Sentences with phrase «rape by»

Sexual abuse: Four screeners asked about the child's experience of sexual assault or attempted rape by a known adult, an adult stranger, or a peer or sibling.

Over the last week or so, rumors about movie executive Harvey Weinstein have turned into actual reports of sexual harassment and rape by The New York Times and The New Yorker.

The Riddle of Rape - by - Deception and the Myth of Sexual Autonomy says that «rape by deception is almost universally rejected in American criminal law.»

Represents a female college graduate in her Title IX case against her university for mishandling the investigation into her rape by a fellow student.

As the scandals about child rape by priests have multiplied over the last few years, calls for justice in the courts have grown.

Under s76 of the Sexual Offences Act 2006, it is possible to commit rape by gaining consent through deception.

He was conceived through rape by his mother's master, and gets his name from his profession as a cock - fighter.

There is pretty much no plausible scenario in which concealing a transgender identity leads to liability for fraud of any kind and this never constitutes rape by deception.

There is the concept of rape by deception, which might apply here.

This case followed a similar matter In December, when police in Wyoming filed a case against a man who allegedly caused a rape by posting an ad on Craigslist pretending to be a woman he briefly dated.

On Wednesday, I wrote here about a Jerusalem man convicted this week on charges of «rape by deception» (or «sex - by - trick» as Above the Law put it) after falsely «presenting himself as a Jewish bachelor looking for a serious romantic relationship.»

the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to rape by fossil fuel oligarchies (a piddling amount of revenue, but sufficient to buy off the principle-less Sen. Lisa Murkowski from Alaska);

She was responsible for the Japanese edition of the book and touring exhibition Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape by Jonathan Torgovnik.

In the case of Tosca, our Work of the Week, the song in question is «Vissi d'arte» from the Puccini opera Tosca, in which the title character, «the opera singer with the eyes of black, threatened with rape by her lover's imprisoner, sings of her life dedicated to art and love, [then] fights him off and kills him,» explains Schimmel Gold, who set out to capture the «despair and overwhelming emotions» of the tragic heroine.

The Witcher games include a variety of side missions involving the player character attempting to rescue or protect non-playable sex objects from assault or rape by thugs.

Standing at the base of a monument to the Soviet dead of World War 2 whilst knowing about the horrific history of rape by the same Soviet forces on the women of East Germany made for a really interesting piece of reflection.

In ancient times rape was seen as a reward to the victors; for example, there are a number of references in the Old Testament / Hebrew Scriptures to acts of mass rape by conquerors, and plenty in Roman and Greek history.

House of Flying Daggers (its title in Chinese the loaded «Ambush from Ten Directions» — essentially an ambush from everywhere) is at its essence an allegory for rape and the Chinese tradition of concubinage that Zhang has already explored to varying degrees in Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, Shanghai Triad, and, of course, Red Sorghum, in which a young woman played by Gong Li (Ziyi's predecessor as Zhang's muse) is saved from rape by a young man with whom she later runs a winery.

Elle Directed by Paul Verhoeven France / Germany / Belgium, 2016, 131m French with English subtitles U.S. Premiere Paul Verhoeven's first feature in a decade — and his first in French — ranks among his most incendiary, improbable concoctions: a wry, almost - screwball comedy of manners about a woman who responds to a rape by refusing the mantle of victimhood.

Among the most unnerving films about domestic violence ever committed to screen, The Entity opens with a violent rape by an invisible assailant.

It's 1941 and Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) is a hotshot young NAACP attorney, who, like Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, is defending a black man accused of rape by a white woman.

The Black Panther star is outstanding as the real - life hotshot lawyer who defended a black man accused of rape by a white woman in 1941

When Mackenzie (Ella Purnell) is temporarily transferred by her cancer - ridden mother from Seattle to the girl's uncle in Juneau (Brian Gerghty), she faces the prospect of statutory rape by the forty - something man who had recently broken up with his girlfriend.

Joan's rape by Greg was shocking, as was the audience response, Hendricks says.

Filmmaker Luc Besson has been accused of rape by a 27 - year - old actress who has chosen to remain anonymous reports Deadline.

Some of the best episodes carried controversy lightly on their shoulders — The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee dealt with race and the Confederate flag; Jeremy Goodwin dated an «adult film actress» over a four - episode arc; The Head Coach, Dinner and the Morning Mail dealt with date rape by a sports star; co-anchor Dan begins therapy, and so much more — not for the sake of controversy, but always in service of telling a compelling story.

(One is also reminded of the character in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace who uncomplainingly accepts her rape by three black men out of white liberal guilt.)

In Black & White: The Women (published on Parallax View here) The first of two articles on women in film, this one stepping off from a review of Molly Haskell's From Reverence to Rape By Kathleen Murphy

Because of this, Boseman is outshined by the amazingly nuanced Sterling K. Brown («Righteous Kill») who plays Joseph Spell, a meek chauffeur falsely accused of rape by his white employer (Kate Hudson, «Deepwater Horizon»), whom Marshall is asked to help represent at the behest of lead counsel Sam Friedman (Josh Gad, «Pixels»).

Synopsis: Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter's brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the crime as they are on their way to trial.

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Any white man can browse and choose black women from a... Civil rights figure Recy Taylor dies at age 97 1 day ago ago Dec. 29 (UPI)-- Recy Taylor, a black Alabama woman whose rape by six white men in

Plus let's not forget those recent murders and rape by a Tinder user.

or whether it was a case of rape by act.

According to the American Institute on Domestic Violence, the health - related costs of physical assault, homicide, stalking, and rape by intimate partners cost in excess of $ 5.8 billion every year.

In 2004, he was accused of rape by two different women; no charges were filed.

The SlutWalk movement began in 2011 to demand justice for rape victims, after a Canadian police officer said women can avoid rape by not dressing like sluts.

The attorney for the woman claimed that lack of action resulted in her alleged rape by Dirschberger in December.

On the allegation of rape by the military, the theatre commander said, it is on record that no military personnel works or is deployed inside the IDP Camp within the Theatre of Operations.

Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons has been accused of rape by a woman who claims she bonded with the Def Jam founder over their love of «meditation, yoga and a vegan diet.»

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill called the recent comments about rape by a Brooklyn police precinct commander «insensitive,» and insisted «takes rape and sexual assault seriously,» investigating «every report thoroughly.

On the allegation of rape by the military, the General Rogers said, «It is on record that no military personnel works or is deployed inside the IDP Camp within the Theatre of Operations.

But Rees - Evans was less keen to discuss a remark he made in 2014, when he said that his horse had been the victim of attempted rape by a gay donkey.

But they fear rape by government forces just as fiercly.

Because at least in the regular hospital you can earn your Unicorn Scout Survivor of Birth - Rape by a Hep - Lock IV badge.

Youth sports are creating serious social problems: rape by athletes, violence toward other players and non-athletes, coaches bending eligibility rules, adults setting terrible examples by physically and verbally abusing kids, coaches, officials and other adults.

He was a featured speaker at Operation Rescue events and publicly defended two players accused of date rape by saying, «Rape by definition is a violent act, and I don't think that's what we're talking about here.»

Same goes for theologies that suggest the poor are poor because of their sins, that if only the sick had more faith or gave more money they would be healed, that the tsunami or the earthquake or the flood that devastated a community was clearly the result of God's wrath on its gay inhabitants, that we can stop rape by teaching women to cover up better, that sex before marriage makes a person «broken» and «unwanted.»

Harvey Weinstein, once one of Hollywood's most influential men, has been accused of sexual misconduct including rape by more than 70 women.

Allegations of sexual abuse have ranged from a charge of rape by an activist in the opposition Labour Party by a senior party member, to unconfirmed details of serial «sex pests» on a list reportedly drafted by aides and researchers in parliament.