Tell The Washington Post: Fire George Will

The Washington Post actually just published an opinion piece mocking sexual assault survivors and saying that women want to be raped.

The author, conservative columnist George Will, goes so far as to write that colleges are making "victimhood a coveted status" by taking public steps to curb sexual assaults on campus.

He even implies that nonconsensual sex is not rape, when in fact it's the very definition of rape!

Tell The Washington Post that rape is real, and demand that George Will be fired.

George Will makes his living writing columns that many people disagree with. But his latest column has gone too far. Rape is a serious crime—accusing women of making it up and arguing schools shouldn't be addressing sexual assault puts both women and men at risk. By publishing George Will's piece, The Washington Post is amplifying some of the most insidious lies that perpetuate rape culture. It's not just wrong—it's dangerous.

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–Nita Chaudhary and Shaunna Thomas

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Cross-posted in the Feminists Group.

ETA: Corrected link at 12:43 p.m. CDT