“Rape Culture is a culture where we are inundated, in different ways, by the idea that male aggression and violence towards women… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I don’t care if men accused of assault have good relationships with their wives or daughters or women they deem valuable. How… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
“My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Rape culture is a funny thing. People gloss over some pretty shitty, creepy, wrong behavior, little brother, when they know the person… — wildbow Copy Share Image
“The hostility and venomous response the topic of sexual trauma and rape in the military brings up, especially with men from my… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“How come there's no commandment that says "Thou shalt not rape"? Did God ask Mary for consent before he put a baby… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Rape is so particularly traumatic and so meaningful in so many ways, that there’s something about using the word in other contexts… — Sandra Brindley Copy Share Image
“The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Jokes and media slurs about rape and its survivors not only desensitize the issue but also have an impact on rape conviction… — Alison Saunders head of the Crown Prosecution Service Copy Share Image
“Yes, we love the good men in our lives and sometimes, oftentimes, the bad ones too- but that we're not in full… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“When New York City created a special Rape Analysis Squad commanded by police- women, the female police officers found that only 2… — Susan Brownmiller Copy Share Image
“Teach her to question men who can have empathy for women only if they seem them as relational rather than as individual… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“How we diminished her and in turn ourselves. Turned parts of her body into heavy burdens to carry. Watching. Tittering (we no… — Rion Amilcar Scott Copy Share Image
“Rape culture is a concept of unknown origin and of uncertain definition; yet it has made its way into everyday vocabulary and… — Joyce E Williams Copy Share Image
“It’s the process of being minimized, invalidated, silenced. It’s the process of being subjected to whatever someone else thinks I owe them.… — Agnostic Zetetic Copy Share Image
“While some accused and convicted child molesters have inappropriately influenced the media, the public, and many in the clinical and legal professions… — Charles L. Whitfield Copy Share Image
“Summary There is a small group of cases, initially treated as rape where there is no evidence of an assault: primarily where… — Liz Kelly Copy Share Image
“Actually, nothing hurts like hearing the word slut, unless it is hearing the word rape dropped about carelessly. Again, a word I… — Christine Stockton Copy Share Image
“Ironically, I believe Picasso was right. I believe we could paint a better world if we learned to see it from all… — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
“The fact is, rape is utterly commonplace in all our cultures. It is part of the fabric of everyday life, yet we… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“And there’s one other matter I must raise. The epidemic of domestic sexual violence that lacerates the soul of South Africa is… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share Image
“ Ungratified sexuality is readily transformed into rage. "Prison explosions" are outbreaks of sadism resulting from the absence of sexual gratification. Hence,… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
“In 1996 Dorothy Mackey wrote an Op-ed piece, “Violence from comrades a fact of life for military women.” ABC News 20/ 20… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter if she wanted it or not. No self-respecting man would offer something like that to a girl, especially one… — Krista Ritchie Copy Share Image
“No amount of me trying to explain myself was doing any good. I didn't even know what was going on inside of… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Imagine the message that sent to my sister and me. A cousin violates us, confesses, and walks away with barely a slap… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“He feels excited. He feels ashamed. He wants to talk to her, but he is afraid. Maybe he imagined it all. Maybe… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“I am not sure if we are numbed to the reality of rape, but here's the sad irony. While the word rape… — Christine Stockton Copy Share Image
“They say rape is the practice of sexual intercourse without consent but in my case, I did consent. I knew it wasn’t… — Lunga Noélia Izata Copy Share Image
“It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“Young girls frequently report that their early sexual experiences were coerced. In a study in South Africa, 30 percent of girls report… — Njovana Watts Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
“She was so upset about a blog that maybe a total of six people read yet had no compassion for her granddaughters… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“When a stranger on the street makes a sexual comment, he is making a private assessment of me public. And though I’ve… — Leora Tanenbaum Copy Share Image
“The mistake we make is in thinking rape isn’t premeditated, that it happens by accident somehow, that you’re drunk and you run… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“The prediction of false rape-related beliefs (rape myth acceptance [RMA]) was examined using the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale (Payne, Lonsway, &… — Shannon N. Baugher Copy Share Image
“Roache's statement after his acquittal was dignified but his supporters were angry. They demanded to know why the case was ever brought,… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“There should be a public outcry about what happened to me and other women in the name of our government! But history… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“Conviction rates in the military are pathetic, with most offenders going free AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR APPEAL! The military believes… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
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