Category: Civil Rights & Social Justice

Women’s Rights Were Never Just for Feminine Women: How Stereotypes Can Be Used to Divide Women.
There is a mistake we can make when thinking about divide-and-conquer [...]

The Redirection Trap: How Conversations About Women Get Hijacked (And How to Spot It)
Remember when the Supreme Court of the United States [...]

The Question Nobody Answers About Mixed-Sex Spaces: What Happens When Something Goes Wrong?
I did not arrive at female boundaries because I assumed every male was [...]

Marcia Johnson, Part 2: Follow the Chain. Why Was Her Safety Riding on $5,000?
At first glance, the story of Marcia Johnson can produce a very simple [...]

Your Right to Choose Depends on Your Right to Know: When Romantic Deception Interferes with Consent
Which facts may another person deliberately falsify while seeking some [...]

When Personal Expression Becomes Women’s Required Participation: What Exactly Are Institutions Asking Women to Do?
There is a difference between allowing another human being freedom and [...]

The Invisible Glue: 10 Ways Women Are Taught to Hold Together What Should Be Allowed to Break
updated from January 2026I've served the women who responded to vi [...]

Men Already Have More Access to Women Than Ever. Why Is the Answer Still “Give Men More”?
There is something missing from a great deal of our modern con [...]

Things to Understand About the LSU Sexual Assault Case, and the Young Black Woman at the Center of It
There is a young Black woman at the center of the LSU sexual-assault s [...]

When Women Have to Soften the Language of Safety: 10 Ways Policing Women’s Words Can Undermine Sexual-Violence Prevention
And here our country stands examining every uttered word of a woman wh [...]