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Corrective rape, also called curative rape[1] or homophobic rape, [2][3][4] is a hate crime in which somebody is raped because of their perceived sexual orientation. The common intended consequence of the rape, as claimed by the perpetrator, is to turn the person heterosexual. [5][6][7]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 September 2024. 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans 1857 United States Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 11–14, 1856 Reargued December 15–18, 1856 Decided March 6, 1857 Full case name Dred Scott v. John F ...
Werner Heisenberg. Werner Karl Heisenberg (/ ˈhaɪzənbɜːrɡ /; [2] German: [ˈvɛʁnɐ kaʁl ˈhaɪzn̩bɛʁk] ⓘ; 5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) [3] was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics, and a principal scientist in the Nazi nuclear weapons program during World War II.
The estimated number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have been dropping for months and are now at their lowest levels in three years, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Business Insider asked chefs to pick the best and worst seafood dishes to order at a restaurant. They said fluke is an underrated fish, and deep-fried calamari may lack flavor. The chefs suggested ...
Louis Pierre Althusser (UK: / ˌ æ l t ʊ ˈ s ɛər /, US: / ˌ ɑː l t uː ˈ s ɛər /; [4] French:; 16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher who studied at the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy.
Scopolamine, also known as hyoscine, [9] or Devil's Breath, [10] is a natural or synthetically produced tropane alkaloid and anticholinergic drug that is used as a medication to treat motion sickness [11] and postoperative nausea and vomiting. [12][1] It is also sometimes used before surgery to decrease saliva. [1]
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, died under ...