can end a pregnancy, using equipment easily bought and assembled at home.
A re-analysis of Ciacci's (2024) "Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: Evidence from Sweden" Journal of Population Economics reveals major issues. A year ago, reproducers Adema, Folke, and Rickne found coding errors driving the paper's key results. Let's unpack this in a 🧵
