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Air Force brochure for rape victims: ‘It may be advisable to submit’
A sexual assault “prevention and response” brochure issued by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) advises victims to consider submitting to their attack, Wired magazine reported on Tuesday. “It may be advisable to submit than to resist,” the guide (PDF) said in a section labeled, “If you are attacked,” saying victims…
German bishops approve use of emergency contraception in Catholic hospitals for rape victims
The German Catholic Church ruled Thursday that the use of the morning-after pill was acceptable in certain cases for rape victims. The German Bishops’ Conference said in a press statement that rape victims treated in Catholic hospitals should “of course receive humane, medical, psychological and pastoral care.” “The administration of…
Caught Attacking Rape Victims, Rep. Cathrynn Brown Claims She Only Meant to Punish Those Who Help Rape Victims
I reported two days ago on a New Mexico state legislator named Cathrynn Brown who introduced a bill banning abortion for rape victims that required jail time for rape victims who dare refuse to continue a pregnancy forced upon them. She got a lot of attention for this, and so…
New Republican Idea: Punishing Rape Victims With Jail Time
If you’re looking for evidence that the differences between men and women are greatly exaggerated, the fact that women are equally capable as men of mind-blowing misogyny should erase all doubt. New Mexico state Rep. Cathrynn Brown proved that this week by introducing a bill aimed at throwing rape victims in jail…
Attempted suicide of raped Moroccan highlights plight of victims
A young Moroccan house maid, whose dramatic suicide attempt has revived concerns about violence towards women and child workers in Morocco, said on Tuesday that her family rejected her after she was raped. The 19-year-old women, who leapt from the fourth floor of an apartment building in Casablanca where she…
John Koster’s Rape Comments Demonstrate Conservative Inability to Understand Consent
You might have thought that we’d made it until Election Day without another Republican busting out another offensive comment about rape, but of course such a thing is not possible in our era of Republicans mansplaining how silly feminists have really blown this rape thing out of proportion. Fuse Washington…
What do Republicans have against rape victims?
Sexual assault is a horrible crime committed far too often in the United States and successfully prosecuted even more rarely. It takes a huge physical toll on its survivors — and not everyone survives — as they are forced to contend with physical injuries related to the violence used and…
Maddow: How would Ryan and the GOP punish rape victims who get abortions?
On Monday night, Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” asked how exactly Republicans plan to punish women who get abortions if abortions are made illegal, and whether or not they intend to prosecute the victims of rape or incest if no exceptions are made for those unwanted pregnancies.…
Missouri Republican official: ‘God chose to bless’ women with pregnancies from rape
An official from Missouri’s Republican Party on Monday defended Senate candidate Todd Akin after he suggested abortions should not be allowed in any case because victims of “legitimate” rape victims could not get pregnant. GOP 4th Senate District Committeewoman Sharon Barnes told The New York Times “that abortion is never…
Rape victims speak up against Akin’s ‘legitimate rape’ comment
As Missouri Republican senatorial candidate Todd Akin scrambles to salvage himself from becoming a political football, the outrage over his stupefying comments regarding “legitimate rape” continues to grow. “It was like I had been slapped,” a St. Louis-area rape victim told KTVI-TV. “I heard that comment and I just began…
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