A recent article by MSNBC’s Joan Raymond informs us of results from a recent study about the long-lasting effects of sexual abuse. For 23 years, the study followed 80 girls who were victims of sexual abuse as children. Compared to the control group, they had distorted levels of cortisol–the stress hormone, levels which Dr. Frank… Read More

I have been thinking lately that high ages of consent hinder efforts to stop sexual victimization, such as rape and sexual assault. If one person has sex with someone else who’s age is under the age of consent determined by the statutes in that jurisdiction, then the sex is considered statutorily unconsensual and is thus… Read More

I found a nice post on a blog from a University of Wisconsin student. In the blog post, Alex Wagner points out that everyone can help end sexual violence regardless of their race, gender, or religion. I agree! We must refuse to remain complacent or just passively indignant about the prevalence of sexual assault and… Read More

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. I see raising awareness about sexual violence as the first step to preventing it on a systemic level. In other words, I believe our society could drastically reduce and nearly eliminate the presence of sexual violence if we truly decided to do it and put our resources into it.… Read More

I have no doubt that our society could eliminate most rapes and sexual crimes if we would invest more resources and effort into it. When we finally do decide to invest more in the reduction of rape rates, we must find the root causes of rape. For one, when we find the root causes of… Read More

I just finished reading a great book, Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre-Feminist, Anarchist, Genius. I love Voltairine de Cleyre’s writing. Among other topics, her essays have me considering feminism and the treatment of women in society. In this blog, I often point out how much rapes and sexual victimization occur. I assume… Read More

Louisiana sentenced the 43-year-old Patrick Kennedy to death for the rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to review the case and decide whether a state can execute someone convicted of raping a child. The United States constitution bans “cruel and unusual punishment.” In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that the… Read More

I recently posted about an anti-rape female condom, which is basically a latex tube with shafts of sharp, inward-facing plastic barbs. Women can wear it in their vagina like a tampon, and it would hook onto the penis of any attackers. Ideally, the pain would give the victim a chance to escape and would help… Read More

I just read an interesting article about an invention that supposedly protects women against rape by hooking onto a man’s penis. Woman can wear the anti-rape female condom in their vagina (like a tampon), and it has sharp inward-facing plastic barbs that become attached to the penis of any rapists. The anti-rape condom has some… Read More

A press release about rape in America from Dennis Mahoney had the following to say: With the systematic use of rape as a tool of war in places like the Congo, it is easy to forget that hundreds of thousands of women are raped each year here in the United States. One of the reasons… Read More

While listening to an old Tupac song today, I realized how it related to this blog. Today I will post the music video of Keep Ya Head Up by Tupac. Below the video you will find some lyrics. In the song he addresses the mistreatment of women, especially in the ghettos of the United States.… Read More

According to national statistics, one in four women will be sexually assaulted by the time they turn 18. In 2005, there were 191,670 victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assaults according to the 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey. Why?! I truly believe that society has the resources to put an end to rape and… Read More