Stealthing isn’t a trend - it’s sexual assault
3rd May 2017
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Over the past week 'stealthing' dominated headlines, with many articles referring to is as “a new sexual trend”.
A new study by Alexandra Brodsky, of Yale Law School, has created a discussion around the issue.
In her study Brodsky says stealthing is now "a common practice among young, sexually active people” and is “experienced by many as a grave violation of dignity and autonomy.” She also argues that stealthing is a form of sexual assault and should be treated as such. This is clearly a very serious issue and should, therefore, not be treated as a joke. Speaking to the Huffington Post Brodksy said: “One of my goals with the article, and in proposing a new statute, is to provide a vocabulary and create ways for people to talk about what is a really common experience that just is too often dismissed as just ‘bad sex’ instead of ‘violence'."why u making rape sound like a partytrick smh https://t.co/TqWWxEX3Jm
— tom harlock (@tom_harlock) April 24, 2017
It's both affirming and terrible to write about an under-acknowledged form of gender violence and hear a chorus of "me, too" in response
— Alexandra Brodsky (@azbrodsky) April 24, 2017
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