“It’s time for good men to find their voices, courage, and humanity. Silence makes you complicit.” ~LMB Let me begin by saying: There are many good men in the world—I’m fortunate to be married to one and to work with many. I deeply value men and am, by no means, a “man-hater.” The behavior of […]
The Standford Rape and Rape Culture
On January 17, 2016, Stanford University student Brock Turner was caught–in the act–of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Two graduate students on bikes happened by a dumpster where they saw Turner on top of his victim’s unconscious body; he was “humping” her at the time. Turner ran, but the graduate students tackled him and called […]
Steubenville High School Alleged Rape: We Have to do Better
As I watched the cell phone video of a boy laughing about a 16-year-old girl allegedly being raped by two 16-year-old football players in a nearby room, I could feel my anger rising. I’m sickened that a girl could allegedly be raped while people in another room knew about it and made appalling comments, vulgarly […]