Washington Post 12.21.16 | Carolyn Hax Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: There’s been a lot of public discussion surrounding sexual assault lately, and one thing I keep reading/hearing is, “We need to teach our sons not to rape.” Do they mean
Slate.com 9.19.16 | Nora Caplan-Bricker A high school student accused a classmate of sexual assault. Her school suspended her. Peachtree Ridge High School is a low-slung concrete building in Suwanee, Georgia, an affluent suburb north of Atlanta. School had just gotten out on
Time.com 5.22.16 | Laura Bates When teachers punish girls for wearing clothes deemed 'too distracting' for boys to handle, it teaches a damaging lesson Some of our most powerful and lasting ideas about the world around us are learned at school. Hard work
The Cut 8.30.16 | Claire Landsbaum Chessy Prout was 15 when Owen Labrie, a senior at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, asked her out on a date. That was in 2014, and shortly afterward, Prout accused Labrie of sexual assault. Labrie
The Cut 8.30.16 | Gabriella Paiella Almost one year ago to the day, Owen Labrie was found not guilty of three counts of felony sexual assault, though he was convicted of four misdemeanor charges. Labrie, a former senior at the prestigious St. Paul’s
Every Day Feminism 5.5.16 | Anonymous I’m writing this piece anonymously because my mother frequently Googles me – types my name into a search bar to find all I’ve been up to splashed across her screen. I think she does this just so
WSET.com 8.8.16 | Ashley Ann & Caren Pinto DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) -- A senior at George Washington High School in Danville is working to change how we view sexual assault and rape. 17-year-old Mae Gayle Dalton is trying to change the rhetoric that
LASchoolReport.com 8.8.16 | Kate Stringer He sexually assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. But Stanford student Brock Turner received a mere six-month prison sentence for his “20 minutes of action,” because anything longer would have had “a severe impact on him,” the