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Age Is More Than a Number: On R. Kelly & Why Age of Consent Laws Matter
In July, a Chicago-based reporter published a story alleging that R&B singer R. Kelly was holding young women in an abusive cult. This...
Aug 16, 2017


Learning More About Our Prevention and Awareness Programs
Since 1980, Blackburn Center has provided awareness and prevention education programs to schools throughout Westmoreland County on topics...
Aug 9, 2017


New Report Sheds Light on Persistent Problem: Domestic Violence Homicide
This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report that generated shocking headlines: more than half of...
Aug 2, 2017


A Giant Step Backwards for Campus Sexual Assault Initiatives
In recent years, colleges and universities have made significant progress in the fight against campus sexual assault. While much work...
Jul 25, 2017


A New Type of Sexual Abuse: Revenge Porn, Leaked Nudes and Shaming in the Digital Age
In the past weeks, the internet has been abuzz with the news that Rob Kardashian may face criminal charges for sharing sexually explicit...
Jul 19, 2017


Details of Cosby Juror Deliberations Show We Have a Long Way to Go
Recently, the sexual assault trial against Bill Cosby ended in a mistrial, with the prosecutor vowing to seek a retrial. After a judge...
Jul 12, 2017


The Cosby case Reminds Us to Focus on Victims
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Jul 5, 2017


A New Study Proves What We Already Know
For many women and girls, street harassment is an unfortunate fact of life. Far too many men feel entitled to make sexual comments,...
Jun 28, 2017


Cosby Trial: Why Victims Wait to Report
On June 17, 2017, jurors in the Pennsylvania sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby reported that they were hopelessly deadlocked, and the...
Jun 21, 2017


How Protective Paternalism Hurts Women
Recently, we wrote about how conversations about gender-based violence should not be framed in terms of the victim’s relationship to a...
Jun 14, 2017
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