Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students.
Sep 1, 2016
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Since the 1970s, sexual assault hotlines have grown in popularity in North America as conduits for survivors, their loved ones and professionals to unite for immediate support. Today, there are more than 1,000 crisis hotline ...
Aug 11, 2016
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When longtime former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit July 6 for sexual harassment against the network's former boss, Roger Ailes, the public response was less than kind. There were expressed disbelief and rebuttals ...
Aug 3, 2016
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Almost 20 percent of college men have committed some kind of sexual assault, and 4 percent have committed rape, according to a study published by University of Georgia researchers who were examining the link between different ...
Mar 29, 2016
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Post-traumatic stress disorder remains a difficult, urgent, and prevalent problem among combat veterans, but millions of nonveterans experience the condition too. A new study in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry finds that ...
Dec 18, 2015
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Some 15 percent of women are raped while incapacitated from alcohol or other drug use during their freshman year at college, according to new research.
Nov 18, 2015
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If a young woman's first sexual experience involves alcohol, she is more likely to be at risk for problems such as sexual assault, and this risk may persist in her future, new research finds.
Oct 15, 2015
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One in five young Australians believe there women bear are partly responsible for sexual assault and nearly half (46%) agree that tracking a partner by electronic means without consent is acceptable.
Sep 24, 2015
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Men and women are more likely to be assaulted in a WA mining town than in regional towns with more diversified industry.
Sep 10, 2015
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers have taken a first step toward understanding why some women struggle to say "no" to unwanted sexual advances and are more vulnerable to sexual victimization.
Sep 1, 2015
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