Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Sexual assault

Besides the already-infamous case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (the head of the International Monetary Fund who is accused of raping a hotel maid in New York, who has shocked French society, and who -- thankfully -- will likely be unable to claim diplomatic immunity) another case of sexual assault that is at least as shocking is going largely unnoticed.  That case involves a fifteen year old girl who was raped by a fellow fundamentalism church member and then, when she became pregnant, was forced to stand in front of the congregation and apologize for getting pregnant outside of wedlock, then sent to Colorado to have the baby and put the child up for adoption.  A horrible story, but yet another reminder that groups with power (in particular, both men and Christians) need to do more to combat sexual violence.

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