Category: Legal/Courtroom

Why Didn’t You Go to the Police? First Ask What Happens When Victims Do
There is a question people continue to ask victims of sexual vio [...]

College Women Need Layered Support: Never Make One Institution Your Entire Safety Plan
Having worked directly with colleges and universities as statewide coa [...]

Drug-Facilitated Rape: What Women Need to Know About Ketamine, Alcohol and Emerging Drugs
For years, women were warned about the “date-rape drug.” Watch your dr [...]

10 Reasons Women Aren’t Bigots for Saying No to Dating or Sex
Human dignity should be universal. Sexual access should never be.
We [...]

How Do I Document Stalking? 12 Things to Record and Save
Stalking can be difficult to explain because any single incident may l [...]

Some of the Doors Women Walk Through Today Were Built by Women Who Needed Them First
Try not to measure an older woman’s courage by doors that had not been [...]

Why Does Everyone Want Women to Prove Their Kindness by Becoming Less Protected?
Some people do not ask you to understand them. The [...]

Meghann Cuniff on The Strange Pull of a High-Profile Court Case
Court cases are fascinating. Human behavior is fascinating. Law is fas [...]

She Was 19 When Her Boss Began Sexually Pursuing Her. Her Fight Changed the Workplace for Every Woman Who Came After.
Mechelle Vinson was nineteen when she walked into a Washington, D.C., [...]

12 Films That Show How We Are Taught Not to See Violence Against Women and Children
There are many ways to hide violence. A locked door will do [...]