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“Daddy taught me no means no.”

shakethecobwebs:

Can someone please explain to me why this overly-photoshopped-rape-culture-boosting bullshit is on my fucking browser when I’m simply trying to download ALL the James McAvoy movies for some pre-nap entertainment?
Because really.

But really though, besides promoting rape and unrealistic ideas of beauty, what is this bullshit ad for?

Can someone please explain to me why this overly-photoshopped-rape-culture-boosting bullshit is on my fucking browser when I’m simply trying to download ALL the James McAvoy movies for some pre-nap entertainment?

Because really.

But really though, besides promoting rape and unrealistic ideas of beauty, what is this bullshit ad for?

Topeka, Kansas City Council Considers Decriminalizing Domestic Violence To Save Money (by Marie Diamond, via Think Progress)

fuckyeahgenderstudies:

(Edited to add: NB: there is a photo of a woman with a black eye at the above link)

lostgrrrls:

I can’t.

And while not prosecuting domestic violence cases may seem to save money in the short term, it actually has staggering financial consequences. The health-related costs of domestic violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year. Nearly $4.1 billion of that is for direct medical and mental health care services, and nearly $1.8 billion are for the indirect costs of lost productivity or wages. Victims lost almost 8 million days of paid work because of the violence.

It should go without saying, but apparently doesn’t, that preventing domestic abuse is essential to promoting communities’ economic and social well-being. That the Topeka City Council would even consider such action is a heartbreaking illustration of the consequences of austerity.

I just fucking can’t.

WTF?

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Left to my own devices, I never would have been raped. The rapist was really the key component to the whole thing. I was sober; hardly scantily clad, I was wearing sweatpants and an oversized t-shirt; I was at home; my sexual history was, literally, nonexistent—I was a virgin; I struggled; I said no. There have been times since when I have been walking home, alone, after a few drinks, wearing something that might have shown a bit of leg or cleavage, and I wasn’t raped. The difference was not in what I was doing. The difference was the presence of a rapist.

Enough blaming the victim. Enough.

Melissa McEwan “Dear ladies: please stop getting yourselves raped” on how the rapists are constantly removed from discussions of rape as if they are not the KEY COMPONENT of those.
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writeoutoflove:

feministslut:

-TW Rape-

soulbots:

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Like 17.7 million American women, I have been raped.

Like 73% of survivors, I was raped by someone I knew and trusted.

Like 50% of survivors, I was raped in my own home.

Like 40% of survivors, I reported my assault to the police.

Like 94% of survivors, I never saw my rapist spend one day in jail

Not because there was a lack of evidence, but because I was too ashamed to take the stand.

I was wearing sweatpants and had not been drinking. I was not walking alone down a dark alley in a bad neighborhood. I followed all of the “rules” for not getting raped.

~~Stop teaching women how to avoid being raped; Teach men to not rape~~

Stop teaching people to avoid being raped; teach people not to rape.

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Kiyanna Shanay. I love smiles. I love my smile. I love other people's smiles. I believe in me. I believe that you make the world a better place just by living in it. I'm studying Women's and Gender Studies and Sociology. I've got a pocketful of sunshine.
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