Tag Archives: sexual-assault

Blog Against Sexual Violence Day

April 11, 2007 · by · in Sexuality & Health, Solidarity & Sisterhood, violence

was April 5, and I missed announcing it here. Hopefully lots of you already found links to it elsewhere, and I’m sure that if there’s a post just hanging around inside you waiting to be written that it won’t matter if it’s a week late. Click on the image below to go to abyss2hope’s blog […]

FAQ: What’s wrong with suggesting that women take precautions to prevent being raped?

March 15, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, FAQ, introductory, Sexuality & Health, violence

This FAQ has been updated with an addendum 2010-04-27 Short answer: Because it puts the onus on women not to get themselves raped, rather than on men not to do the raping; in short, it blames the victim. [From Grendelkhan, in comments, emphasis added] Why taking precautions doesn’t work Melissa McEwan points out that whether […]

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