Why do creepy/obnoxious guys (talked about at great length in a couple fantastic recent threads) keep hitting on girls if they never have any success? [more inside]
posted by frankly mister on Nov 9, 2009 - 78 answers

This New York Times article about an INS agent's alleged coercion and sexual assault of a green card applicant brings up several past cases. All ended in relatively lenient sentencing. And so, I have to ask: Can you even be sentenced to "weekends in jail?" [more inside]
posted by evidenceofabsence on Mar 21, 2008 - 8 answers

Is there any law or regulation that prohibits the media from reporting the name of a child victim of sexual assault? Is there any way to prevent the media from disclosing such information? The issue is in California. [more inside]
posted by metawabbit on Jul 18, 2007 - 17 answers

Is there a sculpture of a "winged man sexually assaulting a woman" at the Hollywood Forever cemetary? [More inside] [more inside]
posted by mragreeable on Apr 3, 2004 - 13 answers