Women’s Rights

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 …

There are renewed calls to ask a question American colleges have heard before: Why not get rid of fraternities? The question is back amid the uproar at Cornell over allegations …

“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 …

You know, none of these problems are new. The problem has always been getting the funding to serve everyone who needs safety. When we talk about domestic violence, sexual assault, …

There is a mistake we can make when thinking about divide-and-conquer strategies. We imagine somebody has to promise the recruited group something enormous. Equality. More rights. Freedom. A seat at …

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 …

There is something strange about repeatedly telling women and girls that they need to be kinder. Because when we look at what women and girls are already doing, we do …

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 …