Growing up, we are taught that if you do something bad, you will be caught and appropriately punished. And throughout most facets of life, this usually holds true. Unless you’re a rapist in New York City. The past year has borne witness to wave after wave of sexual assaults in our beloved city, from Manhattan… [Read more…]
August 17, 2011
One of these days, I’m going to stop reading the news. Everything I read as of late infuriates me, including yesterday’s news that former sportscaster Marvell Scott will only serve 20 days of community service for what the NY Post calls a “sickening child prostitution rap.” In a nutshell, Scott was offered and took a… [Read more…]
June 20, 2011
A couple of month ago, I wrote about the class action lawsuit pending against Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court today ruled in favor of the megastore, and ultimately, sexism. The majority opinion, delivered by Scalia, claimed that there could be no class discriminated against since there was no written policy covering them all: The conceptual… [Read more…]
April 19, 2011
Although the Daily News printed one paragraph of a letter to the editor I submitted in response to the “sex romp” debacle, it has yet to issue an apology or retract the egregious term. As such, what follows is my open letter to the newspaper. Please feel free to “sign” it as well in the… [Read more…]
April 13, 2011
So, according to the New York Daily News, rape of a trafficked minor is really just a “sex romp.” Giants player Lawrence Taylor, who was busted having “sex” with a 16 year old in a motel room last year, was today hit with the lowest possible level of sex offender status. Not only was the… [Read more…]
February 1, 2011
In my very first post, Taking Rape Seriously, I reported on the NYC case of Tony Simmons, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting youths under his care as a city employee. Today, he was sentenced. Simmons received 4 years in jail and must register as a sex offender. Justice was served, but is this… [Read more…]
January 21, 2011
Rape is a horrific crime, one that globally affects women regardless of age, ethnicity, class, religion and race. Sadly, it is a crime that is not always taken seriously or given the same weight as other criminal acts. Recently, in my beloved New York City, a juvenile justice counselor sexually assaulted underage girls who were… [Read more…]
March 22, 2012
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