Rape myth
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Rape myths are prejudicial, stereotyped, and false beliefs about sexual assaults, rapists, and rape victims. They often serve to excuse sexual aggression, create hostility toward victims, and bias cri
The Law Is Too Slow, 1923 anti-lynching illustration by George Bellows
The Law Is Too Slow
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The Law Is Too Slow is a 1923 lithograph by American artist George Bellows, depicting the victim of a racist lynching. Originally commissioned to illustrate an anti-lynching story by Mary Johnston, th
Rape myth
…than being raped by a stranger". Marital rape allegations are "vengeful women crying rape", and women are "prone to fabrication". Racial rape myths The Law Is Too Slow, 1923 anti-lynching illustration by George Bellows Scholars have argued that racism remains a critical component of sexual violence discourse within…
The Barricade (1918), part of Bellows' series depicting fictionalized atrocities by the German Army