by Philip N. Cohen
I recorded a video lecture on the subject of family violence and abuse, including intimate partner violence, rape, and sexual abuse, with some discussion of the COVID pandemic implications. The 24-minute video is on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/aDg9PmSqkfk Related pieces that came out after I recorded this: The Telegraph: 'I have five minutes and I need…
Continue reading ➞ Family violence and abuse lecture, with COVID pandemic discussion
The BJS should not report extrapolations to the whole population from samples this small. They should clarify and correct these reports.
On campus or in the classroom, exposure to bad ideas is essential to critical intellectual development. If you're never offended in college you aren't learning enough.
I have an op-ed in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled, "College Sex-Assault Trials Belong in Court, Not on Campus," and there's already a lively discussion in the comments. I would welcome your thoughts, on this site or that one.
Some tips for critical reading in light of the marriage-reduces-rape controversy.
I have to give credit to the overreaching headline writer for accurately capturing the basic message: Shame on you.
When a public tragedy occurs, such the Santa Barbara mass murder, there is a chance to widen the conversation and include a sociological perspective.
The one-in-five women lifetime prevalence of rape is a reasonable estimate. But that's not all.
Is this what rape culture looks like?
Is tying this to Steubenville and military rape a stretch? Yes. And stretching is how we try to understand complex things like "culture."
Family Inequality 