What Experts Know About Men Who Rape
He sat by his phone, skeptical that it would ring. “I didn’t think that anyone would want to respond,” said Samuel D. Smithyman, now 72 and a clinical psychologist in South Carolina. But the phone did ring. Nearly 200 times. At the other end of the line were a...14 Impactful Ways Men Can Become Allies For Women
By Erin Rose Over the past 24 hours, our newsfeeds have been dominated by the #MeToo hashtag. To understand the magnitude, the #MeToo hashtag had been used over 109,451 times in a 24 period since Sunday evening on Twitter. If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted...Noa Jansma Is Taking Selfies With Her Catcallers To Show Men That It Really Happens
Noa Jansma is a 20-year-old student in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She is regularly harassed by catcallers while walking down the street, as many women experience globally. She created an instragram account to document this form of sexual violence and the men behind it...DeVos Should Want to Educate Men About Rape
During my senior year of college, I spent many evenings in fraternity houses. I didn’t show up, like most did, to drink too much and dance badly. Instead, I was the ultimate buzz kill: As a rape crisis counselor, I was there to talk to fellow young men about how to...High School Boys Make ‘Rape’ Joke At Breast Cancer Awareness Football Game
Four South Carolina students recently spelled out the word “rape” with spray painted letters on their chests as an apparent joke during a football game for their district’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Night. The incident occurred during Westside High School’s...