Trump has declared April National Sexual Assault Awareness month, which is just so, so ironic. https://t.co/tJdL4wWsJ3 pic.twitter.com/YX1u11XMZD — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 1, 2017 Early 1990s: Kristin Anderson claims he touched her genitals: The Washington Post reported on Friday that Anderson was at The China Club in Manhattan whenContinue Reading
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/calgary-judge-robin-camp-who-made-knees-together-comment-asks-to-keep-job/article33533651/ Justice Camp, a 65-year-old married father of three, has become an emblem of a justice system that critics say is out of touch on sexual-assault law and discourages victims from reporting. A panel set up by the judicial council recommended a month ago that he be removed from theContinue Reading
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-hidden-epidemic-of-men-who-are-raped-by-women?utm_source=broadlytwitterus “The way we talk about men and sex needs to change,” Stemple says. “When we have these stereotypes for men, it makes it hard for them to come forward when they’re victimized.” Stemple has long focused her research on how sexual violence against men goes under-reported. In 2014, sheContinue Reading
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-denials-are-rape-myths-stereotypes-101-advocates-say-n667651 “The answer is simple,” Allred said. “Some may have held what they allege as a secret within them for many years. Some may have thought they would not be believed against what they thought would most likely be a complete denial by a rich, powerful celebrity. “Some may haveContinue Reading
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/why-i-never-reported-my-rapist-2016-10?r=US&IR=T In the first few months after I was raped, my brain went numb. I wish I knew a less cliched way to say it, but that’s the truth of how it felt. I didn’t decide then not to report my rape, I just wasn’t high-functioning enough to have theContinue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/84835547/ronald-edward-growcott-admits-child-sex-offending-dating-back-53-years A 90-year-old man has admitted child sex offending dating back as long as 53 years. Name suppression has lifted on Ronald Edward Growcott, who had a walking stick to help him stand in the dock when he pleaded guilty at the Christchurch District Court on Friday. Growcott admitted sexualContinue Reading
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/09/08/no-trump-and-lauer-military-sexual-assaults-are-not-about-men-and-women-having-sex/ These findings show that military sexual assault is not a male-and-female problem, as Trump says, or that it should be expected as long as women serve in the military, as Lauer suggests. Their statements indicate a fundamental misunderstanding of sexual assault. Rape and sexual assaults are crimes of violence,Continue Reading
Corrections to appeal after losing bid to supervise child sex offender with disturbed past settled in Wellington http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83746020/Corrections-to-appeal-after-losing-bid-to-supervise-child-sex-offender-with-disturbed-past-settled-in-Wellington Alinizi fled Iraq as a child with family, where he had witnessed his uncle kill his mother during an argument, a judgment released this week said. He had also been exposed toContinue Reading
Sexual assaults on children rising in the Bay http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11702228 Almost 100 children under the age of 12 report being sexually assaulted in the Bay of Plenty every year – and experts say this is only a fraction of the problem. New figures revealed to The Bay of Plenty Times showedContinue Reading
Nelson school sports coach who had sex with student took advantage, judge says http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83858325/nelson-school-sports-coach-who-had-sex-with-student-took-advantage-judge-says An talented sportsman, Banse has held various coaching roles in Nelson and with the girl’s school, the name of which has been suppressed. In a serious indictment of Banse’s offending, judge David Ruth said he “gaveContinue Reading
