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Since Saturday, when porn actress and writer Stoya tweeted that she was raped by porn hero James Deen, four more adult film performers have come out agains Via Gracie Passette 
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For one thing, research has finally nailed down a consistent range for how many reports of rape are false: somewhere between 2 and 8 percent, which is a lot narrower than the 1.5 percent to 90 percent range of the past. But it's also shown that the cultural debate over rape shapes the reality of how rapes are reported and investigated. Via Rob Duke
Alexander Yakovlev's comment,
June 2, 2015 9:20 AM
THIS IS OUT OF HANDS IN MY MIND. THERE YOU GO GENDER DIFFERENCES. WOMEN CAN LIE ABOUT RAPE AND EVERYONE WILL BELIEVE HER, AND THAT’S CRAZY. I KNOW IT’S NOT SIMPLE AS THAT, BUT TO WORD IT SIMPLY THAT’S HOW IT LOOKS. THERE ARE TWO THINGS I TOOK FROM THIS ARTICLE: ONE IS THAT 2 TO 8 PERCENT OF WOMEN LYING ABOUT THEM BEING RAPED, AND SECOND IS THAT REALITY SHOWS THAT RAPE REPORTS THAT TURN OUT TO BE FALSE ARE MORE LIKELY TO INVOLVE STRANGERS AND VIOLENCE.
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Sociopath Houston attorney crashes plane with two escorts, hires goons to beat one to death, rapes the other, and gets away with it. Betrayal of trust, traumatic brain injuries, fraud, felonies, and violence against women. Via Gracie Passette, Deanna Dahlsad
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Last month, Dylan Farrow published a letter in The New York Times accusing her father Woody Allen of molesting her, 20 years after she first spoke out against him as a 7-year-old child. The month before, the Village Voice republished reams of documents describing allegations that R. Kelly repeatedly raped...
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The many stereotypes of black women are used to justify violence and aggression against them. Because black women are mythologized as gold-digging, angry, physically strong, provocative shrews some black men assume (and this is something that having a mama, a auntie, a grandmother who raised you, or your own damn daughters doesn’t change) that if/when black women are hit, they asked for (or deserved) it. At the end of the day many men empathize with other men and instead of vilifying any act of violence, physical or otherwise, against anyone, especially a woman, they attempt to justify it. They put themselves in the shoes of the aggressor, but not the victim, and see themselves as blameless and reactionary, rather than violent and misogynistic.
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If you were following along with the Lifestyle BDSM Vs Professional Domination conversation, you know that I asked Miss Pearl to write a bit about rape fantasies ~ specifically male rape fantasies....
Via Gracie Passette, Deanna Dahlsad
Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
NWS, but great for those who have suffered rape or other sexual trauma -- or have partners who have.
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by Libby Anne cross posted from her blog Love, Joy Feminism
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Members of the “Men’s Rights Initiative” are targeting their anger at feminist books by leaving hateful notes inside of Everyday Sexism books in bookstores.
Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
Thugs. That's what they are.
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Four female high school students share their stories of sexual violence, resistance and healing. This video was produced in the VOICES after-school program a... Via bobbygw
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If you don't follow me on Twitter, then you may not have noticed how in love I am with the #YesAllWomen phenomenon. Personally, it became very difficult for me to maintain such conversations when M...
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“When we rape we feel free”, a young soldier in the Congolese Army confesses with astonishing candour. In a country where it’s estimated that 48 women are raped every hour, his actions have become virtually the norm, and not the exception. The Democratic Republic of Congo has born the brunt of vicious wars and fighting almost continuously since 1996, concentrated in the east of the country. One of the reasons the women repeat to anyone who bothers to ask them is: “where there’s fighting there’s rape”.
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Columnist George Will thinks that being a rape victim is now a "coveted status" on college campuses.
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The American Judicial system has once again sent a clear message to America’s girls: sexual assault—even rape—is no big deal.
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Two girls aged 14 and 15, were raped, killed and hanged from a mango tree in a small village in the state of Uttar Pradesh Continue reading... Via Jocelyn Stoller, Deanna Dahlsad
malek's curator insight,
June 1, 2014 9:23 AM
The victims family revolted in silence, they are outcaste. The story will always end in: blaming the victims
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Glenn Beck's black box theater of the puerile moron is back with another "controversial" and "edgy" performance, only this time, it's not Beck playing with dolls or complaining about Obama through film noir. Here, Beck dispatches The Blaze's Stu Burguiere to mock sexual assault statistics. Safe to say, it's absolutely vile.
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I agree, "If the only way you can make an argument is by citing beer commercials, the fight is already lost."
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Much easier to tell women to go shopping than to teach men not to rape, right?
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House and Senate negotiators failed to reach agreement Tuesday on a bill allowing a mother to terminate the father’s parental rights of a child conceived during rape, if he is convicted, pleads guilty or found to have committed rape.
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Women, report rape, get labeled as having a mental illness. This isn't only something that happens in the military, you know; it's just easier to document this group of women and to hold an institu...
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Often a taboo subject, victims often remain silent, fearing retribution or blaming themselves. Learn the facts about how and why these crimes are comm Via malek
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April 30, 2014 9:22 AM
But what's Sexual assault in the first place? Sexual assault can be verbal, visual, or anything that forces a person to join in unwanted sexual contact or attention. Examples of this are voyeurism (when someone watches private sexual acts), exhibitionism (when someone exposes him/herself in public), incest (sexual contact between family members), and sexual harassment. It can happen in different situations: in the home by someone you know, on a date, or by a stranger in an isolated place.
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Stories of mishandling and outright ignoring cases of sexual assault within religious institutions go back decades.
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Yakiri Rubio was kidnapped and raped in Mexico City this December. Now she—and not her attackers—faces ten years in prison. Via Doingtime2, Deanna Dahlsad
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March 8, 2014 7:09 PM
Where is the justice? In Yakiri Rubio's case there are anomalies. According to the Commission for Human Rights in Mexico City, the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office and the magistrate’s court "were focused on prosecuting a capital murder crime and ignoring a sexual violence crime." When Yakiri entered the Prosecutor’s Office, she didn't get a test to confirm she had been raped. She was not even allowed to call her family. Lucia Lagunes Huerta, the director of CIMAC, a feminist news agency, told me that the written law and the implemented law are different things. "There is a certain logic in the world that women don't matter and that violence against us is provoked by us," said Huerta. When I called the District Attorney's office in Mexico City (PGJDF), they wouldn't comment. But Rodolfo Ríos Garza, a member of the PGJDF, had said in a press conference: “We have statements in the previous investigation, where she enters the hotel willingly with someone and therefore there is no evidence of rape." The judge who sentenced her to prison, Santiago Avila Negron, was accused of corruption and sexual harassment in 2004.
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Can mobile phone apps help to protect women from domestic and sexual violence? A recent study suggests that they might do more harm than good, as Nicole Westmarland explains.
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Bob Jones University shut down a yearlong investigation into sex abuse complaints before a final report came out. They had really good reasons, we’re sure.
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How much responsibility does Patricia Esparza bear for the death of Gonzalo Ramirez? Does her fear and paralysis excuse her, or should she spend years in prison for failing to save the man who raped her?
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"Alaska's rate is three times the national average; New Jersey's rate is lowest" Via Community Village Sites, Deanna Dahlsad
Deanna Dahlsad's insight:
I don't think it is a coincidence that at the top of this list of worsts are states with high populations of native persons.
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February 4, 2014 11:32 PM
I don't think it is a coincidence that at the top of this list of worsts are states with high populations of native persons.
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February 4, 2014 11:33 PM
I don't think it is a coincidence that at the top of this list of worsts are states with high populations of native persons.
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February 4, 2014 11:35 PM
I don't think it is a coincidence that at the top of this list of worsts are states with high populations of native persons. |
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@Gracie Passette's comments:
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"There is nothing wrong or rape-like about enjoying rough sex and being good at it. There is nothing wrong or suspicious about acting out a consensual rape fantasy. But, as in offscreen/noncommercial sex, the entire validity of porn as an industry hinges on consent. Perversely, that may be one reason why a porn actress might feel compelled to stay silent about these kinds of violations: Women who act in adult films are often portrayed as victims with little agency or know-how, who must resort to a demeaning and dangerous career because they have no other options. Stories like the ones Fires, Lux, Rayne, and Peters tell—important as they are—don’t exactly contradict that myth.
But neither porn nor rough sex subjected these women to sexual assault, and they didn’t turn James Deen into a rapist. The allegations against Deen are full of references to ways porn actresses control their own careers: through lists of acts they won’t perform, lists of people they won’t perform with, and contracts that specify exactly what will happen in a scene. Deviating from the agreed-upon variety, timing, and manner of sex is just as wrong as any other kind of assault. The women who’ve told their horrifying stories about Deen know that. Deen and the bystanders who looked on and laughed did, too."
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