Melissa McEwan and the commenters at Shakesville break down the many, many things that are wrong with this particular piece of journalism. The worst part? Rick Sanchez description of the crime as "the punch line." [CNN]
Combining elements of two of the most upsettingstories of the summer, a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, CA claimed this weekend that she was gang-raped, then admitted she had lied about it.
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About 50 people gathered to shake hands with a convicted rapist at an Irish courthouse yesterday. His victim says she's been "judged" for speaking out, but, "I am not sorry for it. All I did was tell the truth." [IT]
In her latest column, advice columnist Amy Dickinson says she hopes a letter from one of her readers "will be posted on college bulletin boards everywhere." After reading Dickinson's advice for said reader, I sincerely hope this isn't the case.
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A group of students, both past and present, of the all-male St. Paul's College at Sydney University, decided to create a pro-rape Facebook page called "Define Statutory" that reportedly was allowed to stay up on the site for several months.
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Salon advice columnist Cary Tennis mostly gets blogosphere attention when his answers are WTF-laden, but today I'd like to praise him for getting it right, in response to a guy who's obsessed with his wife's rape. Well, mostly. Partly. Whatever.
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Hofstra freshman Danmell Ndonye may face charges for falsely accusing five men of gang-raping her. A reader asked us for "a non-ideological take" on "the false yet pervasive attitude that women wouldn't lie about such things." Here goes:
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Andrea McNulty, a hostess at a Lake Tahoe Harrah's, is suing Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for raping her. So why did ESPN tell its reporters not to cover the suit?
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