The incident between Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren has been all over the news and even prompted a Saturday Night Live Skit.

Often doing anti-violence work we can get cynical. Seeing all the violence present in the world around us and hearing the intimate details of those experiences can prompt us to be confined to that world. Indeed, that perspective is apparent in the prevention work we do as we talk about statistics, relate stories of violence [...]

Lee Daniels new film “Precious” is about a teenage girl named Precious who is pregnant, for the second time, by her father. It tells a story of the physical, emotional and sexual violence that Precious experiences at the hands of her parents.
For Executive Producer, Tyler Perry, this film is personal. As a survivor of domestic [...]

Caster Semeyna has created quite an uproar in the sports world. Caster’s gender identity was questioned when it was discovered that she had three times the testosterone level of the average female. In response the International Association of Athletics Federations conducted a gender identity test on Caster without her previous knowledge. See full [...]

Country Singer Tim McGraw ejected a fan from his concert at the California Mid-State Fair last month stating that the fan was being abusive to the woman who was accompanying him. McGraw made it clear to the fan and the crowd that you simply “don’t treat a woman like that.”
The news has caused quite a [...]

Our discussion this month is centered around Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Since she was nominated by President Obama, Sotomayor has received much criticism, which continues today in her confirmation hearings. The criticism that she is receiving is very difficult to digest because it reinforces the ways in which racism [...]

This month’s article has to do with the increase in murder-suicides across the nation. Click here for full article. Although some social scientists have attributed the rise of murder-suicides to the economic downturn, the author asks that we consider the expectations and socialization process of boys and men as a critical factor that [...]

It is a well supported fact that domestic and sexual violence cut across race, class, gender, age, sexuality and ability. We also know that marginalized groups are targeted for violence at disproportionate rates. Thus, it is not surprising that Native women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than other [...]

The new Seth Rogen film “Observe and Report” has caused some controversy among anti-violence advocates. The film contains a scene that trivializes date rape/drug facilitated rape through the use of humor. As a survivor of sexual assault, the author of the article calls on the community to boycott the film. Click here to [...]

The Rihanna & Chris Brown situation has put a face to dating violence. This case provides educators with a perfect opportunity to speak about intimate partner violence as something that happens to everyone, regardless of, and at times due to their class, gender, race, sexuality and ability. In classrooms, tabloids and private spaces all across [...]