Virginity Testing: Myths, Consent, and Bodily Integrity
Virginity testing is an unreliable practice that attempts to determine sexual history through genital examination, despite no physical test being able to prove virginity.
Corrective Rape: Sexual Violence Motivated by Anti-LGBTQ+ Prejudice
Corrective rape is sexual violence committed with the claimed purpose of changing, punishing, or suppressing someone’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Rape Culture: Victim Blaming, Consent, and Sexual Violence
Rape culture describes social attitudes that normalize, excuse, minimize, or trivialize sexual violence while often shifting responsibility toward victims.
Gendered Hate Speech: Meaning, Forms, and Harmful Effects
Gendered hate speech attacks people through gender-based slurs, threats, dehumanization, sexual humiliation, or hostility toward their identity or expression.