Sexual Assault at the Hands of Your Doctor?
UPDATE: On Nov. 7, police arrested Dr. Jeffrey Abrams and charged him with 24 felonies: 15 counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious victim, 8 counts of sexual battery and one count of child pornography, local media reported. ABC10 reported that a total of four women have come forward with accusations against Abrams. Your relationship with your doctor is a unique one. Keeping healthy means telling your doctor intimate things you wouldn’t tell anyone but your closest friends. Our doctors see us naked and vulnerable, and we have little choice but to trust them. So it’s disturbing to hear that [...]
Jessica Pride on Campus Rape Myths at UCSD Campus
Over the course of the past year, “sexual assault” has become an all-too-familiar phrase on college and university campuses. This issue has been at the forefront of the media and has garnered the attention of not only colleges and universities, but of senators, the president and military officials alike. San Diego sexual assault attorney Jessica Pride recently spoke about this problem to a group of UC San Diego sorority ladies, offering the students guidance and courage. “It is my hope that through education and understanding, young women will be able to identify what qualifies as rape and what options are [...]
Riverside Third-Grader Accused of Sexual Assault
In different circumstances, it would have been a school principal's moment to shine -- addressing an important concern during a school-wide parent meeting, and receiving a standing ovation afterward. Only this was one honor that Principal Paul DeFoe would probably have preferred to go without. Because the concern in question wasn't a curriculum issue or a funding problem. It was the case of two third-grade boys at John Adams Elementary School in Riverside, Calif. One of them had reported the other for a series of sexual assaults that allegedly occurred throughout the past year. Unraveling a Year of Secrets Not [...]
New White House Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault
Calling sexual assault an affront to society, President Barack Obama signed a memo last month to create a task force to address the staggering number of rapes that occur on college campuses across America. 'An Affront to Our Basic Decency and Humanity' During his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama delivered a wide range of resounding indictments against the perpetrators of college sexual assaults. He deemed any sexual assault "an affront to our basic decency and humanity." "I want every young man in America to know that real men do not hurt women," Obama said. He cited the 1-in-5 odds [...]
Filner Made it Very Clear How Powerful He Thought He Was’
By the time Bob Filner’s lengthy political career collapsed in dramatic fashion, the allegations against the San Diego mayor were a national news story. Instead of a place of surf and sunshine, San Diego became known as a city where the mayor was not allowed to be alone with women on city property -- to protect both their safety and the city’s legal liability. Filner stood accused of treating the women who worked under him and others who did not like sexual objects, propositioning, kissing or groping nearly 20 women – including some he knew had been traumatized by rape [...]
