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Teacher avoids statutory rape charge by marrying 17-year-old student
A 42-year-old North Carolina teacher escaped charges of statutory rape by marrying the teenager she was accused of having sex with. WGN-TV reported on Monday that Leah Gayle Shipman married the 17-year-old boy, identified as Johnny Ray Ison, just six days after being granted a divorce from her previous husband.…
Paul Ryan redefining rape as ‘forcible rape’ was just ‘stock language’
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Monday insisted that wording in a bill that he co-sponsored with Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), which Democrats say would have redefined rape as “forcible rape,” was just “stock language.” Under the proposed “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” only victims of “forcible rape”…
Music Fridays: Hitting the Rape Wall Edition
It’s been a rough week for people who think women are people. Intellectually, we know it’s important for the country to get a full eyeball of exactly how misogynist the Christian right is, to the point where their anti-sex blather evaporates the second they get a chance to minimize fucking…
Law enforcement moves to take bullying seriously
One of the most interesting trends of the past few years is the rapid way that bullying has been redefined as an inevitable part of young life, and being treated as a problem that we should see as fixable, or at least addressable. The latest bully-related tragedy is that of…
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