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ifeminists January 14, 2003 Wendy McElroy	When Is It Rape? On Jan. 6, the California Supreme Court ruled that if a woman rescinds consent during the sex act, the man is guilty of rape if he does not stop immediately. The prosecution of rape used to be skewed against women. Now it seems to be skewed against men.
ifeminists September 8, 2004 Carey Roberts	Kobe Bryant: Alice-in-Wonderland Justice The dismissal of rape charges against the basketball superstar has triggered a lively debate how the decision will affect sexual assault cases in the future.
ifeminists July 22, 2003 Wendy McElroy	False Rape Charges Hurt Real Victims If the charge against Kobe Bryant is proven false, a backlash against women reporting violence may occur. The highest level of evidence and credible testimony should be required before ruining a man's life in that manner.
Reason February 2002 Cathy Young	Excluded Evidence The dark side of rape shield laws...
ifeminists November 26, 2007 Darrin Albert	The Hazards of Duke The Duke rape case reveals some specific hazards that may prove pragmatic for society to exercise some restraint and/or caution: The Crying Wolf Effect... Herjury... Avoidance of Preventative Measures... etc.
ifeminists February 16, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Spousal Rape Case Sparks Old Debate When indications of violence are absent, it is reasonable for the legal system to require a higher standard of evidence to convict a husband of rape.
ifeminists July 29, 2003 Ed Ward	Kobe's Number Called, Learns No Man Is Safe in Western Civilized Nations On July 1, 2003 Kobe Bryant learned about the current draconian laws that can be applied, at a minimum, any time a man does not have video and audio surveillance of a one on one encounter with a female.
ifeminists October 28, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Kobe Case Puts Victims' Rights on Trial A growing belief that false accusations of sexual assault have become commonplace has prompted a demand for fairer treatment of those accused, especially from the media.
Reason January 2004 Cathy Young	Kobe's Rights: Rape, justice, and double standards The case of Kobe Bryant's alleged sexual assault raises some serious issues about the way the justice system treats rape complainants and defendants.
ifeminists January 6, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Prosecutor Grandstanding Undermines Justice If the goal in a rape trial, like any other law enforcement action, is to protect the innocent, the obvious solution is to name neither party until after a trial verdict. But police and prosecutors do not advocate this remedy.
ifeminists April 8, 2009 Wendy McElroy	False Rape Claims Hurt Women Rape usually carries a stiff sentence and extreme stigma. The highest level of evidence and credible testimony should be required before ruining a man's life in that manner.
ifeminists August 5, 2003 Carey Roberts	Promoting False Allegations of Rape False allegations of rape are far more common than most people imagine.
ifeminists June 28, 2006 Leving & Sacks	California Spousal Rape Bill Will Harm Innocent Men False accusations of violence or abuse are endemic in family law cases. The California Senate and the Assembly Committee on Public Safety recently approved a misguided bill which will make the problem worse by easing the way for spurious spousal rape allegations to be used against fathers.
ifeminists January 31, 2007 Wendy McElroy	Continuing to Defame the 'Duke 3' as Rapists Every day it becomes clearer: the three Duke University students accused of kidnapping and sexual assault are innocent. Why does defamation of the accused continue?
ifeminists April 26, 2007 Carey Roberts	VAWA Casts a Long Shadow over the Duke Fiasco Here's the dirty little secret of D.A.s who prosecute sexual assault and domestic violence cases: many of the claims they pursue are as flaky as a pie crust and their chances of winning a jury conviction are slim. So why do they bother to go after the case?
ifeminists November 1, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Don't Always Believe the Victim Two recent news stories differ in significant details but share a common message: false accusations of sexual abuse kill innocent people and devastate lives. The stories reveal the terrible human cost imposed by the often heard demand, 'always believe the victim'.
ifeminists April 7, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Lies of Faux Victims Cast Doubt on Real Ones Will you be willing to believe the next woman (or man) who claims to be a victim?
ifeminists June 9, 2004 Wendy McElroy	How to Form an Informed Opinion Like it or not, personal opinion of court cases has become part of the process of justice in America. How to make a judgment based more on facts and less on rhetoric.
ifeminists July 18, 2007 Wendy McElroy	Looking Through a Paradigm Darkly Ayn Rand is arguably one of America's most important women novelists, and her heroines are among the strongest and most independent female characters in American literature. Yet modern feminism tends to dismiss Rand's work contemptuously.
ifeminists October 20, 2004 Wendy McElroy	In Kobe Case, Accuser Is Rightly Identified The accuser swings between demanding privacy and taking public action. As a practical matter, it is becoming increasingly apparent that those who bring accusations cannot have both.
ifeminists August 11, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Seeking Criminal Justice in Civil Court Feminist groups advocate civil proceedings for sexual abuse because "victims" will win more often and with less evidence.
ifeminists August 9, 2009 Tony Zizza	What if Ben Roethlisberger is innocent? False allegations of sexual assault and rape are in no way - a game.
ifeminists April 20, 2005 Wendy McElroy	False Rape Claim Hurts Real Victims Instead of publicizing sexual violence against women, this case has spotlighted the problem of false accusations against men.
ifeminists September 16, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Confronting Prison Rape A bright light is about to be shone on an almost unseen social problem: prison rape. On Sept. 4, President Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which provides for an annual Department of Justice review on the rate and effects of prison rape. Why should you care?
ifeminists April 13, 2009 Wendy McElroy	Understanding Sexual Harassment With all the "guidance" offered by lawsuits, feminist theorists, government agencies, and privately drafted policies, a question about sexual harassment still remains: what is it?
ifeminists July 29, 2003	Sacks Blasts Those Harassing Kobe's Accuser Men's and fathers' issues radio talk-show host Glenn Sacks blasted those threatening and harassing the alleged victim in the Kobe Bryant rape case, calling them "demented animals" on his Los Angeles talk show His Side with Glenn Sacks.
ifeminists May 11, 2008 Wendy McElroy	A Feminist Defense of Men's Rights Women are individuals and anything that weakens individual rights based on a shared humanity harms women as much as men.
Reason February 2003 Jacob Sullum	Dangerous Assumption Sex offender registration: One of the main rationales for singling out sex offenders is the assumption that they are especially likely to commit new crimes. That belief, although widely held, seems to have little basis in fact.
ifeminists October 27, 2004 Wendy McElroy	The Sad Evolution of Sexual Harassment The politically correct approach to sexual harassment means that those who claim victimhood are almost automatically believed. Sexual harassment must be rolled back for the same reason it arose as an issue: fairness.
ifeminists January 26, 2005 Norma Jean Almodovar	Who Will Rescue Us from Those Who Wish to Rescue Us Against Our Will? Radical feminists and religious conservatives insist that no distinction be made between consenting adult commercial sex and true sexual slavery. Does anyone believe that arresting a prostitute "for her own good" is of any value whatsoever?
ifeminists May 7, 2007 WolfmanMac	False Rape Claims -- No Publicity is Bad Publicity The structure of sexual harassment law, both in its federal and "campus speech code" incarnations is such that there is little downside to leveling accusations and an excellent possibility that the target's life will be ruined or at least drastically altered as a result.
Reason May 2007 Cathy Young	Assault Behind Bars How big a problem is prison rape in the U.S. -- and what can be done about it?
ifeminists May 30, 2008	Raped by a Woman In relative anonymity, a prominent libertarian blogger discloses his rape by a woman almost two decades ago.
ifeminists October 8, 2009 Wendy McElroy	The Lingering Spectre of Hofstra's False Rape Claim Woman who falsely accused four men of raping her gets minimum sentence.
Salon.com May 8, 2002 Charles Taylor	The ultimate violation Two writers -- a philosopher and a working-class Southern man -- describe the horror of violent rape and their long journeys back from darkness...
Reason August 2003 Jesse Walker	Rape Behind Bars A left/right coalition has assembled behind H.R. 1707, the Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2003. The bill would conduct more complete research on the problem and would "provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape." The Justice Dept. opposes it.
ifeminists March 17, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Feminist Confession Reveals Cultural Shift Should women who wrongfully accuse men of sexual harassment be held accountable? Some women who cry wolf aren't receiving automatic sympathy.
ifeminists January 12, 2008 WolfmanMac	A Tale of Two Rapes More common in today's society is the the false cry of rape driven by emotional motivation.
ifeminists February 11, 2009 Wendy McElroy	Persecution of girls as justice to boys Courts in the UK and America prosecute underaged boys who have consensual sex with similarly underaged girls for statutory rape while routinely giving the girls a 'pass'
AskMen.com October 30, 2003 Ian Harrison	Sexual Harassment In The Workplace Nobody wants to work in an oppressive and frosty environment, but by the same token, nobody wants to work on the set of a porn movie, either. Where to draw the line on sexual harrassment policy?
Reason August 2002 Thomas Szasz	Sins of the Fathers Is child molestation a sickness or a crime?
ifeminists October 22, 2009 Wendy McElroy	Sacred Feces! Man arrested for making coffee naked in own home A man was arrested for indecent exposure for being naked in his own kitchen. WTRV reports the circumstances
Reason April 2009 Radley Balko	Super Sperm When it comes to the people he prosecutes, Michael Mermel, chief of the criminal division for the Lake County, Illinois, State's Attorney's Office, seems to have more faith in his hunches than he does in science.
Reason June 2008 Jacob Sullum	Missing Pedophiles New research indicates that the idea that the Internet has fostered a "shocking increase in the sexual exploitation of children," as Newsweek put it in 2001, appears to be unfounded.
Reason April 2003 Nick Gillespie	Lust-See TV: Small-screen sex and its discontents The Kaiser Family Foundation's studies of sex on TV merely suggest that Hollywood plays no great role in kids' most important life choices.
ifeminists April 5, 2006 Carey Roberts	Child Support Gold-Diggers Laws that protect women from rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment all rest on a simple assumption: women who claim to be victims are almost always telling the truth. Maybe it's time to revisit that belief.
ifeminists January 26, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Removing Legal Incentives to Lie The false accusations that impact most people often occur in the process of divorce, in battles over custody and child support. For years, advocates of fathers' rights have accused the family courts of being "anti-male" and of rubber-stamping women's claims.
AskMen.com John Peabody	Sexual Harassment 101 It is important to know what constitutes sexual harassment, some of the finer points of inter-office diplomacy, and what to do in case the unthinkable happens.
ifeminists October 7, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Collective Western Guilt Burdens Today's Children A "compensation culture" seems to be spreading through poor nations. This attitude toward the West draws upon Western guilt over its own prosperity and over historical wrongs, like slavery. This collective guilt is especially undeserved when placed on the blameless shoulders of children born today.
Chemistry World November 18, 2009 Sarah Houlton	A pharmaceutical named desire A new drug being developed by Boehringer Ingelheim could give a boost to the sex drive of women with low libido.