Category: Abuse

Female Teachers Are Sounding the Alarm: What Are Boys Being Taught About Women, and Who Is Protecting the Girls in Their Classrooms?
What happens when a generation of girls is expected to learn alongside [...]

When Women’s Rights Become Criminal Complaints: The Case of Marguerite Stern and Dora Moutot
A woman does not become hateful because she refuses to believe what so [...]

The Fairytale Behind “Why Didn’t She Call the Police?”
Woman Lured Her 'Baby-Daddy'’s Rape Accuser Into Kidnapping, [...]

“He Was Only Looking”: Serial Killers, Peeping Toms, and the Danger of Dismissing Voyeurism
What the histories of convicted violent offenders teach us about sexua [...]

Women Have Been Restricted for Safety for Generations. Why Does Restricting Men Sound So Radical?
There are renewed calls to ask a question American colleges have heard [...]

The Exception Man: New Vocabulary Does Not Change the Reality of Male Violence
"It was 'that' kind of man who harmed you, not this kind." But how can [...]

Victimization, Victimhood, and the Right to Keep Naming What Happened
Victimized vs. Victimization
Victimization describes an experience, a [...]

Everyone Deserves Safety. That Does Not Mean Everyone Needs the Same Safe Space.
You know, none of these problems are new. The problem has always been [...]

Love and Danger Are Not Opposites: 10 Things Reasonable Doubt on Hulu Gets So Right About Women, Love, and Harm
I watched Season 2 of Reasonable Doubt with two sets of eyes.I wat [...]

He Had Threatened Her Before: 10 Survivor Lessons from LaVon Morris-Grant’s Whom Shall I Fear
I saw this amazing woman speak at a conference, bought her book at a t [...]