After many years of fighting for a major shift in military law, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has new support for removing commanders from prosecuting assault cases. More of her colleagues and a Pentagon panel agree it should be done. If passed,… more »

In 2010 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted its’ first National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey.  Now an on-going survey, it collects the most current and comprehensive national and state data on intimate partner… more »

Two nights ago, my black friend, Doc Chris, was stopped by the police around Washington, D.C. Yeah, you know where this is going. Chris can share the details if he likes but suffice it to say that he feared for his life in a way that I never have. I… more »

Recently I attended a virtual discussion about women and disabilities.  One of the speakers made a statement to the effect that there had been a positive for people with disabilities because of the pandemic.  Paraphrasing what she said:  Because of the… more »

Women get freezing cold in trains and in big city offices because the air conditioning is set for men’s sensitivity to the cold. They spend the whole theatre interval (when visits to the theatre were still possible) in the queue because there are too… more »

That’s how many women are killed by a current or former intimate partner and that is only  one of a long list of statistics regarding the killing, sexual assault, stalking and harassing of women in this country.  Are you aware that 1 in 3 women have… more »