A new women’s garment company is developing a line of stylish rape resistant clothing. Have gender relations come to this?
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How Using Sexy Female Avatars in Video Games Changes Women
A new Stanford University study looks at the connection between hyper-sexualized gaming characters and the way female players view rape and their own bodies.
Nearly A Quarter of Men In Some Asian Countries Admit To Rape
The United Nations (UN) report found a surprisingly high rate of forced sex by men in parts of Asia.
‘Bright Young Things’: Victoria’s Secret’s Line Under Fire
Sex sells, but are suggestive-marketing campaigns right for tweens and teens?
Why a Texas Dad Who Killed His Daughter’s Alleged Rapist Won’t Face Charges
A grand jury declined to return an indictment against a father who beat to death a man he found sexually assaulting his 5-year-old daughter last week. The grand jury aside, did the dad use excessive force?
Romance Novels, Filled With Passionate Love and Torrid Sex, Mislead Women
When is rape considered legitimate? When it’s a literary gambit in the pages of romantic fiction, a best-selling genre that often misleads women by portraying idealized love and sometimes dangerous sex, according to a recent …
From Legal Defense to Rallying Cry: How ‘SlutWalks’ Became a Global Movement
To be called a “slut” is no rare occurrence. Women are so labeled for sleeping with a man or for refusing to, for flirting or for simply attracting flirtation. Men call women sluts, women call women sluts, sometimes women even …
The Crying Game: Women’s Tears Dial Down Testosterone
Men tend to hate it when women cry — for reasons that they often have difficulty articulating. Now, new research suggests why — men may be biologically primed to react to a woman’s tears.
Q&A: Terrorism Expert Jessica Stern on Her Own Terror and Trauma
For decades, Jessica Stern had been one of the nation’s leading experts on terrorism. She served on the staff of President Clinton’s National Security Council and on the Council on Foreign Relations.