Unfortunately, sexual assault is a common occurrence on college students; one in five college-aged women reports being a victim. The White House and the Office of the Vice President hope to turn something else prevalent on college campuses — iPhones and other smartphones — into a tool to prevent sexual violence. They've announced a contest for programmers, and the challenge is to create an Read more

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Early this week a UK survey found that more than 50 percent of women believe rape victims should accept at least partial responsibility for being raped. Even more shocking is that 72 percent of women said this was true if a woman got into bed with a man while "only" 57 percent of men agreed. Every sex-ed class I ever sat through drilled "no means no" into our heads like it was a state-mandated Read more

Getting reminders that there are predatory men out there willing to spike your drink with date-rape drugs kinda keeps me from ever wanting to leave my apartment again, but at least for the brave bar flies out there, there are now coasters that can be used to detect two "popular" date-rape drugs, GHB (aka "Roofies") and ketamine. Some bars are willing to fork over the 40 cents-per-coaster to hand Read more

I find the topic of sexual abuse in prisons both depressing and compelling. On "the outside," rape is viewed as the price a convict should expect to pay for his or her crime. References to prison in everyday conversations or popular culture (like this soap as promotional product for the TV show Prison Break) typically involve jokes about rape. Once a criminal is involved, it seems like it's Read more