Police are attempting to debunk myths around reporting sexual assault, using new online videos. The 10 brief videos show step-by-step what victims can expect from the police, as well as defining consent and types of sexual assault.Continue Reading
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/17/apprentice-summer-zervos-donald-trump-lawsuit?CMP=fb_gu Summer Zervos filed the lawsuit on Tuesday demanding that the president-elect “vindicate her reputation” by admitting the allegations are true. Zervos announced the suit at a press conference at the Los Angeles office of her attorney, Gloria Allred, three days before Trump is due to be inaugurated, reviving aContinue Reading
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/314571-allred-says-woman-to-announce-lawsuit-against-trump A woman who accused President-elect Donald Trump of sexually inappropriate conduct will announce the filing of a lawsuit against Trump, civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred announced Tuesday. The woman will hold a news conference Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif., with Allred to announce the lawsuit. Multiple women came forwardContinue Reading
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/25/sexual-assault-tipping-point-elizabeth-warren-trump When a man gropes you on a subway. If a stranger tells you to smile as you walk down the street. When someone calls you a bitch because you turned them down at a bar. The decision of whether to speak up or push back is made in aContinue Reading
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-denials-are-rape-myths-stereotypes-101-advocates-say-n667651 “People don’t come forward because they’re afraid they’re going to be treated this exact same way,” said Kate Harding, author of the recent book “Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture — And What We Can Do About It” and a survivor of rape. Harding said TrumpContinue Reading
By Simon Fraser University – University Communications – https://www.flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/14152885779, CC BY 2.0, Link Canada’s first female prime minister labels Trump a ‘sexual predator’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/kim-campbell-canada-ex-prime-minister-trump-sexual-predator A Canadian politician who made history as the country’s first female prime minister has publicly voiced her concerns about Donald Trump, branding the Republican presidential nomineeContinue Reading
It’s not unusual Trump’s accusers took many years to come forward. Most women never report sexual assault at all. [Graphic by: @geesubay] pic.twitter.com/nFT1T1av0V — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) October 13, 2016Continue Reading
https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/what-you-need-to-know-about-massage-sexual-assaults-after-ali-vincents-experience-194829696.html Ali Vincent, winner of The Biggest Loser in 2008, recently shared, in a very personal interview, the trigger behind her subsequent weight gain: the trauma she experienced after being sexually assaulted during a massage. “I was getting a massage and I fell asleep, which I often do with massages,”Continue Reading
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/10/sexual-assault-definition-trump-comments The 2005 tape of Donald Trump bragging that his celebrity status allowed him to grope women with abandon has sent the Republican party reeling. But on Sunday night, the top spokespeople for the GOP and the Trump campaign had recovered their wits long enough to dispute whether Trump wasContinue Reading
Trump's latest misogyny is vile. You don't need a daughter (or a wife or a granddaughter) to realize that. https://t.co/B9crx1UEoX — HuffPostWomen (@HuffPostWomen) October 8, 2016 You don’t need to be the parent of a daughter or the grandfather of a little girl or the husband to a wife toContinue Reading
