Word: raped
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...should remember that the protesters were trying to gain support for reforms which go beyond this specific case--such as a rape crisis center and rape education for first-years. It is a shame that their rally did not fit into Wisse's agenda...
...little red buttons and signs reminded us all during last Tuesday's rally, rape does happen at Harvard. And, sometimes, the offender isn't a stranger in a dark alley; he is an acquaintance or even a friend. I suppose that this is why Professor Wisse's letter to the editor offended me so much (Opinion, March 11). She calls for rally demonstrators "to explain their aberrant and crude behavior...
...speak when someone else has the floor." She may be "ashamed" of the protesters, but I am ashamed, too. I am ashamed to be affiliated with a university which consistently fails to listen to its students. I think that the cries on Tuesday were born of frustration, not disrespect. Rape is a terrifying crime, and that a world-renowned university unequipped to handle it is an embarrassment...
...should remember that the protesters were trying to gain support for reforms which go beyond this specific case-such as a rape crisis center and rape education for first-years. It is a shame that their rally did not fit into Wisse's agenda. MICHELLE L. MURPHY...
Lewinsky: What is hard for me to understand with this story is that I think...the word rape has a very different meaning and connotation today than it did 20 years ago. Twenty years ago, women were not apt to say no. And I'm not saying that means she asked for it. It sounds like it was an unpleasant experience...