Tag Archives: sexual abuse

Dov Charney Describes His Sexual Harassment Charges Thusly: “I Like To Fool Around With Girls”

Jessica WakemanDecember 29, 2011 //

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“It’s getting strange, you know? Things are strange. Like, at our company, we’re all about gay rights–everyone’s sexuality is human. But, there’s still the conservatives, the scared people, just looking for a little enemy, looking for new sexual things to clamp down on. But we don’t want to fall into that trap–only talking about sex–because the larger message gets lost. The problem with me is that my personal sexuality, or whatever, has been used against me, and it’s taken away from our ideas. It’s like a great gay guy had fantastic ideas, it’s 1964 and everybody’s like, ‘Geez, geez, he screws guys in the asshole.’ Yeah, he screws guys in the ass…so what? I like to fool around with girls. Get over it.”

Don’t you just hate when a guy claims to be liberal, progressive, forwarding-thinking, etc. but he’s actually kinda sexist, icky and gross? American Apparel CEO Dov Charney wins the Stop Patting Yourself On The Back, Dude, ‘Cause You’re Actually Not As Liberal As You Think Award. Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Herman Cain’s Wife Gloria Cain Stands By Her Man

Jessica WakemanNovember 14, 2011 //

Gloria Cain, wife of GOP presidential nominee wannabe Herman Cain, is standing by her man in the face of sexual harassment accusations by numerous women. [The Daily Beast]
Chelsea Clinton has been hired as a special correspondent for NBC doing segments for “Making A Difference” about people who do good in the world. [The Stir]
Oprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscar this weekend called the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. [Essence]
Six ways to help your daughter deal with sex-based harassment on the street and at school. [The Good Men Project] Keep reading »

Katie Roiphe’s NYT Op-Ed Dismissive That Sexual Harassment Actually Exists

Jessica WakemanNovember 14, 2011 //

Street Harassment App

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Sexist Beliefs

Sexist beliefs are passed down more from mothers than fathers, study finds. Read More »

Citibank Sex Harassment

A banker says her employer, Citibank, told her she was "too sexy." Read More »

As my 68-year-old, Fox News-watching, Republican-voting father tells it, once upon a time you could compliment a woman in the workplace. You were allowed say “nice dress” or “you look nice today” and it was not a big deal. Everyone would smile pleasantly and go back to clacking on their typewriters. Then the ’70s came along. Hairy-pitted fists were raised and all of a sudden you were afraid to say “nice earrings” out of fear you’d be thrown in the pokey. Or, as the tone of his voice insinuated, you’d be accused of “sexual harassment.”

I wish I were exaggerating this narrative, but I am not: it’s a real conversation I had with my dad last weekend when we chatted about the accusations against Herman Cain. I also wish that the New York Times op-ed written by Katie Roiphe had not misrepresented sexual harassment as boneheaded-ly as my nearly-septugenarian father does. But, sadly, that really happened also. Keep reading »

Penn State Scandal: Victim 1′s Mother Speaks, McQueary Not Coaching On Saturday & Did Sandusky “Pimp” Boys To Wealthy Donors?

Amelia McDonell-ParryNovember 11, 2011 //

Paterno Fired

The students who are protesting need a reality check. Read More »

Penn State Abuse

Reactions to the Penn State sexual abuse against boys is galling. Read More »

It’s clear from the response we received in the comments to yesterday’s piece on the Penn State scandal that people have strong feelings on the topic. I’m going to keep writing about any new developments as the story continues to unfold.

The mother of Victim 1 (the first victim to come forward and report Sandusky to police) appeared on “Good Morning America” this morning, and said that her son, who was 11 at the time the abuse started, told her of the abuse Sandusky inflicted, “I didn’t know what to do … you just can’t tell Jerry no.’” [ABCNews] Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: 10-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth In Mexico

Stefanie BlejecNovember 10, 2011 //

A 10-year-old gave birth to a baby in Mexico. The legal age of consent in Mexico is age 12 and abortions are denied to pregnancies further along than three months and to those who cannot prove sexual assault. [New York Daily News]
Certain procedures involved in gender reassignment surgery are now tax deductible. The procedure normally costs tens of thousands of dollars, and is undergone by over 1,000 people a year. The ruling is monumental as it shows that federal courts officially recognize “general identity disorder as a serious medical condition,” rather than a cosmetic desire. [TIME]
In defense of the Spice Girls. [Rookie Mag]
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Facebook Pulls Some (But Not All) Rape Jokes

Jessica WakemanNovember 10, 2011 //

Rape Jokes On Facebook

Joking about raping women is cool with Facebook. Read More »

Penn State Abuse

Reactions to the Penn State sexual abuse against boys is galling. Read More »

Paterno Fired

The students who are protesting need a reality check. Read More »

On November 2, feminist activists organized together to protest Facebook’s refusal to remove pages that contained jokes about rape and violence against women from their site. Facebook’s Terms of Service bans language that is “hateful, threatening,” or contains “graphic or gratuitous violence” — which you will quickly find out if you make a “joke” about, say, dragging a black man behind a pickup truck. And if you post pics of yourself breastfeeding or anything just “too sexy,” like Courtney Stodden did, you’re in trouble. But Facebook rationalizes that their Terms of Service doesn’t include “jokes” of hate, threats, or gratuitous violence against women — because those are joke-jokes, right, bro?

The progressive web site Change.org collected 188,000 signatures asking Facebook to ban rape jokes and jokes about violence against women. Throughout the day on November 2, activists tweeted the names of offensive pages like “We’re gonna have sex tonight” “Why?” “Because im stronger than you are” to the @Facebook handle on Twitter. And finally — finally! — Facebook listened and responded.

Sort of. Keep reading »

Morning Quickies: Ashton Kutcher Mistakenly Defends Ousted Penn State Coach

Jessica WakemanNovember 10, 2011 //

Ashton Cheating?

Cheating rumors have dogged Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore since fall 2010. Read More »

Meet Sara Leal

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Notorious Cheaters

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Ashton Kutcher, who has focused his charity work with Demi Moore on stopping child sex trafficking, tweeted support for Joe Paterno, the Penn State coach who was fired ~~for covering up~~ after being heavily criticized for not doing more to bring allegations of sexual abuse by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky to the attention of authorities. [I updated the previous line and the line below to more accurately reflect the nuances of the situation. -- Editor] “How do you fire Jo Pa #inslut #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste.” Ashton quickly apologized — and apologized profusely — when followers pointed out why Joe Paterno was canned ~~for covering up child rape~~. The tweets have since been deleted off his feed. [ONTD]
Glamour magazine has been running their “Jake” column for 56 years — what’s become of all those dudes? [NY Observer]
The Olsen twins are selling $4,000 anklets for The Row, as they do. [Styleite] Keep reading »

Alleged NYC Subway Groper Caught (And Was Turned In By His Brother!)

Jessica WakemanNovember 7, 2011 //

Today's Lady News

Shyane DeJesus beat up a man who groped her on the NYC subway. Read More »

Catcaller Form

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Street Harassment App

A new iPhone app tracks where street harassment occurs. Read More »

Last week, we were kvelling about Shyane DeJesus, a 22-year-old college student in New York City who fought back when she was groped by a man while waiting for a subway. And she didn’t let the guy who lifted up her dress and slid his hand under her skirt get away when a train arrived: she followed him on the train, punched and kicked him, and shoved her Blackberry in his face to snap pictures. “I’m glad I fought back. I’m going to defend myself,” she told the New York Post. “I want him on the list for sex offenders.”

Well, it seems like Shyane DeJesus might just get her wish. The alleged subway groper, Froylan Andrade, 39, was arrested on Sunday after he was turned in by his brother. Keep reading »

The Woman Who Beat Up Her Subway Groper Gets Animation Treatment

Jessica WakemanNovember 4, 2011 //

Today's Lady News

Shyane DeJesus beat up a man who groped her on the NYC subway. Read More »

Catcaller Form

Here's a handy form for you to give to catcallers. Read More »

Street Harassment App

A new iPhone app tracks where street harassment occurs. Read More »

We get some weird email here at The Frisky and the weirdest one I’ve received today is definitely the main item from yesterday’s Today’s Lady News column … animated. Yes, someone animated the news item about 22-year-old Shyane DeJesus, the woman who beat the crap out of a man who groped her on the New York City subway. Shyane DeJesus also shoved her phone in his face and snapped photos, so hopefully cops can catch this perv. Sexual assault is not a laughing matter, yet something about the awkward blob-people in the animation treatment is … funny. Hey, whatever gets more people educated. [BigAppleDaily.TV] Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Sexual Abuse Arrest At Occupy Wall Street

Jessica WakemanNovember 2, 2011 //

A 26-year-old named Tonye Iketubosin has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of an 18-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl. The 18-year-old reported said Iketubosin raped her inside a tent at Occupy Wall Street, where he is volunteering at the protest as a kitchen worker, early Sunday morning. That girl had an argument with her tent-mate in the middle of the night on Saturday and Iketubosin offered to let her sleep in his tent. She fell asleep and woke up to him raping her. The 17-year-old said Iketubosin helped her set up her tent on Thursday night and the next morning she found him groping her, until she pushed him away. I certainly am not making this story the lead item in Today’s Lady News to suggest all, or even most, people at Occupy Wall Street are bad guys. But I am including it to make the point that even so-called “liberals” or “progressives” commit sexual violence against women. [Gothamist]
“Is there anyone who thinks sexual harassment is a real thing?” That’s how this essay by John Derbyshire in the conservative magazine National Review begins, which you should only read if there are no sharp objects around that you might slam your forehead into. [National Review via Feministe] Keep reading »