5 Rape Myths From Cosby Jurors

By Caroline Heldman The following comments from the mouths of Cosby jurors are brought to you courtesy of rape culture. Rape Myth #1: Rape is Just a Matter of Interpretation (The Gray Rape Myth) “It was a classic he said, she said.” (Alternate Juror #14, young black...

38 Year Old Law In NC Allows Men To Legally To Rape Women

North Carolina is the one state where the law explicitly says you cannot revoke consent once it’s given. A bill that would remove this “unacceptable loophole” has little traction. One May evening in 1977, Beverly Hester was sexually assaulted....

How Accusing A Powerful Man of Rape Drove A College Student To Suicide

Megan Rondini’s friends and family remember her as having an ironclad sense of right and wrong. Her childhood nickname was “Rules Rondini” because she was such a principled board game player. As an honors student at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Megan...

This Is What White Male Privilege Looks Like In America

Dalton Baril turned himself into Albemarle County, Virginia authorities last Wednesday and is charged with rape and forcible sodomy. 20-year-old Baril is the son of Steve Baril, who unsuccessfully ran in 2005 for the Republican nomination for Attorney General and the...