Neighbors Are Supporting The Alleged Rapists Of Rehtaeh Parsons
Rehtaeh recently commit suicide due to the bullying from leaked photos of her rape. Now members of her community have come out in support of the four boys despite their names being withheld because they are minors.
Occidental Students Are PO’ed About Rape Cases Getting Swept Under Rug [Sugar Binge]
Occidental College is under fire by its students for failing to report to the student body a recent sexual assault.

Real Talk About Sexual Violence On College Campuses [Lady Bits]
Trigger warning: this article deals with accounts of sexual assault and sexual assault statistics, and could be triggering to some people.
This Fox Host Says Rape Never Happens In College [Candy Dish]
This guy doesn’t think people get raped in college.
One CC Contributor Talks About Her Darkest Days And How She Overcame Her Anxiety
Seriously, everyone — male or female — needs to read this and, for those of you have been through a similar situation, you need to know it’s okay to reach out for help.
Judge Says Rape Don’t Count If You Don’t Fight Back [The Apocalypse]
This needn’t any commentary. Here are the judges words straight up. Mind you this is after the criminal was charged and convicted of the following: rape, forcible oral copulation, domestic battery, stalking and making threats against his former live-in girlfriend.
Prerequisite Rape Quiz [Sex in the News]
At the University of Montana, in order to enroll in classes, all students must complete an online video tutorial and score 100 percent on a quiz. It’s the first university to require students educate themselves on the “myths and facts” of sexual assault.

Around the Web

Tyler Perry Writes Letter to 11-Year-Old of Penn State Scandal
It’s not every day that Tyler Perry—actor, producer, director and Hollywood’s highest-paid man according to Forbes—takes time out of his incredibly busy schedule to write a lengthy letter. Yet earlier this week, Perry penned an open letter to the 11-year-old boy who was sexually abused by Penn State football coach, Jerry Sandusky.
Sexy Time: Rape is Too Rampant
Most sexual assaults on college campuses are reported in September. The Department of Justice estimates that at least one in five women will be the victim of rape or attempted rape while she’s in college. Women between the ages of 16 and 24 are four times more likely to be raped than any other demographic of women.
How to Prevent Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is one of the oldest crimes in the book and it’s one that often seems to go unpunished. In today’s R-rated, “sex sells” culture, sexual harassment can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time. And it does. All too often.
Fixing Yale’s ‘Hostile Sexual Environment’ Isn’t Just The University’s Responsibility
“So then I went back to his suite with him. And we bumped into his friends, and he introduced me, and they were all ‘Nice to meet you,’ in that douchey voice that actually means ‘Ah, you’re getting it on with our boy tonight.” I don’t even know his friends, and they probably think I’m a slut because he told them I’m a slut! Whatever, then we went back and hooked up. And it was decent, I guess.”
Sex in the News: The First Ever Slutwalk
Last weekend in Toronto, where I live, a reported 1,000 people marched together in the first-ever SlutWalk. The campaign was a response to a comment made at a local university by a police officer, who said women should avoid “dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” The police have since apologized for the officer’s comment, but it still hit hard with the organizers of SlutWalk.

The Skinny on Sexual Assault
Here at CollegeCandy, we often take on topics like entertainment, beauty, and fashion. But every once in awhile, we share things that might otherwise fly under the radar, things that aren’t necessarily fun to talk about but that we as young women need to know.