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Everything is legitimate': Israeli leaders defend soldiers accused of rape | Human Rights News
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A Nation Brainwashed: Israelis Protest For Their ‘Right To Rape’
“The only thing that is a problem for me here is that it is not a regulated policy of the state to abuse the (Palestinian) detainees,” said Israeli journalist Yehuda Schlesinger regarding how Israeli soldiers should treat Palestinian detainees. Here,…
Minor Raped and Murdered in Dhaka
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O Level Student Raped and Murdered: Another Casualty of Rape Culture
 Four classmates defiled and murdered an O level student of the capital's Mastermind School in Kalabagan, claims her parents. The student was identified as Anushka Amin Aurna, daughter of Al Amin. Iftekhar Fardin Dihan, main accused in the incident of…
Protesting against Rape Culture UK
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Who is to Blame: Victim, Necrophiliac or Religion?
A few days ago a Bangladeshi MP in the parliament accuses rape victims of not dressing “properly”. He accuses feminists of the increasing amount of rape in recent months.  According to him, women should follow a rulebook for their attire.…
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Rage against Rape: A Belated #MeToo Outcry
Amidst the global health emergency centering around COVID-19, Bangladesh battles with a different emergency. During the pandemic, rape has filled the news. “It’s in the newspaper, on Facebook, every day,” commented a female student. “There’s no way not to look…
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Understanding Marital Rape, and Why it Persists
Historically, rape has been conventionally described as non-consensual sexual intercourse with a female that is not the criminal’s wife. The notion of a woman irreversibly and unceasingly pledging her consent to sexual intercourse with a male through a marriage contract…
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Unbelievable: A Gripping Narrative of Trauma, Rape Culture and Justice
Unbelievable is a new show on Netflix based on a Pulitzer winning true story from US investigative site ProPublica. The story is about a young woman from Lynnwood, Washington, who initially claimed to have been tied up and raped at…
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Why Men Rape: A Complicated Portrait of Rapists’ Minds
There is no easy answer to this question. While it may be tempting to lump all rapists into one monstrous category, rapists vary just as much as ordinary men do. In fact, many of them are ordinary men. Richard von…
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Why is ‘Consent’ So Complicated?
Remember the photo taken after World War II was over, the photo of a Navy quartermaster kissing a nurse, the iconic photo? Did you also know that the Navy quartermaster kissed the girl without her consent? They hadn’t e even…
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A History of Abuse against Women, and the Fight Against It
Violence against women hasn’t only been prevalent throughout history, for the longest time, it was encouraged for specific circumstances. However, the fact remains that this violence is a heightened behavior, motivated by factors and supported by social structures that malign…
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