A Chance at Justice Denied: Rape Kits in America Go Untested
“After he let me live I wished he killed me.”
Such were Debbie Smith’s words after describing a rape she endured nearly 20 years ago when a masked man abducted her from her home and took her to a nearby woods where he repeatedly raped her.
Early this week, Smith took to Capitol Hill to share her story with a Senate panel in an attempt to urge them to eliminate the startling backlog of untested rape kits in the U.S.
Exactly how many rape kits are we talking about? <more>
"Anti-Consent" College Students Create a "Pro-Rape" Facebook Group
OMG, WTF? Even if it was intended as a joke (which it wasn’t), it still reflects the attitude many men have toward women and the condition of our society.
The creation of this Facebook page - and the fact that Facebook allowed it to exist for as long as it did - are proof enough that rape culture is alive and well. I am sickened by the thought that these young men could be among Australia’s future leaders…<more>
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