How Should a Victim Be?

In “Girls Play Dead,” Jen Percy examines the ways women respond to sexual trauma.

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A ‘Real-Life Clarice Starling’ and the Murder Case That Haunts Her

In “A Hunger to Kill,” the former homicide detective Kim Mager recalls a career-defining investigation.

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What Happens When a Woman Wronged Resorts to Violence?

In “The Furies,” the journalist Elizabeth Flock reports the stories of three women who fought back — to defend themselves, other women or their people.

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Mary Trump and E. Jean Carroll Are Collaborating on a Romance Novel. No Politics Allowed.

“The Italian Lesson,” to be published on Substack over the next year, follows an American expat who finds love in Tuscany. And there’s no mention of Donald J. Trump.

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Chaucer the Rapist? Newly Discovered Documents Suggest Not.

That the author of “The Canterbury Tales” had been accused of rape was long a staple of Chaucer studies. But scholars now suggest it was based on a misreading of court papers from 1380.

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In Rust Belt Ohio, the First American Rape Case to Go Viral

In “Roll Red Roll,” Nancy Schwartzman revisits a teenage girl’s 2012 assault by high school football players, and its aftermath.

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The Surprising Origins of #MeToo

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How Can Colleges Handle Sexual Misconduct Cases More Fairly?

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How Jeffrey Epstein Got Away With It

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En Route to the Best-Seller List, Oprah Was His Co-Pilot

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Sexual Assault Allegations Against Biographer Halt Shipping of His Roth Book

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The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About

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A Survivor of Sexual Assault Speaks Out

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Assaulted at 15, a Writer Looks Back and Comes Forward

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Why More Children’s Books Are Tackling Sexual Harassment and Abuse

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