

Sexual Assault & Disability: Purity Culture
I’m choosing to run this story in the ‘Sexual Assault and Disability’ series because not all sexual assault or sexual damage is physical. It can also be mental. In the case of Purity Culture, it is an all encompassing world. It is an enforced code of ethics, and that too can leave scars. In the case of this story, purity… Read more →
Disability & Sexual Assault: Breaking Down Internalized Sexual Silence
Editor’s Note: This is our second post in the series – I’m letting people self select, so some people aren’t going to tell a story about rape. But all sexual violence hurts people with disabilities, so these stories, to me – are just as important. For many people struggling with mental illness, they are not believed when they report. This… Read more →
Disability & Sexual Assault: It Hurts Daily
Editors Note: This month I’ll be featuring a number of pieces about sexual assault written by authors with disabilities. If you or someone you know is willing to share their story or their perspective, please use the contact form. Trigger Warning in effect for all posts with this header. This piece comes to us by Lillian Cohen-Moore I was beaten… Read more →

Sexual Assault and Disability: Series Intro
Last night, a new reader shared a statistic with me that did not surprise me, but which scared the living daylights out of me: 80% of disabled women will experience sexual assault. 47% of disabled women who reported sexual abuse were assaulted on 10 or more occasions. Studies have found that anywhere between 40%-97% of sexual assaults against individuals with… Read more →

On Rape Apology
Candy Crowley why, as a woman was your question not “What is the lasting effect of a rape like this on a young woman?” The media reporting on the Steubenville case is nothing short of despicable. Your voices lend support to the theory that the lives of these rapists are worth more than that of the woman they raped…. Read more →

15 Things by Charlotte Peters
Hi Folks – I did not write this, this is the first guest post on Feminist Sonar, and it is one of the most important things you will read today. I am a survivor of sexual assault. I too am a multiple time survivor. Please begin considering what rape culture does, and how it affects EVERYONE.~ Elsa S. Henry, Feminist… Read more →