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sexgenlab
- Apr 22, 2019
- 4 min
Twitter Contributes to Misinformation on Sexual Assault
By Laura Hooberman Illustration by Eleni Kalorkoti Hibernating from the cold last month, I binge watched the excellent new docu-series Lorena. The series tells the story of Lorena Bobbitt, a domestic violence survivor who, in 1993, in response to being repeatedly sexually assaulted by her husband, entered a dissociative state (i.e., a state of mind in which individuals find themselves disconnected from reality as they know it) and cut off her husband’s penis with a kitchen kn
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sexgenlab
- Mar 2, 2019
- 4 min
#Notallmen: Is there anything positive about traditional masculinity?
By Jessica Lin The recent #MeToo-inspired Gilette commercial has stirred up quite the controversy with responses ranging from positive feedback to pledges to boycott Gilette products. The razor ad shows boys bullying and fighting, men touching women and dads saying, “Boys will be boys.” It questions, “Is this the best a man can get?” and cuts to scenes of men intervening to stop violence, sexual harassment and bullying. While some praised the message that men can be great rol
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sexgenlab
- Dec 17, 2018
- 4 min
#WaitressesToo: How do waitresses deal with sexualization?
by Jenn Chmielewski I was seventeen when I started my first and only waitressing job. It didn’t take long before I started to feel uncomfortable with the way some customers were treating me. At first it was the men who would call me honey or cutie with a creepy smile. Rather than remind the customer that my name was Jenn and that I was not sweet and did not find their comments cute, I sucked it up and smiled. After all, I needed my tip. I didn’t like it but I chalked it up to
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sexgenlab
- Nov 19, 2018
- 5 min
Healing from trauma: Communication and romantic relationships for women survivors of
by Maria Owen During our freshman year of college, my friend confided in me about a horrific experience. She had been sexually assaulted by one of her friends. She was in shock (I was too); she couldn’t believe someone she liked and trusted could have done this, and she was afraid to tell anyone what had happened. After weeks of struggling through a lot of sadness and anger my friend felt like she was supposed to put the experience behind her and move forward. She became dete
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