there was a 201 percent increase in calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline on Thursday
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rape
Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women’s Murder Capital
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made it abundantly clear in the hearing on Thursday that he cares more about Republican Party control of the Supreme Court than about rape victims. He implied that the charges of sexual assault that have surfaced against Brett Kavanaugh are a Democratic Party plot to deny Trump a Supreme Court justice. […]
18% of Teen Girls are Sexually Assaulted but Few Report it; Can Education Help?
By David Finkelhor and Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan | – Christine Blasey Ford’s account of allegedly being sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers is provoking both informed and uninformed comment from politicians. Still more private conversations about the subject are happening in homes and offices around the country. There is a […]
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