RAPE

BREAKING: Rape and sexual assault reports increase by 18% at US military academies

The Associated Press obtained exclusive information about a not-yet published report on sexual assault victims at m…

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Mar 10, 2023

This professor's comments about pedophilia, statutory rape are causing national controversy

A video clip that shows University of New Hampshire professor David Finkelhor speaking about children initiating se…

By Peter Cordi
Apr 20, 2022

Prof calls Trump presidency 'the definition of rape'

She also predicts that Trump’s administration will be “a boys club, drunk on victory, grabbing this nation by the p…

By Amber Athey
Nov 17, 2016

REPORT: 'victim-centered' view of sex assault erodes due process

The group analyzed 18 cases involving a total of 55 alleged improprieties, the most frequent of which involved inve…

By Amber Athey
Oct 26, 2016

Minnesota students face mandatory sexual assault training

It is not clear what punishments students will face if they fail to complete the training

By Amber Athey
Aug 1, 2016

NOW honors 'mattress girl' with Woman of Courage Award

NOW previously honored Sulkowicz with its Susan B. Anthony Award in 2014.

By Amber Athey
Jun 27, 2016

AAU releases massive sexual assault study

The study was conducted in April by the Association of American Universities.

By Mariana Barillas
Sep 28, 2015

U. of Texas to launch massive sex assault study

UT-Austin was one of 28 schools to participate in a national sex assault climate survey by the American Association…

By Mariana Barillas
Aug 6, 2015

UCLA student: criticism of my tampon column was sexist

Zoey Freedman argued in an opinion piece that the government ought to mandate health insurers cover tampons in the …

By Gretchen Edelman
Jul 31, 2015

UC San Diego treated alleged sexual assaulter unfairly, judge says

John Doe was accused of sexual assault by a woman he allegedly engaged in consensual oral sex with.

By Mariana Barillas
Jul 20, 2015

Michigan student: college sex culture damages students

She argues that though there is more safe sex, dental dams can't protect feelings.

By Mariana Barillas
Jun 30, 2015

Michigan sex assault survey comes with trigger warning

Approximately 89 percent of respondents said they felt safe from sexual misconduct on campus.

By Mariana Barillas
Jun 24, 2015

OPINION: The politicization of sexual assault

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Jun 15, 2015

Mizzou considers banning all alcohol but beer, women from frats after 10:00 pm

The university is also considering forbidding fraternities from having out of town formals.

By Cabot Phillips
Jun 11, 2015

Christina Hoff Sommers: students view 'grim feminist worldview' as truth

Sommers said that many Millennials have accepted a "grim feminist worldview" as the truth and that liberal professo…

By Mariana Barillas
Jun 1, 2015

Carnegie Mellon students develop anti-sexual assault 'choose your adventure' game

The game comes with a trigger warning and a trigger button.

By Mariana Barillas
May 28, 2015

Calif. sexual assault bills aim to expand disciplinary actions

The bills would expand disciplinary actions taken against the accused and force students to disclose any history of…

By Gabby Orr
May 26, 2015

Prosecutor encourages Notre Dame students to report rapes, assaults to county, not school

St. Joseph County’s new prosecutor Ken Cotter is encouraging Notre Dame students to report sexual assaults to the c…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
May 22, 2015

Columbia University flooded with 'RapeHoax' street art

Dozens of posters calling Emma Sulkowicz, “Mattress Girl,” a “pretty little liar” sprang up on Columbia’s campus an…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
May 20, 2015

Troy University: more ‘secure’ men will eradicate campus sexual assault

The pamphlet is a product of the Alabama school's anti-sexual and domestic violence organization.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
May 15, 2015

Florida college: Tone of voice can be sexual harassment

The state college also says a hostile sexual environment can occur by jokes, e-mails, sexually explicit discussions…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
May 13, 2015

Ivy students protest frat’s Beyonce sex doll with mock slave auction

The slave auction was part of the group’s “Ferguson Friday” protest that began last semester.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Apr 26, 2015

Male Columbia student sues school for not protecting him during highly publicized rape accusations

Nungesser claims the university did not do enough to protect him against the harassment and defamation he received …

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Apr 24, 2015

Army to review allegations of ROTC cadets forced to wear high-heels

Allegations on Reddit recently surfaced claiming that ROTC cadets at Temple University and Arizona State University…

By Gabby Orr
Apr 23, 2015

Feminists protest conservative female speaker, retreat to 'safe space’

The students, who felt the event needed a “trigger warning,” opened up a safe space for their peers who might need …

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Apr 22, 2015

Feminist students feel ‘unsafe’ bringing female, conservative speaker to campus

Students at Oberlin College are protesting an event featuring scholar Christina Hoff Sommers because they say her p…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Apr 20, 2015

Hundreds of Columbia grad students protest mandatory sex assault education program

More than 450 graduate students signed a letter of noncompliance in protest of Columbia’s mandatory sexual respect …

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Mar 26, 2015

Was a student really banned from class for disputing rape statistics?

A student at Reed College, Jeremiah True, gained national attention and support after he claimed in a Buzzfeed arti…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Mar 20, 2015

Penn State frat suspended after cops uncover Facebook page of passed out, nude girls at parties

The fraternity’s private pages showed photos of naked and unconscious women, hazing activities, and the exchange of…

Alliance Defending Freedom
Mar 19, 2015

University to host sex workshop one week after football players found guilty of rape

"How to be Brilliant in Bed" was moved to February because of a scheduling conflict.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Jan 30, 2015

Study: Some men have a distorted understanding of rape

Nearly one third of men said they would engage in forcible sex but wouldn’t consider it rape.

By Gabby Orr
Jan 13, 2015

Students demand law profs. eliminate traumatic, 'triggering' rape law lessons

Suk says that removing rape law from classes will only hurt victims of sexual violence.

By Maggie Lit
Dec 17, 2014

Lena Dunham: investigations of my rape in college are misogynistic

Breitbart found discrepancies with Dunham's description of her attacker.

By Maggie Lit
Dec 12, 2014

Rolling Stone retracts horrific UVA gang rape story

The author of the piece did not contact any of the accused.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Dec 5, 2014

Student threatened with rape, death after Ferguson poem

Social justice warriors have threatened to rape, burn, murder, and torture the student and her family.

By Maggie Lit
Dec 3, 2014

N.J. college tells women to practice making faces to avoid sexual assault

During an alcohol education event for first-year students, Ramapo College’s coordinator of substance abuse allegedl…

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Nov 17, 2014

'Queer brown woman' furious leaders of anti-sexual assault group are 'straight, white, cisgender men'

Sumana Palle wrote of her displeasure in The Michigan Daily on Oct. 8. The online version of the article has gotten…

By Maggie Lit
Oct 17, 2014

Students protest ‘misogynistic’ pro-life display

Auburn University's Students for Life created a "Cemetery of the Innocents" consisting of 150 white crosses.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Oct 10, 2014

Cornell students blame 'rape culture' on capitalism and 'cisheteropatriarchy'

End Rape Culture, an event which recognized a "National Day of Protest Against Rape Culture," culminated in student…

By Maggie Lit
Oct 9, 2014

New ‘consent porn’ urges college students get verbal permission for sex

UltraViolet, a feminist group, is campaigning against sexual assault at a number of colleges under investigation fo…

By Maggie Lit
Oct 7, 2014

University ad tells students to blow warning whistle before committing rape

“The only use for a rape whistle is: If you are about to rape someone, warn them. Blow the whistle.”

By Maggie Lit
Sep 22, 2014

VIDEO: University of Kansas students discourage applicants from enrolling because of sexual assaults

The video demands that the university re-investigate professors, administrators, and students accused of sexual har…

By Maggie Lit
Sep 12, 2014

Sex magazine tells men to ‘use the buddy system’ to avoid raping women

"Gendersmash," the publication that published the list, says it disapproves of anything that "reeks of hateful poli…

By Maggie Lit
Sep 9, 2014

Entrepreneurialism: Students at the University of Washington create wristband to prevent sexual assault

The transdermal alcohol sensor and dehydration sensor will monitor the wearers’ levels throughout the night and wil…

By Maggie Lit
Sep 5, 2014

Feminists rage over suggestion that alcohol education can help curb sexual assault

Professor Trachtenberg suggested that binge-drinking is a factor in some instances of sexual misconduct.

By Gabby Orr
Sep 2, 2014

UNC students protest 'ladies' night' because...sexism

Two senior UNC students who DJ for bars are speaking out against "ladies' nights" at local bars because they believ…

By Maggie Lit
Aug 20, 2014

Students supporting professor after inconsistencies in sex assault report surface

CU - Boulder formalized its intent to dismiss Professor David Barnett last week.

By Maggie Lit
Aug 12, 2014

Professor: ‘Illegals at border have more rights than college students accused of rape’

Professor John Banzhaf helped get all charges dropped against three Duke lacrosse players.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Aug 12, 2014

Sexual assault course now mandatory at Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State is one of 71 schools under investigation by the federal government for alleged Title IX violations.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Jul 31, 2014

College application essay leads to rape conviction

Albert Tarrats was convicted of raping his stepdaughter when she was eight years old.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Jun 26, 2014