verboten a few years ago at the height of the putative campus rape crisis (when you also might have thought sound advice would be useful).
Activists claimed that such language harked painfully back to a time when women who d been sexually assaulted were then browbeaten with questions like What were you wearing? and Have you been drinking? ; they succeeded in establishing an ethos which insisted that a victim s behavior is simply not a fit topic for discussion in the aftermath of an assault. The blame the
only blame must reside with the perpetrator,
on the fallacious assumption that fault is a finite, zero-sum resource, and that acknowledging a victim s responsibility for her own safety therefore somehow absolves her attacker of full responsibility for his violence.
10 Puzzling Mysteries Solved By Science
Despite centuries of study, the universe remains largely mysterious, as does the planet we call home. The unknown inspires both wonder and curiosity, which, in turn, often prompt questions. Seeking answers, we gather facts, form hypotheses, and conduct observations or experiments. Sometimes, we remain puzzled. The causes of unlikely phenomena, of seemingly impossible developments, and of strange occurrences continue to mystify us.
At other times, however, we discover, we learn, and our knowledge expands. Nevertheless, new mysteries await. There are always more puzzles to solve. Each time we manage to unravel one of the mysteries of the universe, though, we are inspired again to seek more answers. We are a species with a need to know that can’t be satisfied, even when, through science, we manage to solve puzzling mysteries like the ten on this list.