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 …
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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 requiring somebody else to participate in that person’s understanding of themselves. We blur those two things far too easily. …
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When He Keeps Calling You Names: Name-Calling Can Be a Tactic of Abuse
Sometimes abuse announces itself with a threat. Sometimes it starts with a word. A degrading name can be tossed out so casually that everybody is expected to move along. But …
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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 story whose name is Kendall Francis. Before she became a viral video, a headline, a debate, or …
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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 who says that she was harmed……. We all exist together on a planet that seeks to correct the …
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Spice Girls’ Mel B says she wouldn’t call police over domestic abuse – BBC Newsnight
In a 2023 BBC Newsnight interview, Mel B was asked whether she herself would call police to report domestic abuse. She said she would not, explaining: “I wouldn’t, because I …
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You Cannot Understand Women Through Shallow Stereotypes About Women
I thought about a woman I once served today. Back when I was serving people with disabilities. She crossed my mind because the day that she became paralyzed, she was …
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Sistah Space Survey : Why are Black Victims of Domestic Abuse Not Speaking Up?
A survey has found “deep mistrust” towards police from black women who have been victims of abuse. The findings from the charity Sistah Space show that almost all black women …
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Healing Voices You Gotta Hear: Déjà Lewis-Nwalipenja on Black Girls and Sexual Violence
I want you to hear from Déjà Lewis-Nwalipenja. When she gave this TEDx talk, Déjà was a young Black college student studying political science and sociology. Her talk, Black Girls …
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Institutional Sexual Violence: Can There Be Consent When One Person Controls the Door?
🔒 FCI Dublin forces us to ask a question about consent that reaches far beyond one prison. A woman identified publicly as Dinhora described living with continual fear while incarcerated …