Tag: rape
Rape culture on Dixie State University’s campus
In what at present appear to be distinct and separate cases, two alleged rapes have been reported in the local media. Two separate stories...
The Republican voter and being OK (or not): A response to...
A food staple when I was growing up in Arizona was a Mexican-ish dish with lots of beans and spices. We called it Wetback...
Reproductive freedom: a woman’s right after rape
In October of 2012, Thomas L. Friedman wrote a very compelling article for the New York Times called “Why I Am Pro-Life.” As a...
BYU, rape, and allowing our thinking to evolve on the subject
By Annie Fuller, for DOVE Center
Despite a jam-packed auditorium at Salt Lake City’s Leonardo Museum last June, the room was silent as Brigham Young...
Rape culture, LGBT hate crimes, and moving to southern Utah
My Facebook feed over the last several weeks has been a deluge of both sorrow and fury, with recent events igniting topics of rape...
The Boko Haram abducted students: what we learn when we forget...
What can we learn when we forget to remember a story that grabbed our hearts? Take, for instance, the story of when the Islamic...
The uncomfortable relationship between sex and violence in America
In college, I spent a year working as a youth counselor at a center for at-risk teens. When I’d tell people what I did,...
DOVE Center trains volunteers to assist rape survivors
On Monday, Jan. 25, DOVE Center — a local nonprofit providing shelter, advocacy, and counseling to survivors of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault...
Back to school college supplies: date rape apps
With the busy fall semester of Dixie State University in St. George underway, college students might want to take notes in regards to the...
Personal Safety Course for parents, teens offered by DOVE Center
Some topics are difficult to discuss with teens, and the possibility of sexual assault is one of them. The DOVE Center’s personal safety course,...