27 ‘Harmless’ Comments That Actually Hurt Sexual Assault Survivors

1. “Are you sure you didn’t want it?” “’You must’ve wanted it.’ ‘You just want attention.’ ‘Get over it.’ It hurt because everyone was so damn dismissive over what happened. I mean honestly, no, I won’t get over it. No, I didn’t want attention. And no, I didn’t ‘want...

France’s New Law Against Sexist Catcalls Gets Its First Conviction

In the first case invoking a new law against verbal sexual harassment, a French court has fined a man 300 euros — about $350 — for making lewd and insulting comments to a woman aboard a bus in a Paris suburb. The panel of judges in the case also sentenced the man to...