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Taking Statutory Rape Seriously 9 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
Imagine the following rape statute: “If a person over the age of twenty-one years has sexual contact constituting oral-genital or genital-genital contact with a minor under the age or fourteen years, ...
Anthony Weiner, All Kidding Aside 26 Jul 2013 | 02:05 am
The way the common political “sex scandal” gets framed is of no use to me. The dominant political discourse reinterprets the facts and people’s reactions to them along the lines of the existing mores...
When Does “Allegedly” Die?! 21 Jun 2013 | 12:34 am
I’ve argued against this tendency to say that a rape isn’t a rape unless the survivor makes a police report and the rapist is prosecuted and convicted. But I’ll give that process one thing: it at leas...
When Does “Allegedly” Die?! 21 Jun 2013 | 12:34 am
I’ve argued against this tendency to say that a rape isn’t a rape unless the survivor makes a police report and the rapist is prosecuted and convicted. But I’ll give that process one thing: it at leas...
Boundaries Are For The Little People 18 Jun 2013 | 07:47 pm
This is a guest post by my friend Aurora. [Content Note: describes sexual assault on a sex worker.] It is late at night, after I’ve taken my medication. The necessary conversations have been had – he ...
Boundaries Are For The Little People 18 Jun 2013 | 07:47 pm
This is a guest post by my friend Aurora. [Content Note: describes sexual assault on a sex worker.] It is late at night, after I’ve taken my medication. The necessary conversations have been had – he ...
The Standard You Walk Past Is The Standard You Accept 14 Jun 2013 | 08:35 pm
There are some excellent quotes in this three minute speech by Australia’s Lieutenant General David Morrison. The Youtube transcript is almost unrelated to what he said, so I’ve transcribed it at the...
The Standard You Walk Past Is The Standard You Accept 14 Jun 2013 | 08:35 pm
There are some excellent quotes in this three minute speech by Australia’s Lieutenant General David Morrison. The Youtube transcript is almost unrelated to what he said, so I’ve transcribed it at the...
Man Refused Service, Kills Service Provider: A Meditation On Law As A System of Power 14 Jun 2013 | 03:08 am
[CONTENT NOTE: I'm talking about a guy in Bexar (pronounced Be-har) County, Texas, who shot and killed a sex worker. The description of the shooting is limited, but I will give a graphic description...
Man Refused Service, Kills Service Provider: A Meditation On Law As A System of Power 14 Jun 2013 | 03:08 am
[CONTENT NOTE: I'm talking about a guy in Bexar (pronounced Be-har) County, Texas, who shot and killed a sex worker. The description of the shooting is limited, but I will give a graphic description...
