When you have endured violence at the hands of a man, it is easy to turn your fear and anger toward men in general—especially if you have been hurt multiple times. Suddenly, you start seeing every man as a perpetrator, an abuser, or at the very least someone not to be trusted. You see your […]

In 2006, when the Office on Violence Against Women surveyed women about domestic violence, respondents did not commonly list it among the most pressing challenges facing women, though most agreed that it is a serious problem in the United States. The apparent cause of this discrepancy, upon further conversation with surveyed women, was an “‘out-of-sight,

In 1963, Gloria Steinem shocked America with her undercover exposé of the denigration women experienced working in Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Club. Almost half a century later, Hefner parades his “bunnies” around on their own reality show while young girls across the country slap bunny stickers on the bumpers of their first cars. In fall 2011,

Now that the “rape and incest” exceptions to laws against abortion are once again making headlines, my own experience sheds what I believe to be desperately needed light on the subject. I am a victim of child sexual abuse — both incest and the family friend variety. I write this story in the hope that