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Could There Ever be an App for that? Consent Apps and the Problem of Sexual Assault [PDF]

, 2017
Rape and sexual assault are major problems. In the majority of sexual assault cases consent is the central issue. Consent is, to borrow a phrase, the ‘moral magic’ that converts an impermissible act into a permissible one.
John, Danaher
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Blaming the Victim of Acquaintance Rape: Individual, Situational, and Sociocultural Factors

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
Victims of rape are uniquely vulnerable for being blamed for their assault relative to victims of other interpersonal crimes and thus much research has been conducted to understand why this is the case.
C. Gravelin, M. Biernat, Caroline E. Bucher   +2 more
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“A Right Judgment”: Rape Trial Conventions Revisited in Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones [PDF]

, 2016
This article argues that in both Joseph Andrews (1742) and Tom Jones (1749), Henry Fielding, who practiced law and wrote novels when both were undergoing significant transformations, takes what could have been archetypal scenes of rape and rescue and ...
Bloom Bissonette, Melissa
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Unlocking a dark past

eLife, 2018
A transcription factor called SALL4 could be the missing link between thalidomide and the limb defects caused by the drug.
Fernando Rodríguez-Pérez, Michael Rape
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Psychopathy and proclivity to accept rape myths as predictors of negative attitudes towards victims of rape: the moderating role of narcissism

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2023
Background Rape myths may harm those who have been sexually assaulted, according to the past literature. This study looked at the associations between grandiose narcissism, psychopathic characteristics, and rape myth acceptance and attitudes towards rape
Syed Messum Ali Kazmi, Syeda Salma Hasan, Fatima Murtaza, Samreen Arshad, Ali Haider Chattha   +4 more
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Caught in the act

eLife, 2013
The crystal structure of a HECT E3 enzyme has been captured as it transfers ubiquitin to a target protein, revealing the dramatic changes in shape that enable it to modify particular residues in its targets.
Hermann-Josef Meyer, Michael Rape
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Swedish rape offenders — a latent class analysis

Forensic Sciences Research, 2021
Sweden has witnessed an increase in the rates of sexual crimes including rape. Knowledge of who the offenders of these crimes are is therefore of importance for prevention.
Ardavan Khoshnood, Henrik Ohlsson, Jan Sundquist, Kristina Sundquist   +3 more
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How is rape a weapon of war?: feminist international relations, modes of critical explanation and the study of wartime sexual violence [PDF]

, 2012
Rape is a weapon of war. Establishing this now common claim has been an achievement of feminist scholarship and activism and reveals wartime sexual violence as a social act marked by gendered power. But the consensus that rape is a weapon of war obscures
Bjørnlund M, Bourdieu P, Bourgois P, Bourke J, Bourke J, Brown W, Brownmiller S, Brownmiller S, Carver T, Collier P, de Beauvoir S, Dworkin A, Ehrenreich B, Elshtain JB, Fugazi, Geuss R, Goldstein JS, Harrington C, Hartsock NCM, Hollis M, International Alert, Kaldor M, Leatherman JL, Levi P, MacKinnon CA, Pankhurst D, Seifert R, Taylor CC, Waltz K, Wiegman R, Winch P   +30 more
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Effects of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPB) Inoculation on the Growth, Antioxidant Activity, Cu Uptake, and Bacterial Community Structure of Rape (Brassica napus L.) Grown in Cu-Contaminated Agricultural Soil

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Previous analyses of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) combined with the remediation of heavy metal pollution in soil have largely been performed under potting or greenhouse conditions, and in situ remediation experiments under field conditions have
Xuemin Ren, Shijun Guo, Wei Tian, Yan Chen, Hui Han, E. Chen, Baihua Li, Yuying Li, Zhaojin Chen   +8 more
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Lesbian, gay or bisexual identity as a risk factor for trauma and mental health problems in Northern Irish students and the protective role of social support

European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2020
Background: People identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) have been shown to experience more trauma and poorer mental health than their heterosexual counterparts, particularly in countries with discriminatory laws and policies. Northern Ireland is
Áine Travers, Cherie Armour, Maj Hansen, Twylla Cunningham, Susan Lagdon, Philip Hyland, Frédérique Vallières, Angela McCarthy, Catherine Walshe   +8 more
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