By ESPN 06/07/2015

“KIRKLAND, Wash. — It was early in the morning on June 21, 2014, and Hope Solo had just been arrested on two counts of domestic violence. The police were trying to book her into jail, but Solo was so combative that she had to be forced to the ground, prompting her to yell at one officer, “You’re such a b—-. You’re scared of me because you know that if the handcuffs were off, I’d kick your ass.” …”

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By The Huffington Post 06/07/2015

“Emma Sulkowicz, the former Columbia University student behind the now iconic performance “Carry That Weight,” also known as “Mattress Performance,” has released her newest artwork, a website titled “Ceci N’est Pas Un Viol” — this is not a rape — comprised of a written introduction and a graphic sexual video, which you can view here. …”

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By MedLine Plus 06/03/2015

“TUESDAY, June 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Young teens who are bullied appear to be at higher risk of depression when they reach early adulthood, according to new research. …”

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By Washington Examiner 06/02/2015

“Not content to redefine consent to mean asking permission before every step of the sexual process, California is now on the path to teaching high school students the proper way to have sex — because human nature is now wrong.

To recap: Last year California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law aiming to redefine consent as an “affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement,” that is “ongoing throughout a sexual activity and can be revoked at any time.” Saying “no” to unwanted sexual contact was no longer necessary, as a “lack of protest or resistance does not mean consent, nor does silence mean consent.” Also, previous sexual history “should never by itself be assumed to be an indicator of consent.” Alcohol also negates consent, since the line between “intoxicated” and “incapacitated” can be decided after the fact by an accuser. …”

Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2565477

By The Weekly Standard 06/01/2015

“Lately, there’s a lot of talk among feminists about the need to keep women safe. The rape culture is allegedly inescapable, and trigger warnings are appended to college syllabi to protect sensitive souls from reminders of any past cause of pain, from “neuro-atypical shaming” to mention of “how much a person weighs.” But it turns out that if you dare to debunk feminist myths, you’re the one that really needs protection. …”

Read the entire article: http://m.weeklystandard.com/articles/feminist-enemy-number-one_952624.html

By The Cambodia Daily 05/30/2015

“A recent spate of cases of alleged sexual abuse of boys, several involving directors of child welfare NGOs, has drawn renewed attention to the prevalence of such crimes in Cambodia. Yet the male victims of such abuse remain shut out from support services due a perception that only women and girls can be victims of sexual violence, experts said this week. …”

Read the entire article: https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/male-victims-of-sexual-violence-struggle-for-voice-84634/

By Pacific Standard 05/22/2015

“Finally, Drummond had everything he’d ever dreamed of. He’d come a long way since he was a little boy, upset at his failure to get into the grammar school. That had been a great disappointment to his mother, and to his father, who was an engineer at a pharmaceutical company. His dad had never showed much interest in him as a child. He didn’t play with him and when he was naughty, he’d put him over the back of a chair and wallop him. That’s just the way men were in those days. Your father was feared and respected. Dads were dads. …”

Read the entire article: http://www.psmag.com/health-and-behavior/why-men-kill-themselves-in-such-high-numbers

By MedLine Plus 05/20/2015

“WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Adults who were bullied in childhood may be at an increased risk for obesity, heart disease and diabetes, a new British study suggests.

“Our research has already shown a link between childhood bullying and risk of mental health disorders in children, adolescents and adults, but this study is the first to widen the spectrum of adverse outcomes to include risks for cardiovascular disease at mid-life,” said senior study author Louise Arseneault. She is a professor from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. …”

Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_152658.html

By The Washington Post 05/20/2015

“There was the time when, 19 and naive, I was guilt-tripped into entirely unwanted physical intimacies with a much older married man. And the time, three or four years later, when I went to visit an on-and-off long-distance boyfriend and quickly realized that it was over for me — but he assumed we were still on, and I didn’t have the nerve to say no. And the time I told a man, “Look, I’m not going to sleep with you,” and it was taken as, “Try again in a couple of hours.” He did, and it worked. …”

Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/05/20/feminists-want-us-to-define-these-ugly-sexual-encounters-as-rape-dont-let-them/?hpid=z3

By Reason.com 05/20/2015

“This week’s graduation at Columbia University caps the bizarre, often sordid saga involving the two most famous members of the Class of 2015: Emma Sulkowicz, the activist who protested the school’s alleged mishandling of her alleged rape by carrying a mattress around campus, and Jean-Paul Nungesser, the German scholarship student she accuses of raping her. On Tuesday, Sulkowicz carried her mattress across the stage at Class Day, despite half-hearted attempts by Columbia officials to enforce a regulation against bringing “large objects” into the ceremonial area—and despite the fact that the “mattress performance” was for a senior visual arts thesis she had already completed. Her activism was also lauded (with no mention of her name) by two commencement speakers, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power. …”

Read the entire article: http://reason.com/archives/2015/05/20/columbia-rape-saga-lingers-after-mattres