The Jane Doe in the Cornell seven case is getting threats | Arwa Mahdawi
Every time a story about a woman being raped becomes headline news, the same pattern repeats without failIf she really was raped, why didn’t she speak up earlier? Why did she get drunk? Why was she wearing such a short skirt? Why did she walk home by…
Six men on how they plan to stand up against rape culture
While most of the crowd at a Stop Sexual Violence rally in New York City was mostly women, men of all ages were in attendance tooTens of thousands of protesters gathered at city halls and college campuses across the country on Thursday to demand an end…
Here’s what connects the Cornell alleged rape case to those before: accused men not being held to serious account | Emma Brockes
There was progress after #MeToo, but not enough. Certainly not enough to shift the assumptions that still protect men and denigrate victimsIf the past is another country, and there is nothing so poignant as the innocence of recent history, then there is…
‘Sadness, cynicism and deep disappointment’: the Cornell gang-rape case and the failure of #MeToo
As the university and local police defend their treatment of the alleged perpetrators, women decry a familiar storyStudent safety advocates in the US call the start of the fall semester at universities “the red zone”. Fraternities, sororities and…
We live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like | Rebecca Solnit
Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point – the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of womenSometimes a story is so so appalling, it captures the public’s attention, including the attention…