i really don't see what the hell her past has to do w/ any of this. hell, i was diagnosed w/ clinical depression 3 years before i was raped, & in my case, one...
fksh1981@...
Aug 1, 2003 7:25 am
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perhaps it is only relevant bc those with emotional or ocd etc. problems are at times more vulnerable and easier prey. Predators would be able to sense that....
I honestly don't see how it being known that she was hospitalized could hurt her case because if it was after all of this happened than it would just make...
I came across this horribly disappointing article by India Knight in The Sunday Times. This seems like an issue which some grrlactivistas may wish to take up...
HI Cathy, The reason it's an issue is that according to the courts, anyone with a history of mental health diagnoses is considered an "unreliable witness". ...
they htink that by saying that she had all of these problems before she was raped that it would help thier case. which is bullshit, because i had pre-existing...
fksh1981@...
Aug 7, 2003 9:54 pm
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well, Roxanne, that's more than I got... I e-mailed her AGES ago, and still have not gotten ANY response. :P...
jill's an idiot, plain & simple. wonder what she would make of the situation of not getting any sleep for at least 3 days, going to a club, passing out on a...
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Aug 10, 2003 1:07 pm
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I too, emailed Jill Saward over a month ago cricitising her website for perpetuating the continued myths regarding acquaintance rape. I too, am still awaiting...
This is disgusting. http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/L/lapdance_island/index.html The link to the channel4 comment form won't work at the...
check to see if there's an email address anywhere on the site 9that takes complaints). i'm not one for reality tv. i watch tv to ESCAPE reality, not flock to...
fksh1981@...
Aug 17, 2003 3:11 am
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NOW You can write to your local papers, five at a time, at this link. Protest media misrepresentation of rape. http://www.capwiz.com/now/dbq/media/ you could...
- http://www.vachss.com/guest_dispatches/alice_vachss.html All Rape Is 'Real' Rape By Alice Vachss Originally published in The New York Times, OP-ED, August...
<Collaborators demand that we look primarily at the victim's conduct: What was she wearing? Did she lead him on? Was she asking for it? Rape seems to be the...
Dear Womyn, I am sending this from another list (thanks Jennifer). I have sent the letter to Tony Blair and adapted a copy of it which has gone to my MP. I...
Dear Riot Grrls, While watching television, a comercial promoting the season premiere of the Emmy-nominated, multi award-winning drama Boston Public appeared....
I used to watch this show regularly, but due to scheduling conflicts last year, I missed last season. I agree that statutory rape is rape, but I wonder if part...
The commercial still made me angry. I have watched young girls be taken advantage of dreadfully. I am sorry, but sixteen years old is NOT old enough to...
I agree completely about the effects those types of relationships can have. The defining factor of sexual trauma is any sexual experience with a power...
The fact is, our society (and many others) persists in viewing men as the 'superior' sex and women as the 'inferior' sex. It is true that, on occasion, men...
Has anyone been following General Hospital? The show has included story lines that glamorize violence against women. Check out www.targetgh.com The Pa...
Even though the legal age is 16 in MA, there doesn't mean there are catches to that law. For example, where I live, Ohio, the legal age of consent is 16 also,...
I love the article by Alice Vachss, "All Rape is real Rape". I am a victim of gang rape that occurred in my own apt. just before Thanksgiving. When I went to...
I'm new here and just would like to put a little input here... i'm in total agreement... our children are starting way to young now a days and there has got to...
-I gotta say something here too... for i have a friend who was raped when he was just a teen.... the damage is done just as bad to men too and there are many...
Jenny said ... in total agreement... our children are starting way to young now a days and there has got to be something we can do about it... i've started a...
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firuzekhan@...
Aug 22, 2003 5:18 pm
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I have some experience with the whole teacher having an inappropriate relationship with a student situation. My senior year of high school I spent the night...
* Children: Inquiry into 20-year abuse of daughter An investigation has begun into how a man who fathered six children with his daughter evaded detection while...
CW AUGUST 2003This is full of interesting and infuriating information. Including: Update on Sex Offences Bill We also asked you to lobby your MP on this...
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