A comprehensive study recently released by the Center for Disease Control has found that nearly 1 in 5 women in America report that they were raped. Not just during their time in college, which is a statistic we're all depressingly familiar with — the CDC found that 19.3 percent of women in the United States have been… » 9/05/14 7:45pm 9/05/14 7:45pm

Shortly after we wrote about Facebook's refusal to remove a page glorifying the New Zealand Teen Rape Club known as the "Roast Busters," the page quietly disappeared from the social networking site. But don't bake Facebook any fucking cookies; there's still no way for users to report pages for "sexual violence." And… » 11/15/13 4:20pm 11/15/13 4:20pm

These posters from Missoula's Intervention in Action Project, a group of community organizations dedicated to ending sexual violence, provide an excellent twist ending to some of the awful, creepy, hateful expressions we're all so damn tired of hearing. » 7/09/13 1:00pm 7/09/13 1:00pm

Police have apprehended the man they believe raped a 73-year-old birdwatcher in Central Park yesterday. He's a 42-year-old drifter with a long history of sexual violence who was first accused of raping and murdering an elderly woman at age 18. And a face tattoo, natch. » 9/14/12 9:45am 9/14/12 9:45am

Looked up my ex-boyfriend's Megan's Law profile in my hometown's police station, hands twitching. Back then, you had to write down the reasons for using the computers to look someone up. I wrote, "Finding out background for friend." It wasn't there. » 2/03/12 5:35pm 2/03/12 5:35pm

Somalia has been devastated by conflict for decades, and now the country is dealing with famine as well. These factors have made living in what was already one of the most dangerous areas on the planet even harsher for women. Recently there's been an increase in various forms of sexual abuse against women, ranging… » 12/28/11 10:00am 12/28/11 10:00am

In response to international outcry over a photo of a female protester getting her clothing ripped off as she was dragged through the streets of Cairo, the Egyptian government has finally dropped the "they were provoking us!" act an issued an apology. The military junta in charge of the government has vowed to root… » 12/21/11 3:30pm 12/21/11 3:30pm

A new study finds that in the year after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, male and female servicemembers had similar levels of combat-related stress. » 6/08/11 10:10am 6/08/11 10:10am

Vice President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan kicked off Sexual Assault Awareness Month with an appearance at the University of New Hampshire, issuing a new set of guidelines for all colleges and universities receiving federal funds. » 4/05/11 10:06am 4/05/11 10:06am

According to a study, "benevolent sexism" — the idea that men need to protect and care for women — really isn't so benevolent. In fact, people tend to use such attitudes as an excuse for sexual violence. » 1/21/11 9:38am 1/21/11 9:38am

Of the men who admitted to committing rape, one third did not feel guilty about what they'd done. I wonder what Privilege Denying Dude has to say about this. » 11/28/10 1:40pm 11/28/10 1:40pm

Here's your next Ivy League sexism controversy: An all-male a capella group at Columbia University has apologized for distributing fliers on campus with slogans like "Rape Me." (Last year, apparently, they had a poster featuring Rihanna, adding,"I'd Hit That.") » 10/26/10 2:32pm 10/26/10 2:32pm

Journalist Amy Miller of the Alternative Media Centre was arrested over the weekend at the G20 protests in Toronto. She was held for 13 hours, during which time she saw multiple women strip-searched and was repeatedly threatened with rape. » 6/29/10 12:20pm 6/29/10 12:20pm

Armed conflict among Congolese, Rwandan, and Ugandan militias has spawned an epidemic of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and perhaps most disturbingly, civilians too have begun to assault one another at higher and higher rates. » 4/15/10 9:40am 4/15/10 9:40am

Early this morning, Christiane Amanpour hosted Dr. Denis Mukwege, Annie Rashidi-Mulumba and Leymah Gbowee at The Daily Beast's Women in the World conference for a difficult discussion on rape as a weapon of war, and what to do about it. » 3/13/10 1:30pm 3/13/10 1:30pm

Italian tile company Bisazza recently drew the ire of the UK's Advertising Standards authority, which said the image implied sexual violence. The ad (pictured) has been banned. [BBC] » 9/30/09 12:30pm 9/30/09 12:30pm