Asking For It

Victim Blaming, “Asking For It” and Baiting Outrage-On the Radio

February 19, 2013 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Sept. 2, 2016 Update Today's early release of Stanford student/campus rapist Brock Turner (3 months off an already lenient 6 month sentence) prompted this pithy video indictment by Elizabeth Plank on Vox which captures my "Friday feeling" quite well...incredulous and livid. The one in five stat echoing around college campuses everywhere as students start school this … [Read more...]

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