It's Been 37 Years Since My Rape. The Shame Still Haunts Me

Having trouble viewing this email? [Click here]( Sunday, September 30, 2018 [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( [It's Been 37 Years Since My Rape. The Shame Still Haunts Me]( I marvel at the strength of the women who've come forward to describe the degradation and violence they suffered, writes our anonymous author. [Brett Kavanaugh's Contagious Rage]( Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas presented themselves as models of probity, writes Leigh Gilmore. But after they were accused of sexual misconduct, the mask dropped, revealing incendiary male anger. [Women's Vulnerability, Men's Anger: How The Kavanaugh Hearings Symbolize Everything Keeping Us Apart]( The #MeToo movement has unleashed 12 months of raw honesty, shifting standards and occasional overreach. But the Kavanaugh spectacle has set us backwards, not forward. ['What Rings True? What Rings False?' To Republicans, It Doesn't Matter]( If Judge Brett Kavanaugh is falsely accused, as he so insistently claims, he should be clamoring for an FBI investigation to clear his name, writes Eileen McNamara. [Kavanaugh's Fate Isn't The Only Thing At Stake]( Kavanaugh's strategy is to cast himself as the victim, as Clinton and Thomas did before him, writes Susan Gallagher. Whether or not it works will tell us if #MeToo has... [It's Hard To Get The Truth If You're Not Trying To Find It]( The fight between Senate Republicans and the women who have accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct will be decided by political power, writes Andrew Grainger. [Senate Democrats: Hold Your Own Kavanaugh Hearing]( The GOP is trying to turn Thursday's hearing into the "definitive" arbitration of the claims against Brett Kavanaugh, writes Steve Almond. But it's a set up. [This Is Why Good Sex Education Is So Important]( The allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh have ignited a national debate about sexual assault. Jaclyn Friedman argues that to create a culture with less sexual violence, we need to provide comprehensive sex education in our schools. [Republicans Are Telling The Truth About One Thing: They Don't Care About Women]( Pledging to "plow right through" with the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, writes Eileen McNamara, the GOP abandons any pretense of neutrality as it weighs allegations of sexual misconduct against the Supreme Court nominee. [Boston's Transportation System Is A Mess. It Doesn't Have To Be]( We can spend the next decade mired in increasingly bitter complaints about traffic and parking, writes Tony Dutzik, or we can spend it building a transportation system worthy of the 21st century. [What Happens To The Charles River If 100-Year Storms Are The New Normal?]( Thanks to climate change, perhaps only one or two more generations will be able to experience the beauty and solitude of the Charles River, writes Fred Hewett. [Laughing At Trump's Failed Foreign Policy]( The president's deal-making, in which narcissism subs for doing his policy homework, has been revealed for the scam it is. [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [View on Instagram]( WBUR, 890 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215 [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}]( [Forward this email]( | [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by wburtoday@wbur.org in collaboration with [Constant Contact]( [Try it free today](