The Kavanaugh stories spotlight a dark reality for American girls | JillFilipovic writes for CNNOpinion
Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in Washington and author of the book"The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness." Follow her on Twitter. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN. This piece has been updated to reflect the latest news.
The statistic is shocking and, well, not: For an estimated one in 16 American women, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, her"first time" having sex was"an unwanted first sexual intercourse that is physically forced or coerced." As one of the study co-authors pointed out,"it is accurate" to call this what it is: rape.
Jill FilipovicWomen's stories of rape, assault, harassment and coercion are, at the very least, increasingly told out loud. And it's hard to read this new study and not draw parallels between other recent events -- most notably, the resurgence of sexual misconduct and assault claims against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh -- all of which he has vehemently denied -- and questions about what we do with them.
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