RED FLAGS

The crime was the perpetrator’s choice, not the victim’s failure to behave perfectly. There is something deeply troubling about the way we expect women and girls to behave after sexual …

What the histories of convicted violent offenders teach us about sexual privacy, stalking, consent, and taking women’s reports seriously. A woman notices someone standing outside her bedroom window. Perhaps she …

Why deliberately watching someone during private moments deserves to be taken seriously, even when there is no camera, no physical contact, and no recording. A woman is getting ready for …

“It was ‘that’ kind of man who harmed you, not this kind.” But how can we prevent harm in the future? What did we miss? What went wrong? The burden …

Remember when the Supreme Court of the United States announced its decision on the Title IX girls’ sports issue—and organizations and political leaders would not even utter the word “girl”…that …

I did not arrive at female boundaries because I assumed every male was dangerous. I arrived there because I knew what society does to women and girls when the dangerous …

At first glance, the story of Marcia Johnson can produce a very simple conclusion. A nonprofit dedicated to helping poor people posted Samuel Scott’s $5,000 bail after he had been …

Some ideas about sexual violence have been around so long that people repeat them without recognizing what they are. A woman says she was drinking before an assault, and somebody …

Another man has been arrested after an alleged sexual assault inside a women’s locker room. I could spend this entire article discussing that particular case. I won’t. I can link …

Which facts may another person deliberately falsify while seeking someone’s romantic or sexual consent, and at what point does society stop treating deception as clever self-presentation and start recognizing the …