Lynn Beisner weighs in on the “deranged sorority girl” email that went viral last week. In a week packed with news, this so-called “deranged sorority girl” email still managed to go viral. It is from a senior sorority member to the rank and file members of the University of Maryland chapter of Delta Gamma. If […]
This originally appeared on MichaelKaufman.com. Republished here with permission. The conviction of two young men for the rape of an unconscious 16-year-old woman in Steubenville, Ohio, should lead us to much-needed discussion about attitudes toward sexual assault and the type of education and social changes we need to end it. Unfortunately, much of the mainstream […]
When we think about women and men as entirely different species, as “others” that we need to learn to understand and interpret, we create the kind of divisions that let us do really, really bad things, says Emily Heist Moss. “I don’t know how to talk to them.” “I’m trying to understand how they think.” […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Steubenville Rapists Can Be Saved by Irin Carmon of Salon.com says for all the justified outrage at the Steubenville offenders, rehab can and does work. Their lives are not “over.” 2. New Poll Shows Huge […]
Do we re-victimize abuse victims by expecting them to hurry up and heal? It took 15 years after I crushed my legs in an accident before an orthopedist finally explained the prognosis using words I could understand. He said something along the lines of, “I think you have been misled about what is a reasonable […]
Enough is enough. Now is the time to do whatever we can to bring an end to rape culture. Here are a few places you can start. During the past several weeks, as more and more people became aware of what transpired in Steubenville, Ohio, last summer, I have been deluged with messages and questions […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. Attitudes about women’s alcohol consumption haven’t changed much. Women who drink are still perceived as being “promiscuous,” “easy,” or more sexually available. Alcohol is a game-changer when it comes to rape. If a woman was drinking when she was raped, she will be doubted and told […]
The latest episode of HBO’s ‘Girls’ was nothing short of disturbing. Emily Heist Moss shares why it shook her so deeply. Since I first stumbled upon it a few weeks ago, there’s a Margaret Atwood quote I can’t shake, “Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.” I […]
What Ashley Judd shows on screen as an actress has nothing to do with her potential performance as a politician. Last month, Seth MacFarlane told Hollywood women he “saw their boobs.” This week, Ashley Judd is being criticized for showing hers. Taylor Bigler (citing such reputable sources as MrSkin.com), lists the films where Judd has “flashed […]
Originally appeared on World’s Most Famous Man. Republished here with permission. So let me just get two things out of the way before I get really, really deep in detail about one specific aspect of the Oscars intro Sunday night: 1) It was super, super-long and self-indulgent. Even by Oscar standards. It was like half […]
Michele Gazzolo offers her take on the Oscar host’s night of offensive jokes. Seth MacFarlane. Until last night I had never seen him. He sang a passable song or two, and fit the tuxedo nicely. He reminded me of some boys I’d known in college who called each other Biff and Scooter. He reminded me […]
Along with countless advocates worldwide, Julia Goldberg will use February 14 to help bring an end to violence against women and girls. Not long after my boyfriend and I first started dating—approximately seven and a half years ago—we had “The Valentine’s Day” talk. I like to celebrate Valentine’s Day and I wanted to make it […]
