The suggestion that existing rape fantasies should be going unchecked, left only to be satisfied or put off by the use of porn, is dangerous. In today’s political climate, it appears that those who originally existed on the outskirts of society have slowly been making their way into the mainstream with loud, angry voices. As […]
If I could enjoy reading about rape, did it mean that what happened to me wasn’t a violation? I first learned about rape fantasies when I was a naive 17-year-old who had never even masturbated, much less considered power dynamics in sexual relationships. A friend told me that a girl he was interested in wanted […]
Most men have the luxury of knowing about the fact of rape, but not the reality of rape, and what it means in terms of day-to-day life for girls and women. A few months ago, TIME magazine editor Susanna Schrobsdorff wrote a terrific article about having to talk to a daughter about rape. In the wake […]
