Category Archives: Acts of Violence

Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Ann Bartow

From here: According to the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Report, some 800,000 persons are victims of trafficking each year, seven times more than in 1960. The victims are mostly woman and children who are often used as … Continue reading →

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Words Hurt: France Contemplates Prohibition on Psychological and Verbal Abuse of Domestic Partner

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Bridget Crawford

The BBC reports here that the French parliament is considering criminal penalties against those who psychologically or verbally abuse their spouse or live-in partner.  The BBC article highlights the French-language TV ad below, which portrays a man verbally abusing his … Continue reading →

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Jeannie Suk Publishes Book on Intersection of Domestic Violence and Privacy Law

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Christine Corcos

From my mailbox, an announcement that Jeannie Suk, an assistant professor at Harvard Law School, has published At Home in the Law: How the Domestic Violence Revolution Is Transforming Privacy (Yale University Press). Here’s a description of the book from … Continue reading →

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“Men who buy sex: Who they buy and what they know”

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Ann Bartow

“Men who buy sex: Who they buy and what they know,” is a research study of 103 men who describe their use of trafficked and non-trafficked women in prostitution, and their awareness of coercion and violence, prepared by Melissa Farley, … Continue reading →

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More Commentary on Ciudad Juarez Case

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

Earlier this week, Feminist Law Prof Caroline Bettinger-Lopez (Columbia) summarized the Ciudad Juarez case (see here and here) for members of the  Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers’ Network.    Here is Professor Bettinger-Lopez’s e-mail (reprinted with permission): Dear BHRH Network … Continue reading →

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New Report About Sexual Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From here. Via. … Despite Minnesota’s significant efforts to identify sex trafficking victims and meet their needs, to our knowledge there had never been any sort of summary report produced in either Minnesota or the U.S. regarding the commercial sexual … Continue reading →

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On Domestic Violence

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Ann Bartow

There is a very powerful, though difficult to read, post here, which frames this documentary. –Ann Bartow

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Major Human Rights Victory in Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled today (decision  here) that Mexico violated basic human rights by failing to investigate the disappearance and murders of several women over a 15-year period.  Pro bono counsel  M.C. Sungaila, Esq. at  Horvitz & … Continue reading →

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Did you know that December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada? Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary of the murders in 1989 of 14 young women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. They died because they were women.

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

More information here. –Ann Bartow

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Trudy was murdered by an evil male law professor.

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

If you don’t know what I am talking about, it’s your loss. A cautionary tale, might I add. –Ann Bartow

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Vani K. Borooah, Quy Toan Do, Sriya Iyer, and Shareen Joshi – “Missing Women and India’s Religious Demography”

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Abstract: The authors use recent data from the 2006 National Family Health Survey of India to explore the relationship between religion and demographic behavior. They find that fertility and mortality vary not only between religious groups, but also across caste … Continue reading →

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I’m completely dumbfounded.

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

By this. WARNING: Really horrible, proceed with caution. NB: Haven’t done any research to confirm the site’s legitimacy or the accuracy of the info, so caveat link clicker. –Ann Bartow

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“Criminologist helped get sex slave out of prison”

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From this article: … [Maria] Suarez’s horrifying experience : imprisoned from the age of 16 for five years in the home of a 67-year-old Azusa man who repeatedly raped her : reveals how she slipped through several cracks. It also … Continue reading →

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Carnival Against Sexual Violence 82

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Ann Bartow

At Abyss2hope.

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“The gunman and the dead woman apparently had a “relationship,” Tualatin Police Chief Kent Barker said.”

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Yet another man murders yet another woman.

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Yes the violence used by this soccer player is chilling, but her gender is what some find the most shocking.

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

YouTube commenters are writing things like “I WOULD FUCK HER UP!!!!!…what a bitch!” and “Bitch. Kill her!” apparently without irony. A number of copies of this or related video clips are titled with references to “cat fights.” This NYT article … Continue reading →

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“AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO”

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Ann Bartow

And how much do rape, pornography and prostitution contribute to the spread of AIDS? Wish there was some data on that, but not holding my breath. From the HuffPo: In its first study of women’s health around the globe, the … Continue reading →

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When Invisible, Addicted and Ill Women Disappear: A Cry for Cleveland

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

I grew up 2-1/2 miles from the place in Cleveland, Ohio where the police found the decomposing bodies of 11 women.  The victims whose bodies have been identified so far are Nancy Cobbs, Tishana Culver, Telacia Fortson and Tonia Carmichael. … Continue reading →

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Three teenaged boys gang rape a 15 year old girl and get probation.

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The 15 year girl gets blamed for drinking alcohol, which somehow caused the boys to lock her in a bathroom and rape her, according to the judge. The boys are even permitted to return to their high school. According to … Continue reading →

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“Fraternity Accused of Stealing 10,000 Student Newspapers to Cover Up Date Rape Story”

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Amanda Hess has the story here. Sadly, as she notes, the fact that a student may have been drugged at a fraternity party so that members could rape her in and of itself wasn’t seen as a big deal by … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be a Bystander

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

From the NY Times/AP (here): The police believe as many as a dozen people watched a 15-year-old girl being beaten and gang-raped outside her high school homecoming dance but did not report it. One man is in custody in connection … Continue reading →

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“I don’t want to be (on the Internet), but I have to be there and it’s never going away, and that’s a scary thought,” she said.

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Child porn victim seeks restitution VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Oct. 25 (UPI) — A U.S. woman filmed in a series of pornographic movies as a child says she is seeking restitution from anyone convicted of possessing them. The 20-year-old woman, whose … Continue reading →

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Rape a Pre-existing Condition to Insurance Companies?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by David S. Cohen

Well, not exactly, but pretty damn close.   And in one case, maybe so. Here’s the story from the Huffington Post. Basically, women who are raped who need medical treatment of some form, for possible HIV-contraction or post-traumatic stress disorder, … Continue reading →

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“The FBI says killer truckers are abducting prostitutes and other women at truck stops, raping them and leaving their bodies along the nation’s highways.”

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Below is a “Time Video” news report, which states there are 500 known victims.

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Guest Blogger Kate Blacker: Rape in Guinea

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

I am horrified by the recent events in Guinea.    I also find the world’s response  insufficient and disturbing.   The media seems to be differentiating this type of ‘gang rape’ and ‘rape in broad daylight’ from other ( less … Continue reading →

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Something Here is Very Strange.

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Ann Bartow

So, The Nation published an article called “The Crusade Against Sex Trafficking” by Noy Thrupkaew. This article focuses on one organization only, “the International Justice Mission, an evangelical Christian organization devoted to combating human rights abuses in the developing world.” … Continue reading →

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Girls Educational and Mentoring Services’ (GEMS) mission is to empower young women, ages12-21, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential.

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Ann Bartow

MESSAGE FROM HALLE BERRY October 1, 2009 Dear GEMS Friends, Being a girl isn’t easy. Today in New York City, a girl will flee an abusive home, only to be approached by a pimp-trafficker who will promise her love and … Continue reading →

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More Polanski

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the HuffPo (incredibly enough): The Washington City Paper‘s Amanda Hess does a fine job in running down and refuting many of the extant arguments that carry a brief for Polanski. There’s the L.A. Times Patrick Goldstein’s “Polanski’s punishment is … Continue reading →

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“The word”rape”has been disappeared from the English language”

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

That’s the title of this interesting post at Historiann. Below are the first two paragraphs: At least in the coverage of Roman Polanski’s arrest it has!   I keep hearing about how he was arrested in Switzerland this weekend on … Continue reading →

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CFP: “International Efforts to Address Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones”

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Bridget Crawford

The Body of the Nation: International Efforts to Address Sexual Violence in Conflict and  Post-Conflict Zones Edited by Tonia St.Germain, J.D. and Susan Dewey, Ph.D. President Obama has vowed to put women’s issues at the core of American foreign policy. … Continue reading →

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Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work!

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work! 1. Don’t put drugs in people’s drinks in order to control their behavior. 2. When you see someone walking by themselves, leave them alone! 3. If you pull over to help someone with … Continue reading →

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Rape Shield Redux: Supreme Court of Nevada Finds Rule 26 Applies Where Rape Shield Law Doesn’t

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Colin Miller

Back in July, I posted an entry about an opinion by the Supreme Court of Alabama permitting discovery regarding a civil plaintiff’s sexual history because Alabama’s rape shield rule only applies to criminal cases. In that post, I argued that, … Continue reading →

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Inciting harassment can be costly.

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Check out this settlement: Mid-Trial Settlement for Derogatory Comments by Shock Jocks- $1,000,000.00 Settlement: $1,000,000.00 after three days of trial Caption: Athena Anddrinkopoulis v. Defendant (No Response) Judge: Hon. John Egan, JSC Date of Settlement: 12/6/07 Plaintiff’s Attorney: Daniel Centi, … Continue reading →

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Blaming a Murder Victim

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The Associated Press has recently made a lot of noise about “enforcing” its copyrights on the Internet. Conveniently enough, making bloggers afraid to copy portions of AP articles into posts allows the AP to evade criticism for its unbelievably bad … Continue reading →

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Did Texas execute an innocent man?

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Read this chilling New Yorker article about Cameron Todd Willingham to understand why this is a very real possibility. I do have to quibble with the description by one expert of a very questionable theory about arson propounded by two … Continue reading →

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Video Memorial to Deceased Porn Actors

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Here.   Produced by Shelley Lubben.

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Dan Kahan, “Culture, Cognition, and Consent: Who Perceives What, and Why, in ‘Acquaintance Rape’ Cases” – A Request for Input

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Prof. Dan Kahan has written a paper that reports the results of an experimental study of perceptions of consent and other facts in a hypothetical date rape case (patterned closely on Commonwealth v. Berkowitz [court stated that the legislature intended … Continue reading →

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On Tasers and “Disorderly Conduct”

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Ann Bartow

When I was a kid I used to watch “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” with some regularity, and learned that tranquilizer darts could stop large angry charging animals (lions, elephants, hippos) as well as much smaller critters very quickly in … Continue reading →

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Two Wrongs Don’t Make it Right: Court of Appeals of Mississippi Drags Feet on Recognizing Combined Race-Gender Groups as Groups Deserving Discrete Protection Under Batson

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Colin Miller

In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S.79 (1986), the Supreme Court declared that racial discrimination through the use of peremptory challenges is prohibited. In J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B., 511 U.S. 127 (1994), the Court found that gender discrimination through … Continue reading →

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Paranoid or Dead: The modern woman’s dilemma.

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

That’s a line from this post by Amanda Hess entitled Rape Prevention Tips From Rapists: Stay Inside Or Die A Horrible Death. Here’s a short excerpt: It’s not difficult to parse the real message in this advice:If you don’t want … Continue reading →

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Judge Reportedly Questioned Whether Woman Was Raped Because She Was “On Top”

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Ann Bartow

That’s the headline from this blog post, which reports that Texas State District Judge Kevin Fine, elected as a Democrat, is alleged to have told a rape victim in his court that he didn’t believe she was raped because she … Continue reading →

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Why doesn’t the media talk more about the fact that Laura Ling and Euna Lee were investigating sex trafficking?

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Wouldn’t you think the media would be a little more invested in figuring out why Ling and Lee were considered threats by North Korea? It’s because they were investigating sex trafficking for Current TV, as only briefly noted in this … Continue reading →

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Glenn Beck Jokes About Poisoning Nancy Pelosi

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Via.

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Posted on August 10, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From here, via Mike Madison.

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Women are supposed to be sexually available to men, that’s our assigned role; if we are hot, we are supposed to put out since we are signaling we want sex, and if we are not hot, we are supposed to be so grateful for male attention we do anything the attending dood wants. Otherwise, death to us…

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Ann Bartow

Some links and post excerpts about the Sodini murders: Anna N. at Jezebel: Sodini was clearly disturbed, but his bilious diary displays an extreme version of a type of grievance misogyny that is all too common. His conviction that all … Continue reading →

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Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, “Human Rights at Home: Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation”

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The abstract: In 2005, Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales) initiated the first international legal action against the United States for violating the human rights of a domestic violence victim. Ms. Lenahan’s petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Jessica Gonzales … Continue reading →

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Women targeted for murder on the basis of gender alone yet again.

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Ann Bartow

The first two sentences from this NYT article report: Tortured by loneliness and his lack of success with women, George Sodini developed a plan to get even. On Tuesday night, he executed it, opening fire in a fitness center here … Continue reading →

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The Road to Hell is Paved With (Allegedly) Good Intentions: Supreme Court of Alabama Opinion Raises Important Rape Shield Questions

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Colin Miller

We are not unmindful of the very personal nature of the information sought from Carlisle regarding her past conduct. Nor do we intend to suggest that a plaintiff with a promiscuous past could not feel the same shame and humiliation … Continue reading →

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CFP: Conference on”Violence and Vulnerability”

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Ann Bartow

CALL FOR PAPERS: Conference on”Violence and Vulnerability” Emory University, Atlanta Georgia – November 12-14, 2009 “Violence against women both violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms… In all societies, to a … Continue reading →

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Law Protecting Clinic Buffer Zone Upheld

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Ann Bartow

From the Feminist Daily News: The US 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Massachusetts law on Friday, allowing a 35-foot safety buffer zone between protesters and abortion clinic entrances. The law, established in 2007, protects clinic patients and staff … Continue reading →

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