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10 US Cities Most Dangerous for Women

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:46:00 CDT

Rape statistics are notoriously unreliable, so Forbes has analyzed a wider swath of FBI crime data to create a list of America's most dangerous cities for women. Add robbery and aggravated assault statistics to forcible rape, and you get: Saginaw, Michigan : 90 miles from Detroit, Saginaw has 76 rapes for...

1 of 3 South African Men Admit to Rape

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 05:45:00 CST

More than 1 out of every 3 South African men admitted to rape in a recent survey, and 3 of every 4 said they had been violent with a woman. More than a quarter of the women surveyed said they had been raped, reports the Guardian . The survey also found...

Afghan Wives' Horrific Way Out: Cooking Fuel, a Match

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:19:23 CST

In Afghanistan, the most desperate women turn to items that even the poorest have access to as a way of escape: matches and cooking fuel. The New York Times takes a heart-wrenching look at the women who burn themselves in failed suicide attempts driven by forced marriages, abuse, and crippling...

Girls in Cameroon Have Breasts 'Ironed'

Emily Rauhala — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:39:11 CDT

Breast ironing. Yes, it's as painful as it sounds. But, according to a new Current documentary , as many one in four girls in Cameroon have had their breast buds burned with hot stones. Ironically, the painful wounds are meant to protect them; mothers believe the scars will keep men at...

Lad Mag Columnist: 'Cut Your Ex's Face'

Emily Rauhala — Thu, 06 May 2010 02:32:14 CDT

File this under Shocking Advice: A columnist for Brit lad mag Zoo has urged a lovelorn reader to slice his former girlfriend's face. Go on a "rampage with the boys, get on the booze and smash anything that moves," actor Danny Dyer responds to reader "Alex," who asks how he...

AIDS Top Killer of Women Worldwide: UN

Jane Yager — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:56:48 CST

HIV/AIDS is the top cause of death and disease among women and girls, says the UNAids program, which yesterday launched a 5-year plan to tackle the problems that put women especially at risk from the disease. Part of the problem is that up to 70% of women worldwide have been...

Football Players Key Bloody Dorm Melee at Michigan St.

Will McCahill — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:48:23 CST

Two Michigan State football players are off the team tonight after an incident Sunday in which they and as many as 20 fellow Spartans, many wearing ski masks, stormed a dorm and beat fellow students, including women. “I walked up and said, ‘It isn’t worth it,’” one student tells...