Word: rapes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consequences of public opprobrium may be, they should be considered before harassing one's students and colleagues. We should be concerned instead with the devastating impact this case has had on the lives and careers of the victims. Prevailing social attitudes tend to subject the victims of crimes like rape or sexual harassment to more scrutiny than the perpetrators, yet the victims in this case have far more at stake than does Professor Dominguez: their careers are not as well established, they do not have the protection of tenure, and the harasser will continue to occupy a leading role...
...national health insurance plan with special provisions for women; extension of Social Security benefits to housewives; elimination of job, housing and credit discrimination against lesbians, and their right to have custody of their children; federally and state-funded programs for victims of child abuse and for education in rape prevention; state-supported shelters for wives who are abused by their husbands...
Orza said that initially Epps did not want to include the rape poem in the pamphlet because he felt that it was "inn violent." But Gould said "I support it. It's an excellent poem; rape is violent and it is political." She added that "including a different art form in an informational pamphlet is a way of underscoring its universality...
Slate and Orza noted the booklet is not limited to a discussion of rape at Harvard, but considers the issue as a problem in every community...
...director Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker, who said that he was "very pleased" with the new draft, cited an improvement among law enforcement officers over the last ten years in "taking seriously women's complaints about what rape is, and not blaming the survivors for causing the crime." He said "The police in general are more sensitive. Now, if the criminal is caught, he's more likely to be prosecuted...