Teens

Having worked directly with colleges and universities as statewide coalitions serving domestic and sexual violence victims I can say this…… If you are a college student dealing with stalking, dating …

For years, women were warned about the “date-rape drug.” Watch your drink. Don’t leave your glass unattended. Be careful if a stranger offers you something. None of that advice is …

Stalking can be difficult to explain because any single incident may look small when separated from everything around it. A car passes your house. Someone sends flowers. Your ex appears …

Technology has given abusive people new ways to watch, follow and frighten women. Some of them are hiding in places you may not think to look. Leena noticed it at …

updated from June 13, 2025 Women and girls in Sudan are facing unspeakable violence—sexual violence used as a weapon of war, mass displacement, and ethnic cleansing. These are not isolated …

Who has to report? Who needs permission? Who gets privacy? Whose feelings matter?Whose movements are recorded? Who must prove herself responsible? Who gets questioned about ordinary adult choices? Who can …

Taylor Townsend was sixteen years old and already the No. 1 junior girl in the world. She had won the Australian Open junior singles title, collected major doubles titles and …

We’ve been conditioned to treat “no” like a legal defense. We feel the need to back it up with a deposition: “I’m busy,” “I have a boyfriend,” “Maybe next time.” …

updated from June 3 2025 Let’s name this for what it is: When politicians, media figures, or public influencers call women “hateful” for expressing concerns about our safety, they are …

Women have spent generations being told to sit back and relax while somebody else decided where the road was going. Some of us like to see the map.  Of course …