Since Me Too exploded two years ago, more people are reporting sexual assault. But accountability for perpetrators is still far off.
Author: Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY
Has the media ‘sanitized’ the accusations against Jeffrey Epstein?
In Jeffrey Epstein coverage, some media outlets have been slammed by abuse survivors for using terms such as “underage women” and “sex with minors.”
Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking targets: ‘The more vulnerable the better,’ investigator says
“Vulnerable children and girls are all he targets. The more vulnerable … the better,” claims private investigator Mike Fisten of Jeffrey Epstein.
E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of rape and calls spike to National Sexual Assault Hotline
After E. Jean Carroll accused President Donald Trump of rape, there was a 53% increase in calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline, RAINN reports.
Experts explain why the ‘too ugly to rape’ argument doesn’t hold up
After E. Jean Carroll accused Trump of rape, he said she was “not his type,” a tactic experts say is used to discredit sexual assault victims.
Writer E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of rape. Why are we so reluctant to talk about it?
Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll wrote in her memoir that President Donald Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
Protesters ask Pete Buttigieg about black lives matter movement during heated confrontation
Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg cancelled several 2020 campaign events this week following a police-involved shooting that left a black man dead.
Kiss! Kiss!: London bus attack began in a way familiar to many LGBTQ women
Melania Geymonat said she and her partner were attacked by four men who wanted them to kiss for them. It began as harassment many queer women face.
Summer is sexist: Women have to sweat ‘bikini bodies,’ hair removal, camp and crime
A focus on “bikini bodies,” kids out of school and a rise in seasonal crime means summer isn’t all sunshine for women.
Emily Doe writing memoir to ‘reclaim the story’ of sexual assault by Brock Turner
Emily Doe, who was sexually assaulted by ex-Stanford University student Brock Turner, is writing a memoir on her assault, the trial and her recovery.