Abuse Politics

Abuse Hysteria in Maine: The Ghost of Michael Nifong

During the early hours of March 14, 2006, a group of Duke University lacrosse players allegedly raped and sodomized a Black woman. Over the next 13 months, the sleepy town of Durham, North Carolina became witness to a succession of prosecutorial accusations, full-throated media warnings, and castration marches. On April 12, 2007, the state Attorney …

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Birthrape!

Step right up people, we got your rape here. We got your classic rape, statutory rape, date rape and marital rape. We have regret rape, false rape, payback rape and other forms of shame and revenge rape. And now we got “Birthrape.” That’s right folks, I said it correctly. Birthrape. And the idea of it, …

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Tell AG Eric Holder to Take that #$@&! Report Down!

Last year, SAVE sent a 10-page letter to the Department of Justice requesting that the DoJ remove a report filled with biased and erroneous statements. The report, Practical Implications of Current Domestic Violence Research by Andrew R. Klein, repeatedly downplays domestic violence against men, and openly recommends mandatory arrest policies. The flawed report can be …

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