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A World Without Sexual Assault - Alexis Stratton

Posted Thu, 08/19/2010 - 3:29pm by STSM

Recently Executive Director Ginny Waller challenged our staff and volunteers to envision a world without sexual assault.  Check back to see our work. 

What motivated Stieg Larsson to write "Girl with a Dragon Tattoo"?

Posted Tue, 08/17/2010 - 4:33pm by STSM
This is a reposting of an article from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's Bystander Blog. We know how popular the book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been this summer. So we though this blog post was especially relevant.

 

Scotish Ad Targets Victim-Blaming

Posted Mon, 08/02/2010 - 12:58pm by STSM

Check out this great ad out of Scotland, which addresses the absurd belief that women ask to be raped.

 

Marital Rape: A Hidden Injustice

Posted Tue, 03/16/2010 - 12:00pm by STSM

In this month's STSM Volunteer Voice, the monthly newsletter which highlights our volunteer program, Anna Walton, a dedicated STSM volunteer advocate and USC student, wrote the following article in response to an experience she had on a recent hospital call.

Marital Rape: A Hidden Injustice, by Anna Walton

"The husband cannot be guilty of rape . . . for by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract, the wife [has] given up herself in this kind unto her husband, which she cannot retract."
-English jurist Matthew Hale (18th century common law)

Test Blog

Posted Sun, 12/06/2009 - 10:35pm by STSM

This is a test blog.

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