A Feminist Defense of Louis CK
Last night, comedian Louis CK (of Louie fame) appeared on The Daily Show. I was actually watching The Daily Show for a change, and was excited to see Louis CK interviewed – he’s always funny and...
View ArticleBreast Ironing – preventing sexual assault and rape or damaging women?
We had never heard about the custom of breast ironing before watching the documentary television series Taboo, which provided an in-depth view into the practice. Breast ironing is mostly practiced in...
View ArticleGOP Senate Candidate is Confused About Lady Parts
Rep. Todd Akin, who’s running for Senate in Missouri, has some interesting theories about rape and pregnancy. He recently claimed that “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancy. While discussing...
View ArticleAction Alert: Strike Out Rape Culture, NYC!
There’s nothing to pull me out from my maternity break like a little rape culture. Check out this gem I found on NOW-NYC’s Not Cool Tumblr: This Bowlmor Lanes advertisement is currently posted...
View ArticleHalo Reach, Sexual Violence and Rape Culture
This post contains explicit language and profanities. I like to play video games and Halo has been my favorite for many years. Halo 4 came out earlier this month and it made me reflect on Halo Reach,...
View ArticleNot Just Any Kind of Sexuality: The Pornography of Everyday Life
I have a thing for advertisements, especially when they portray sexism, gender stereotypes, or the pornification of sexuality. Elin and I frequently write about advertisements that we find disturbing,...
View ArticleWomen’s Honor and Survival: When a Woman Kills her Rapist in Turkey
This past September, a Turkish woman shot and beheaded the man that had blackmailed and raped her for months. The woman, identified as N.Y., was also pregnant by her rapist; she had “repeatedly stated...
View ArticleApparently, the Female Body Can Permit or Prevent Rape
Many of us were horrified when Todd Akin claimed that in cases of “legitimate rape,” the female body is able to prevent pregnancy. Well, he’s not the only one blaming the victim: recently, California...
View ArticleRaping While Supposedly Asleep – Guilty or Not Guilty?
Last spring we wrote a piece for the British feminist website The F-Word which discussed a sleeping disorder called sexsomnia. Sexsomnia is described as a condition in which people behave sexually in...
View ArticleConsequences of Rape Culture and Victim Blaming
We’ve previously discussed rape culture in relation to a number of different topics: video games, politics, advertisement, and children’s grammar books (to name a few examples). Rape culture blames...
View ArticleThe Path to Choice: Abortion in France
January 22, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wadedecision. All month, we’ll be running posts examining various aspects of this landmark ruling. If you’d like to contribute, let us know!...
View ArticleMoroccan “Marriage After Rape” Law Might Finally be Overturned
Content notice: This piece discusses rape and sexual abuse. Last year, a 16-year old Moroccan girl committed suicide after a judge ordered her to marry the man who had raped her (previously mentioned...
View ArticleSexual Assault Not ”Sexual Enough”
Content Notice: This piece discusses sexual violence, assault and rape. A sexual assault case in Sweden describing how a man received a lowered sentence because the sexual assault he put his girlfriend...
View Article“Keep Calm and Rape a Lot”
Content Notice: This piece discusses rape culture, sexual assault and violence. Rape culture is something that we have discussed at length here at Feminists For Choice. Rape culture normalizes and...
View ArticleLaws and lawmakers that do not help women
Content Notice: This piece discusses sexual assault and violence. The past weeks news and headlines has us tired and upset. We have been constantly reading about Swedish lawmakers disappointing...
View ArticleSwedish Police Fail Rape Victims
The last few days, a number of headlines in Swedish newspapers have discussed the large amount of rape cases that go unsolved. One of the reasons for this does not appear to be lack of evidence, but...
View ArticleCourt Claims Victim Of Sexual Assault Could Have Just Been Shy
An article in one of our local papers discussed the assumptions and beliefs of the Swedish legal system as three men were acquitted of rape charges. Two men sexually took advantage of a young woman...
View ArticleUpdate: Victim of “Infidelity Check” Receives Justice
Earlier this year we reported on a story in which a man’s sexual assault of his girlfriend, in order to check for evidence of her being unfaithful, was not deemed a rape act and was instead treated as...
View Article5 Tips On How To Avoid Rape
When I saw a poster outside my apartment complex with big letters saying “5 tips on how to avoid rape,” I thought that this would be further the ideas of victim blaming. Instead, this poster was aimed...
View Article13-Year-Old Accused of Egging on Her Abuser
This past week Rape Crisis England and Wales reported on the treatment of a 13-year old rape victim who was severely victim blamed in court. The 13-year old was described, by the sentencing judge, as...
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