Actually, assuming domestic violence victims are lying is pretty standard, as well. The commonality is that both are crimes where the victims are overwhelming women, and the perpetrators are overwhelmingly men.

Yeah, when you look at stuff like Arne Dahl or most BBC programs they do very well with diverse casts telling stories that are not specific to one ethnic experience. The shows don’t ignore the specificity of ethnic experiences, but they tell them within their own cultures—why wouldn’t people rather watch that than a…

I wonder if it also has to do with the differences between the current and past issues faced by people of color in other countries - like, NCIS could essentially take place under the auspices of any government with a navy, but shows about black people produced by American studios are, necessarily, about what it means…

Not sure you can be ‘collateral damage’ if you started the ball rolling.

While I share your position on the issue at hand, there are in fact other feminisms apart from the American movement. Maybe it makes sense in the context and history of French feminism to take the more collective (there garments were made to hide women) view than the more individualist (personal choice) one.…

I know I’ll probably get a ton of flak for this, and trust me I sympathize as a survivor myself, but I feel that the dean has every right to depose Jackie, even if I find it repugnant that she’s going around branding Jackie as a liar.

Yes, I agree with the hypocrisy. Honestly would rather see high heels banned first.

Um, well, it seems to be more than just getting dates mixed up. There are several eye witness accounts detailing how Jackie told them she’d just experienced a sexual assault after texting them, on that specific date. It also appears there’s a good chance she created a false online identity to get closer to one of her…

Women wouldn’t be topless all the time. That wouldn’t make sense! Men are not topless all the time. But men can go outside and be topless, no one calls them a “slut.” No one attacks them, or tells them they deserve to be raped. But sure, none of these traditions are rooted in misogyny!

You should check out My Stealthy Freedom on Facebook, and look at what real Muslim women who don’t want to be FORCED to wear hijabs are saying.

No one said anything about forcing a woman to take the hijab off.

No practitioner of any religion is above criticism. They should learn how to handle critical comments about the regressive nature of the religion they have chosen to practice. Because while they may have freely chosen a patriarchal faith based value system, millions of other women have had it imposed upon them, and…

Just by reading the title of the thread I knew that Jezebel commenters were going to be outraged. So predictable. Clueless liberals and a lot of feminists have indeed given up on this issue because it’s easier to throw women under the bus than to deal with the fact that a religious minority is shitty and backward in…

For every woman who chooses to wear the hijab there are at least 1000 others who are forced to wear it by their fathers, husbands, or their government.

It’s only freedom and agency if we have the choice to decline if we wish.

He did make a good point later on about Cooper being glue.

I mean, I understand how people can be sexually assaulted/raped by someone they know and “compartmentalize” it, then continue on as if nothing happened somewhat. But to not think comments/actions made like this = “I didn’t know my memory was on trial” is a bit troubling. Absent audio or video, THAT’S exactly what’s on…

It turns out anything a witness says can be used against them, too.

I cannot fathom how a complaining witness - an alleged victim, around whom the entire prosecution must be constructed - could have been left so ill-informed by the prosecutors, unless they waited until about five minutes before she took the stand to meet with her for the very first time. Absolutely astounding.

I have…

This is ridiculous. Of course they are going to look into your recollection of things. That’s what cross examination is. Who was giving them legal counsel? Furthermore, how can you expect a court to convict someone of a crime and punish him accordingly, based on your testimony if your testimony is not clear,…