Jezebel had an article a few years ago about how rape kits go untested even when police departments receive money specifically allocated for that purpose:

Such a disgusting attitude. Are victims of robbery expected to present cops with the evidence and then present it in court? We’re just demanding that assault victims do their own policework now?

Related tangent: If you live in IN, there’s currently no tracking from collection to courtroom and the current kits have to be kept cold. There’s a 2500+ kit backlog.  Furthermore, there are over 1600 kits that are supposedly deemed false or unfounded reporting (a 30% rate). They are trying overhaul the testing and…

SHE DOES NOT CARE

Well, if the last two weeks have taught us anything, I think the only “hard evidence” they would accept is the man actually admitting to it.

This from a woman who minimized her husband’s pussygrab video as “Locker room talk”

It’s convenient that victim testimony magically stops counting as evidence whenever rape or sexual assault is involved. If a victim identifies the person who mugged them, that’s evidence. But if a victim identifies the person who sexually assaulted them, it’s a grossly unfair character smear that means nothing.

What kind of “hard evidence” does she want? DNA only proves sex happened, and if you’re the rapist, you just say it was consensual. If there is trauma to the body you say it was intense sex. It’s like they want someone in the room with a video tape - and even then they’d say there’s no way to know she wasn’t role…

The strange, last-minute veer into fake-news territory aside

Melania’s really trying to come off like an Indiana Jones villain during her colonial nostalgia tour...

I do stand with women. But we need to show the evidence. You cannot just say to somebody “I was sexually assaulted” or “you did that to me” because sometimes the media goes too far. And the way they portray some stories is not correct, it’s not right.

I don’t recognize myself at all in Knightley’s birth experience. I also didn’t look like the cover below three months after giving birth. That’s the september issue of Elle, Knightley’s daughter was born in may. 

Maybe she didn’t vomit, piss, and shit. I didn’t. Everyone’s birthing story is different. When I was checking out of the hospital I saw women I’d seen the day before, when we were all still pregnant, some looked like they had been through hell and back while others looked like they picked flowers. Two women came up to…

I believe there are people over the age of 12 who don’t know how difficult childbirth is. Just a few years ago, a state representative from Idaho named Vito Barbieri asked if it was possible for a woman to swallow a camera for a gynecological exam. There are also men who actually believe that women can “hold”…

Maybe it’s my comprehension but I don’t think she’s criticising Kate Middleton. I think she’s criticising The Man for creating a situation where Kate Middleton has to have her photo taken looking perfect mere hours after experiencing (presumably) what Kiera Knightley has gone through.

The problem is that even the worst Democrats (Manchin, for example) count towards who is Majority leader, and therefore who sets the legislative agenda.

I’m getting really anxious and afraid about the midterms.

This is so awful. It is also the reason why I will never disclose my own sexual assault to my own mother. Her reaction to the whole Kavanaugh debacle is to feel more afraid for her son than for her three daughters.  

My poor little cousin shared her story of assault with her Trump supporter mother only to be told ‘So what?’

I told her that unfortunately, her mom got hers, retired, and fuck everybody else.

Yeah. This is kinda old news. I knew about this in 2006 when researching for my science class report on “any scientist”.