http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/rape/ en-us Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:44:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097389/posts I would urge someone close to members of the editorial board of the Boston Globe to let them know that the world is not flat, the moon is not made of green cheese, and Elvis is, indeed, dead. I say this because obviously the Boston Globe is way behind the times in discovering facts that debunk rumors and it’s clear they have no capacity to do any research. I mean, they must not be paying attention to reality because in today’s editorial, the Globe again raises the thoroughly debunked claim that Sarah Palin charged rape victims for their rape kits... MensNewsDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097389/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 14:44:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096235/posts Outspoken comedienne Sandra Bernhard has shot down earlier reports that she said Sarah Palin would be "gang-raped by my big black brothers" if she enters Manhattan. "I never said 'gang-raped' and I never used 'rape,' " Bernhard told the Daily News on Thursday. NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096235/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2089502/posts Feminists have a bad habit of conflating voluntary sexual relations with rape, and here we go again. The Family Violence Prevention Fund's new youth rape study claims that "Nearly One in Five Young Women Have Experienced Forced Intercourse." Sounds terrible, right? Except that much of what they call "forced intercourse" (i.e. rape) is not forced. According to Child Trends, who conducted the study for the FVPF, the "Types of Force Used" include: 1) "verbal pressure" 2) "being given alcohol or drugs" 3) "being told the relationship would end as a means of forcing intercourse." I certainly don't believe that verbally... www.glennsacks.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2089502/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:40:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086930/posts According to their site, Sandra (Gang Rape) Bernhard will continue to perform at the Center for the Arts at the DC Jewish Community Center until Sept. 28, all this week. Therefore I sent e-mails to: Arna Meyer Mickelson Chief Executive Officer arnam@washingtondcjcc.org Margaret Hahn Stern Chief Operating Officer margareth@washingtondcjcc.org Ari Roth Co-Director, Center For The Arts tellari@theaterj.org The e-mail is aimed at Roth, and I added the introductory sentence for the two women. Here is the text. If anyone wants to follow suit, each in his own words, these birds deserve all the flak they can get. TEXT I sent... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086930/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085514/posts Fidel Castro 'bedded 35,000 women'! From ANI New York, Sept 18: Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has slept with 35,000 women in his 82 years of life, according to an upcoming documentary. "He slept with at least two women a day for more than four decades - one for lunch and one for supper," the New York Post quoted an ex-Castro official named "Ramon" as telling filmmaker Ian Halperin. "Sometimes he even ordered one for breakfast," the official said. "I don't think he would have stayed on as long as he did if not for all the incredible women he... dailyindia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085514/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084090/posts OREGON CITY -- An illegal immigrant pleaded guilty today to murdering 15-year-old Dani Countryman in a case that drew national attention and exposed flaws in the process for deporting criminal offenders. Alejandro Emeterio Rivera Gamboa admitted in Clackamas County Circuit Court that he stepped on Countryman's throat to help subdue her while his cousin, also a Mexican national from the Guadalajara area, allegedly raped the girl. Countryman died in the early hours of July 28, 2007, after a night of partying at the Balboa Apartments in Milwaukie. The Texas teenager was vacationing in Oregon, visiting her older sister, and planned... The Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084090/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:54:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083922/posts   I need people to hear my side and accept I am innocent 8:08am Monday 15th September 2008Following a false rape accusation against him, Terry Harrison was remanded in custody and spent months trying to clear his name. Catherine Priestley reports. TERRY HARRISON lost his home, had his freedom curtailed and rarely saw his two daughters while under police investigation. The 34-year-old missed family birthdays and a funeral and turned to alcohol and sleeping pills because of the ordeal. He said: “It was hell. I felt lower than low and at times I honestly felt like killing myself. “Now... The Northern Echo (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083922/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:26:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083171/posts A Fairview man admitted in court today that he raped a drunken woman last year after she got off a bus and passed out on the sidewalk.  Martin Cana-Chocoj, 26, said he had several drinks himself but was sober enough to know what he was doing on Sept. 11, 2007, when he carried the 29-year-old woman into a dark alley behind a bank on Fairview Avenue in Fairview.    He said he sexually assaulted her as his friend stood lookout.  Answering questions from defense attorney Jaclyn Medina and Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor David Calviello, Chocoj said the woman did not resist... northjersey.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083171/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:57:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082282/posts WASHINGTON - Leading Republicans and Democrats are calling for a new wave of volunteerism aimed directly at some of the most pressing problems facing the nation, from the high school dropout rate to energy efficiency to the rising number of unemployed. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced the Serve America Act on Friday, a new sweeping bill eight months in the making that would try to attract 175,000 new volunteers in the next five years. The bill has the backing of both major presidential candidates. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both co-sponsors. They... Salt Lake Tirbune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082282/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:53:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082226/posts New Mexico cops detail broomstick hazing at H.S. football camp SEPTEMBER 12--A quartet of boys attending a high school football camp were assaulted last month by broomstick-wielding teammates in a violent hazing ritual that could lead to charges against the assailants and the New Mexico squad's coaches. According to police interviews, the attacks were targeted against freshman and sophomore members of the Robertson High School team, which spent four days last month at a pre-season camp in San Miguel County. During the attacks, each of the younger athletes was pinned to the floor of a cabin and had a broomstick... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082226/posts#comment Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:15:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079386/posts Okay, I'm watching Hardball and I've Tivo'd this - here's Boxer's exact quote - ". . you can't compare her to Hilary Clinton. She's against a woman's right to choose even in cases of rape and incest and I just found out that again, Alaska, unfortunately for Alaska, leads the way in those, uhh, rape and incest." MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079386/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:35:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070463/posts A British woman has been raped by a gang of asylum seekers in Calais, it has been alleged. The journalism student wanted to highlight the plight of migrants who sleep rough in a squalid camp at the French port before trying to sneak into Britain. She was subjected to a horrific attack by six Afghan men she intended to write about, it was claimed. French riot police rounded up 200 migrants for questioning. Ten remained in custody tonight and police said it was possible all had been involved in the rape, which detectives described as 'extremely brutal'. Police said the... Daily Mail (London) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070463/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:24:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069847/posts A British student has been gang-raped by illegal immigrants in Calais, it has been revealed. The woman was writing a story on asylum seekers for her journalism course when she was attacked, police said. Up to 100 men have been rounded up as potential witnesses to the crime, which is alleged to have taken place in a notorious squatter camp nicknamed 'The Jungle'. Police said the attack was of a particularly 'brutal nature'. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069847/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068371/posts The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has pardoned three men who had been found guilty of gang raping a woman in the northern province of Samangan. The woman, Sara, and her family found out about the pardon only when they saw the rapists back in their village. “Everyone was shocked,” said Sara’s husband, Dilawar, who like many Afghans uses only one name. “These were men who had been sentenced and found guilty by the Supreme Court, walking around freely.” Sara’s case highlights concerns about the close relationship between the Afghan president and men accused of war crimes and human rights abuses.... NowPublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068371/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:17:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068350/posts A binge-drinking mother has been jailed after falsely accusing an innocent taxi driver of raping her. Joanne Rye, who kept up the lie for 20 months, was told by a judge her behaviour was despicable and was handed an eight-month prison sentence. The mother-of-one caused great shame and disgrace to devout Muslim Sherekhan Kali and his family after claiming that he dragged her down an alleyway and assaulted her. Maidstone Crown Court heard Rye, then 18, was known as a troublemaker and had been banned from using the All Night Car Hire in Dartford, Kent where Mr Kali worked. The... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068350/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066229/posts A wave of illegal-immigrant gang rapes is sweeping the U.S. while public officials and law-enforcement authorities fear drawing the link, experts say. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, a Ph.D. researcher of violent crimes, told WorldNetDaily, "It appears as if there is a fear that if this is honestly discussed, people will hate all illegal immigrants. So there is silence. … But in being silent about the rapes and murders, it is as if the victims never even existed." Schurman-Kauflin, who runs the Violent Crimes Institute in Atlanta, participated in a 12-month, in-depth study of illegal immigrants who committed sex crimes and murders from... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066229/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2063855/posts "I couldn't believe that our son has to pay child support to his abuser."I've previously discussed cases where boys who have been statutorily raped by older women are forced to pay child support to their rapists. Here's a new one, from Ohio. From Boy's parents sue to get his baby from mom, 21 (Columbus Dispatch, 8/16/08): LANCASTER, Ohio --- A Pickerington couple and their son are fighting for custody of a baby born to a Lancaster woman charged with having unlawful sex with the boy, who was 15 at the time of conception. A paternity test shows that the teen... GlennSacks.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2063855/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:37:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063299/posts Someone was attacking women in Fairfax County and Alexandria, grabbing them from behind and sometimes punching and molesting them before running away. After logging 11 cases in six months, police finally identified a suspect. David Lee Foltz Jr., who had served 17 years in prison for rape, lived near the crime scenes. To figure out if Foltz was the assailant, police pulled out their secret weapon: They put a Global Positioning System device on Foltz's van, which allowed them to track his movements. Police said they soon caught Foltz dragging a woman into a wooded area in Falls Church. After... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063299/posts#comment Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:54:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062592/posts More than six years after they arrested the wrong man for beating and raping a 94-year-old woman, Palo Alto police believe they have now arrested the right one. Roberto Cruz Recendes, 40, of Mexico is expected to be arraigned this afternoon in a Palo Alto courthouse, the Mercury News has learned. Recendes, who was extradited from his native country back to Palo Alto, will be charged with sexual penetration against a victim's will by force and causing great bodily harm to an elderly person. Palo Alto police took custody of him in Los Angeles. --snip-- It was possibly the culmination... Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062592/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061668/posts Russian paramilitaries on the road towards Tbilisi. The Russian army left Gori in convoy and stopped about 30 miles from the city. The first armoured personnel carrier nudged past the top of the hill. It paused as if getting its bearings, and then set off towards Tbilisi. Behind it, an endless column of Russian military vehicles appeared on a shimmering horizon - trucks, tankers, and a beaten-up Nissan. ..................................... Where was he from? "Chechnya. We've come here to help," he said. For the terrified residents of Gori and surrounding villages, it didn't seem like help. Yesterday morning, as the... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061668/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:54:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060825/posts August 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - When sixteen year-old Elizabeth Cameron found she was pregnant after being brutally gang raped, "practically everyone" in her life said she had every moral and legal right to kill her daughter by abortion. But Elizabeth defied the world's wisdom and says, now that her daughter Phoebe is a toddler, that she could not imagine life without her. "Every time I look at Phoebe, I know I made the right decision. I never wanted to end my baby's life just because of how she came to be," she told the Daily Mail this weekend. In... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060825/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:18:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058514/posts There are some in the pro-life community who don't support South Dakota's latest pro-life measure, Initiated Measure 11. IM 11 is a measure which would ban most abortions in South Dakota. Unlike Referred Law 6 in 2006, IM 11 contains exceptions for rape, incest and the health of the mother. The exceptions in IM 11 were carefully written to prevent abuse. For instance, the health exception requires that the issue must involve "a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of the functioning of a major bodily organ or system." In making this determination, the abortionist must use "accepted standards... Dakota Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058514/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058090/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A congresswoman said Thursday that her "jaw dropped" when military doctors told her that four in 10 women at a veterans hospital reported being sexually assaulted while in the military. Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach said she was raped by a fellow Marine. A Marine has been charged in her death. A government report indicates that the numbers could be even higher. Rep. Jane Harman, D-California, spoke before a House panel investigating the way the military handles reports of sexual assault. She said she recently visited a Veterans Affairs hospital in the Los Angeles area, where women told... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058090/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:46:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057866/posts MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The United States violated international law by putting a Mexican national to death in Texas, the Mexican government said Wednesday. Protesters for and against Jose Ernesto Medellin's execution gathered before he was put to death Tuesday night in Huntsville, Texas, for raping and murdering two teens in 1993. His death ended 15 years of legal disputes on a sour note. "The government of Mexico sent the U. S. Department of State a diplomatic note of protest for this violation of international law, expressing its concern for the precedent that it may create for the rights... CNN.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057866/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053570/posts The military believes that al-Qaeda employs a variety of tactics to get women to become suicide bombers. Some are easy prey because their husband or children have been killed or detained by US forces... Another method is for a member of al-Qaeda to marry a woman and then dishonour her in some way, such as letting someone else rape her. “This would leave her with no choice but to end her life,” Captain Shown, 34, said... There are also reports of women being told that their husband or child will be killed unless they agree to become suicide bombers. There... Times (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053570/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:49:48 GMT