Best Headline Ever.

Thanks to the Smoking Gun for what is possibly the best headline ever penned.  Flaming Tampon Attack should be the name of a band.

What is a rape?

This week the FBI announced that it is changing the definition used to define rape for the compilation of crime statistics. The FBI has been using the same definition since the 1920s.  It defined rape as: “The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will.”    This definition essentially means that an act is only rape if it involves vaginal penetration and if there is physical force. So, if the victim is only threatened verbally it was not counted as rape.  If there is force, but the penetration is not vaginal, it was not counted as rape.  If the victim was male, it was not counted as rape. 

Obviously there were some serious problems with this old-school definition.  Why should we care?  A shocking percentage of American women are sexually assaulted or raped.  We need to be aware of this problem in order to change it.  When the statistics more accurately report what is happening, it will hopefully translate to the creation of a safer world for our daughters and sons!

DOTW

It is my distinct pleasure to bestow the very first DOTW honor to Pennsylvania attorney, Karl Rominger. 

Rominger is representing Jerry Sandusky.  In a recent interview, Rominger explained Sandusky's presence in the showers with young men as follows:

“Teaching a person to shower at the age of 12 or 14 sounds strange to some people, but people who work with troubled youth will tell you there are a lot of juvenile delinquents and people who are dependent who have to be taught basic life skills like how to put soap on their body.”

Here is video of the interview at The Blaze:  Rominger Interview.

Perhaps these troubled youth were also struggling to understand the definitions of  "pedophilia," "fellatio," and "sodomy" as well.  One could argue that Sandusky was merely helping them to broaden their sadly lacking vocabularies by showing them what the words meant. 

Congrats, Karl!  I sure hope the money is worth it.

SHOCKER

Supplies!

Remember the mom who was injecting her eight year old with black market botox to get rid of her wrinkles for the kiddie pageant circuit?  Yeah, her.  You'll never, ever believe what happened.  I hope you are sitting down.  Child protective services decided to come knocking, and the child has been taken into custody.  You can read more about it here: Horrible Pageant Mom Loses Custody

I feel so terrible for that poor little girl, yet also really glad that someone has stepped in and removed her from what was, at best, a mother who did not have her best interests in mind.   The truth is that the situation was more akin to abuse.  I hope that the daughter is getting help, and that she grows up knowing that how you look is not the most important thing.

Also, Weird Al is a genius.   I don't care what you say.