Last Friday, a cartoon was printed in Purdue University's student newspaper in a column entitled "Sexual Position of the Week." It depicts non-consensual sex (aka rape) as a "sexual position" and plays it for laughs. There's been a big uproar about it. It will be interesting to see how it is dealt with by the editorial board and if the school's administration will comment. Personally, I was appalled. If you're morbidly curious, here is the link (posted by a student group protesting the cartoon) - ETA: I had to remove the link because the site was hacked, but you can see the cartoon here.

I hope it at least engenders discussion about what exactly rape is - that it doesn't have to be violent to be violation.