Sexual Assault

An Indian woman who had been raped got the ultimate revenge for her suffering when she cut off her attacker's penis.

To "honor" our father, at the very least, is to treat him with common decency and dignity. In the rabbinic tradition this is the bare minimum of making sure that he is clothed, fed, and sleeps with a roof over his head.

Every human being has an unassailable right to absolute control over his or her own body. Period. No questions. No modifiers. No extenuating circumstances. Ever.

Every 21 minutes a rape is reported in India, but some of the country’s politicians still don’t take the crime seriously. As the country continues to mourn the brutal killings of two girls, ages 14 and 15, who last week were found raped and hanged from a tree, a member of the prime minister’s ruling party shared some disturbing thoughts on rape.

This weekend marks the six-year anniversary of my assault and rape in Belfast. It's not the kind of anniversary you tend to celebrate with greeting cards, cake, or presents (or frankly, announce on The Huffington Post). But at the same time, it's an anniversary which I find impossible to overlook.