“Yes” Means Yes: Discussing Consensual Sex

“Yes” Means Yes: Discussing Consensual Sex

This is the third installment of our blog series on sexual assault. In the first blog, we gave an overview of sexual assault, and in the second blog, we focused on the term “rape.” Recently, there has been a lot of talk about what consensual sex is and isn’t....
Defining Sexual Assault

Defining Sexual Assault

This is part two of a three part series on sexual assault. In our last blog post, we gave an overview of sexual assault. In our next blog post, we will discuss the term ‘consensual.’ According to RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network), rape is defined as...
The Many Sides to Sexual Assault

The Many Sides to Sexual Assault

This is our first blog post in a series on sexual assault. Check back for future installments. Unfortunately, the news never runs out of stories about sexual assaults that occur all over our country. In television shows, we see sexual assault portrayed every week....
Helping Victims of Rape

Helping Victims of Rape

Emma Sulkowicz, a senior at Columbia, has been carrying her mattress around campus. Why? Because she was raped on campus, and as part of her senior thesis entitled “Carry that Weight,” she will drag her mattress everywhere she goes on campus until her rapist is...