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Revenge porn is just one part of a changing picture of harassment
Is revenge porn just one example of technology intersecting with sexual and domestic violence? What legal efforts have been made to combat it?
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Cosby, In Sworn Deposition, Says He Paid Women To Keep Affairs Secret
In a New York Times exclusive based on new documents related to a 2005 case, the comedian presents himself "as an unapologetic, cavalier playboy."
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In One Thread, Everything That’s Awesome and Awful About Reddit
Reddit's leadership is drawing a lot of fire for claiming to take their harassment problem seriously, even though they've moved toward protecting some of the uglier and more hateful content on the site. Under the circumstances, it can be hard to keep in mind that much of Reddit—as explained by Tamar Hiram Arisohn on Slate—is actually devoted to normal people having decent conversations about interesting stuff.
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Jehovah's Witnesses did not report 1,000 child abusers, inquiry hears
Royal commission told witness known as BCG would give evidence that her father’s sexual abuse did not appear to qualify as ‘wrongdoing’ to the church.
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We’ve defended lots of campus sexual assault cases, so we know just how unfair they are
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Sex trafficking: Lifelong struggle of exploited children
The vast majority of children bought and sold for sex every night in the United States are American, a BBC investigation finds.
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6 Male Strippers On What Really Happens At 'Hen Parties' (NSFW Text)
"I know a few female strippers, and they're amazed with what women try to get away with because they're women."
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The N.H. Prep School Student's Case Was Riddled With Rape Myths
Whether or not Labrie actually forced himself on the girl, the defense was able to successfully tap into two major rape myths that are widespread despite having little to no real world evidence to support them: That women reclassify consensual sex as “rape” in order to preserve their reputations and that rape victims always act traumatized and freak out at the mere sight of their rapist after the fact.
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How the hijab has made sexual harassment worse in Iran
Islamic dress laws have failed to protect women who talk of constant unwanted attention with the tacit approval of all, including the authorities who are supposed to protect them
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The latest big sexual assault survey is (like others) more hype than science
“Survey: 1 in 5 women in college sexually assaulted.” This headline, on The Washington Post’s long Sept. 21 article about a large survey of students at 27 public and private universities across the country college, is false. Although the survey, by the Association of American Universities (AAU), was itself deliberately designed to exaggerate the number of sexual assaults on campus, even the AAU said that...
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Teen gets 20 years for fondling student at Hurst elementary
A teen who groped a third-grade boy at a Hurst elementary school and recruited other victims was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday. Hurst police said Ricardo Lugo, 18, of Fort Worth posed as a 12-year-old last year to enroll at Hurst Hills Elementary School where the incidents occurred. Lugo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years for indecency with a child, the maximum sentence for the charge, according to court records.
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Sexual Harassment Case Shines Light On Science's Dark Secret
Renowned astronomer Geoffrey Marcy resigned Wednesday after it became public that he sexually harassed students for years. Researchers are asking why so little is done to stop harassment in science.
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Inside Stanford Business School’s Spiraling Sex Scandal
The prestigious school’s sexual-harassment policies proved to be no match for a love triangle involving the dean and two married professors. By David Margolick.
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Three US women claim sexual assault by Saudi prince in Beverly Hills mansion
Three US women claim a Saudi prince assaulted them and held them captive during three days of sex- and drug-fueled partying at a Beverly Hills mansion. The unidentified women, who have filed a civil suit in Los Angeles against Majed Abdulaziz Al Saud, 29, say they were hired by the prince as housekeepers in late September. The suit, filed last Thursday, alleges that the prince terrorized the women and made sexual advances that included rubbing...
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Comic strips target sexual harassment on Cairo's metro
Posters seek to draw attention to the worsening treatment of women, as an increasing number say they feel unsafe in public.
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New Zealand female MPs thrown out of parliament after disclosing sexual assaults
Women ruled out of order by Speaker for demanding prime minister John Key apologise for accusing opposition of ‘backing the rapists.’ By Eleanor Ainge Roy.
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How Strippers Are Fighting Exploitative Workplace Environments
Strippers in Las Vegas and elsewhere are pushing back against rules that make it harder for them to earn a living or file claims for sexual harassment. By Madison Mainwaring. (Dec. 17)
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Cosby's sexual assault charge leaves blacks feeling betrayed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby, a cultural icon who once stood among America's most beloved figures, suffered the latest and most serious blow to his forever mixed legacy, as he walked slowly into a Pennsylvania courthouse holding a cane and answered to charges that he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman. It was a moment Wednesday in stark contrast to a reputation built over half a century, merging the personal and professional into one potent, ...
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Unprecedented sex harassment in Helsinki at New Year: police
Finnish police reported Thursday an unusually high level of sexual harassment in Helsinki on New Year's Eve and said they had been tipped off about plans by groups of asylum seekers to sexually harass women. Helsinki deputy police chief Ilkka Koskimaki told AFP: "There hasn't been this kind of harassment on previous New Year's Eves or other occasions for that matter... This is a completely new phenomenon in Helsinki."
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Jackie’s rape story was false. So why hasn’t the media named her by now?
In the 14 months since her story shocked the world, Jackie has been at the heart of a national debate about sexual assaults on college campuses, has become embroiled in a media scandal, and is the central figure in a series of defamation lawsuits. Yet there’s one important fact missing about Jackie, the young woman who concocted a harrowing story about a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity: her full name.
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