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Facebook Okay with Pro-Rape, Anti-Consent Group

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YO!RADIO: Monster in My Math Class

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MAN ACCUSED FOR RAPING BABY

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Military Sexual Assualt Rate Higher than in the Population

Pascale Bourgaux talks about her film, Rape in the Ranks: The Enemy Within, recently... more

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Violence Against Women Increases 120% on TV

The Parents Television Council says in a new report that incidents of violence against... more

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28 year old man says he was insane when he sexually assaulted 10 year old girl

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Senator Thad Cochran on his vote against the Franken anti-rape amendment

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Rape victim calls out Sen. Vitter for siding with gang rape

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GOP senator Vitter dodges tearful rape victim’s questions: video

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Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment Vote

At a town hall meeting this past weekend the Senator was confronted by a constituent... more

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6 women whose bodies were found at rapist's home died violently

Six women found dead at a Cleveland, Ohio, home appeared to have been strangled, and... more

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Man Kept Rotting Bodies

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Coroner confirms 6 bodies found at home of suspect

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15-year-old girl gang rape victim is attacked for drinking

It was only a matter of time before the victim-blaming began in the Richmond High School gang rape case. You might think the brutality of the assault would pacify rape apologists -- after all, a 15-year-old was attacked after the homecoming dance at her high school in Richmond, Calif., for more than two hours by several males while two-dozen bystanders looked on, some laughing and taking pictures; she was so severely beaten she had to be airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. But people always find ways to scold sexual assault victims -- perhaps especially when the details of the case are so grisly and difficult to comprehend.

The blog Helpful Comments (via the Sexist) compiles a list of nauseating examples of comments posted in response to an AOL article about the attack. The are several despicable racist comments directed toward the alleged attackers and that blame the victim for hanging out with a non-white crowd. One commenter wants to know whether the victim is "hot" -- as though that would rationalize the rape. And, finally, there is the "blame it on the alcohol" school of thought.

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In summary: She asked for it, because girls and women aren't supposed to wear dresses (apparently not even to their high school homecoming dance); they aren't supposed to hang out in all-male groups; they aren't supposed to go outside at night; and they aren't supposed to get drunk. Some see a violation of any one of these rules -- or the many others imposed on women -- as bestowing some responsibility on the part of the victim; she's guilty by virtue of being incautious. Most folks, however, will take the same approach but insist on a semantic difference: They aren't blaming the victim, they're blaming the violence on her violations. In other words: She didn't deserve to be raped, but she was raped because she made some stupid mistakes.

It's such a convenient response, because every single day women do all sorts of things that seem reckless, especially after the fact of a crime against them. We leave our houses alone. We use underground parking garages and ride in elevators. We answer the door while we're home alone. We wear makeup. We wear clothing that doesn't hide our breasts and hips. We allow men in our lives, as family, lovers, friends and casual acquaintances. The list goes on and on. For women, it can provide reassurance that we won't be so viciously attacked so long as we follow the rules; for men, it can offer the comfort that their female loved ones are safe from such an assault. It's how so many try to make sense of senseless violence, and try to regain some feeling of power in the face of such brutality.

How about empowering yourself without lying to yourself? Make a donation to the victim of the crime (or organizations that support rape victims), [www.rainn.org] take a self-defense class or offer to pay for one for a lady in your life, speak out against sexual violence of all stripes, talk to kids about how to respond as a witness to a crime and hammer home to teens the concept of enthusiastic consent. You know, this list goes on and on, too.

http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/30/richmond_rape/index.htmlIt was only a matter of time before the victim-blaming began in the Richmond High... more

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School Gang Rape Case Shocks America After Attack At Richmond High School, San Francisco

Four teenagers have been charged with gang raping a 15-year-old girl at a high school... more

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Richmond High Responds to Homecoming Rape

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Young People Process Homecoming Gang Rape

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Raped at 13, victim fights to eliminate rape kit backlog

(CNN) -- Lavinia Masters was 13. She winced as the doctor swabbed her vagina for... more

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People Watched Gang Rape Of Teen And Did Nothing To Help

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15 year old girl gang raped while onlookers do nothing

I am losing hope for humanity.. all men are not created equal..someone could've stopped this....
RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) -- The gang rape and beating of a 15-year-old girl on school grounds after her homecoming dance was horrific enough. But even more shocking, police say, was that up to 20 people watched and did nothing to stop it.

The attack over the weekend rattled this crime-ridden city of 120,000 in the San Francisco Bay area, where one police official called it one of the most heinous crimes he has ever seen. Some students have already left the school district in response to the attack.

"It's not safe there at all," said 16-year-old Jennie Steinberg, whose mother let her transfer out of the district Tuesday. "I'm not going back."

The victim, a sophomore, had left the dance and was drinking in a school courtyard with a group of students when she was attacked, police said.

Two suspects were in custody Monday, but police said as many as five others ranging in age from 15 to mid-20s attacked the girl for more than two hours at a dimly lit area near benches Saturday night. More than a dozen people saw the rape without notifying police.

The girl was found naked from the waist down near a picnic table. She remains hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

"This was a barbaric act. I still cannot get my head around the fact that numerous people either watched, walked away or participated in her assault," Lt. Mark Gagan said Tuesday. "It's one of the most disturbing crimes in my 15 years as a police officer."

Gagan would not comment on rumors that observers took video of the attack on cell phones and may have posted it online.

Manuel Ortega, a 19-year-old former student, was arrested after trying to flee the scene. He is being held on $800,000 bail for investigation of rape and robbery. A 15-year-old student also was booked late Monday on one count of sexual assault, Gagan said.

Even though he said as many as 20 people were witnesses, Gagan said officials are still trying to determine the exact number of people involved. "I'm confident that the list will expand and at the end of our investigation we will get a clear indication of who was there and who did what," Gagan said.

The attack occurred in a city that has dealt with its share of vicious crimes in recent years, and the school recently approved surveillance cameras after a series of violent crimes. In one case a few years back, a student was shot outside the school, ran inside and died in the then-principal's hands, said Marin Trujillo, a spokesman for the West Contra Costa Unified School District.

Richmond is an industrialized conclave near the San Francisco Bay that is known as one nation's most dangerous cities. In 2007, Richmond had 47 homicides, and the murder rate led the state for cities with populations of 100,000 or more, surpassing Los Angeles and Oakland.I am losing hope for humanity.. all men are not created equal..someone could've... more

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Military Sexual Assualt Rate Higher than in the Population

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