On Rape and Men

There is a point in discussions of rape, when the discussion turns from the particular to the systemic, when the idea that, for example, many cultures have a value system that makes men believe they are fundamentally entitled to women's bodies (or time or attention, but mostly bodies), when the exceptionism starts to come out. Say ( Read more... )

White House spokesman bashes Brit press for torture reports

“I don’t want to speak generally about some reports I’ve seen over the past few years in the British media,” he said. “And, in some ways I’m surprised it filtered down. Let’s just say if I wanted to read - if I wanted to read a write-up of how Manchester United fared in the Champion’s ( Read more... )

Around 4 a.m. today, Firday, March 6, Middle Tennessee State University Police responded to a complaint that a female MTSU student had been sexually assaulted in the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house on campus.How about..."responded to a complaint that someone had sexually assaulted a female student ( Read more... )