Word: rapes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent years leagues in many cities have spent less time on cotillions and cookbooks and more energy on women's alcoholism, battered wives' shelters, rape-crisis centers and teen pregnancy. Many have also worked to make the growing membership more representative, but old pedigrees die hard. "We've stood on our heads to make people aware that Junior League is not a society organization," says Maria Trozzi, of Boston's Junior League, which has dropped virtually all barriers to admission, "but that image is hard to change...
Called Mutual Sharing, Mutual Caring, a sex-education manual for New Hampshire teenagers has too much mutuality for the state's conservative establishment. The booklet discusses topics ranging from reproductive functions to rape, pregnancy and homosexuality. "Gay and lesbian adolescents are perfectly normal and their sexual attraction to members of the same sex is healthy," says the manual...
...wrangle was an ironic backstage twist for TV's savviest courtroom drama. Among its substantial achievements, L.A. Law has brought TV lawyers into the '80s; the firm of McKenzie, Brackman is the first to deal with the whole gamut of cases that preoccupy America's litigious society, from sensational rape trials to mundane contract disputes. Unlike the Perry Masons and Owen Marshalls of TV's earlier days, these lawyers worry about salaries, office politics and off-hours relationships, like the steamy romance between Van Owen (Susan Dey) and Kuzak (Harry Hamlin). Sometimes they even lose cases...
...Back the Night march lacked the feminist strength of past years. The traditional chant "Women unite, take back the night" was diluted to "People unite" in acknowledgement of the men who were present. Speakers repeatedly thanked these men for participating and warned the crowd that women alone cannot stop rape and sexual violence. In addition, a male student, Jeff Goldberg '88, spoke at the rally...
...danger of the clubs' and the administration's discrimination lies not only in sexual arrogance but in sexual violence. According to the University Health Services, a recent study shows that one in four college women nationwide are victims of rape. Eighty-four percent of these cases are categorized as acquaintance rape, which is rape of women expecting to be treated as equals by their male peers and one of the most difficult crimes to prosecute. At Harvard a date rape victim, who has brought her case to the Administrative Board, is prohibited from finding out if a punishment has been...