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I volunteered as a rape crisis counselor for 6 years. For sure, I can guarantee that the memories of the victims don’t fade.

Marital rape has only been illegal in all fifty States for 20 years now. So yeah... that’s our starting point.

Probably slim. I mean, what are the chances of successfully prosecuting a rape case immediately after it happens? But it does seem like a meaningful change that would at least allow victims to be heard after the fact.

“People are starting to realize rape is a serious crime... It does not happen by accident. It’s a conscious decision by a rapist. The victim should always have the opportunity to come forward.”

As mentioned in the article, it is fine and reasonable to include it- but not to lead with it! Imagine you had a brain tumor and everyone walked up to you to tell you how much of strain it is on your partner and what a saint they were being to take care of you before expressing sympathy for you.

No, it 100% is not ‘all this is.’

Yes, absolutely I take umbrage.

Her kids didn’t write the obit. This was a public obituary for a prestigious scientist who had just died. Find me a similar obit for a male scientist- they don’t exist and the unconscious intention is to both undermine her accomplishments and to assure readers that she was a ‘real woman’ not some humorless ball…

As a former journalist, I can tell you that there is a reason why the first sentence of a story is called the lede (or lead). It’s because that’s where you put the information you consider the most important. That’s where the phrase “burying the lede” comes from—and that’s what this obit does.

When sexism and clickbait collide.

Here’s the 19th and 20th paragraphs of Hedy Lamarr’s NYT obit- the first 18 could be summarized as, she was hot and kind of slutty, but not much of an actress. They then sum up her scientific work inaccurately and incredibly condescendingly, “As the story goes, Miss Lamarr recalled hearing some conversations that had…

They are in the sense that they’re given less time, fewer rounds, less media coverage, less money, less corporate sponsorships, etc. D; But hey, remember that the MRAs agree that women are actually more privileged in this country than men. /snark

I recently discovered a very satisfying method for dealing with the “It’s just a (feminist principle of your choice), it’s not important!” people. Ask them why, if it’s not important, people won’t stop doing it, and won’t change it if after the fact. Why don’t the content creators reply “Well sure, it’s just a word…

Women have been doing the heavy lifting on the caretaking of sick children, spouses and parents since the beginning of time and don’t get front-page articles about their amazing sacrifices. It’s great that he’s doing it, but the fact that he is shouldn’t be lauded like something above and beyond. In sickness and in…

When Australian author and neuroscientist Colleen McCullough died last year, one of the premier national newspapers printed this as the opening of her obituary...

This is all a form of misogyny, the underlying theme that a woman must be defined by a man. If Clinton wins, this sort of thing will get much, much worse.

The fact that his name drives more traffic, despite her being so accomplished, says a lot in itself.

“But women’s sports are second-rate,” said way too many men and probably some women too.

It just keeps happening and they don’t get it. Headline: Important man is more important than important woman’s achievements or difficulties.