I agree with you, but then again, the psychological community is well aware that any kind of sexual assault has the potential to be traumatizing. I wish the police were much more informed about mental health issues.

Do you mind clarifying a bit? I'm not sure I've understood you correctly. By shitty people, do you mean people who don't take rape victims seriously? Are you saying that you had wished she had delved a bit into how neurobiology could set people up to be dismissive toward victims?

What kind of legal problems? I do see how without any kind of vetting process projects that don't meet the TOS can slip through the cracks if the offensive material is posted elsewhere and not on Kickstarter itself.

You are being disingenuous. You know very well that is not what I said. Twisting my words around and willfully misunderstanding me is slimy, and "you are not helping your cause" is a well-known feminist troll.

It's not hyperbole. You said

Check this out. Kickstarter just apologized and said that they are donating $25,000 to RAINN.

Police are not respecting or acknowledging women who report any kind of rape.

Law enforcement does a horrible job with sexual assault, but I am hopeful that it will get better with better training and other policy shifts. Nationwide, the rape-kit backlog is still in the hundreds of thousands, but over the last couple of years, a lot of major cities have poured millions into making sure they are…

The statistics vary, but most are well over 70%. If you would like a source, I'll let you google it. That way, you can find your own source that you consider reputable. There are a ton of things that we can reasonably estimate even with under-reporting. Drug use, for example, or gang crime, percentage of the…

Kind of like geocaching people. I like it.

It's not without context. There is a ton of information out there about rape culture. It's not Callie's job to unpack every aspect of it, and it's not the main focus of this article.

I don't think false identification in rape cases is especially common given that in 80-85% of rape cases, women already know their attacker. They are not likely to mistake their friend or date for someone else.

I know that police can be terrible in sexual assault cases, but I am still a bit shocked that police are not already informed about trauma recall. It's not new information that trauma memories are fragmented and jumbled, and it's extremely common for someone to go into a dissociative state which can include developing…

Well spotted. :)

Thank you. This was a very thoughtful and thought-provoking piece, and it's given me much to consider.

God, Christian Grey is repulsive. I hope when you make your film, you find inspiration in this review.

I think that's an excellent idea, and I would promote the hell out of a petition that called on them to donate their cut to an organization that supports education about sexual assault or provides assistance to victims.

Ah, I see your point. If you click past Mother Jones to New Scientist, you can find a report of fetal awareness by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. There may be more, but they are not linked here.

I think that's a very good point. I'm not sure yet if I am going to boycott them or take a break or continue to support projects I like. I still have a fb account, and I have had similar concerns about them for quite a while. My hope is that, if the worst happens and Kickstarter continues funding this sort of project,…

I believe you will find the answer to that very question in the article above.