There’s been a lot of talk about what sexual assault survivors think and feel about abuse. There’s been a lot of thinking about how we handle the death of someone who perpetrated abuse, and about how we work in communities with people who have changed and remediated themselves (or haven’t). I think it’s important in conversations like these to remember… Read more →
CONTENT WARNING FOR DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. I ran across this website this past weekend, and it made me take many pauses. At first, I was amused, after all a company called “Damsels in Defense” has to raise a certain amount of hilarity. As I went through their website, however, I went from amused, to pretty horrified. Self defense should… Read more →
Max Temkin, one of the creators of Cards Against Humanity (one of my favorite games ever) has been accused of rape. A woman has stepped forward and said “this happened to me.” As a survivor, I never ever question people who say this. I know that it is impossibly scary to share this information. It was terrifying to tell my… Read more →
I am so angry at the media right now. It’s actually a little hard to articulate my rage, or for that matter, my fear for the future, but I’m going to try. Actually, let me rephrase. I’m angry at EVERYONE right now. Here’s why: Because the unwillingness of Americans to believe Dylan Farrow speaks to a lack of belief whenever… Read more →
I have just read yet another article on how women are getting sexually assaulted on college campuses because they drink. The conversation around rape, and the prevention of rape, is a wide ranging and sensitive one. Today, I’m choosing to focus just on this particular trend in the dialogue I’ve seen recently. These articles have recently appeared in multiple publications,… Read more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
