The author and academic makes some valid points about rape, but to decriminalise it, as she suggests, fails to recognise bodily autonomy as a key marker of humanity to which women are entitled.
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At least one in six older people experience some form of physical, emotional, sexual or financial abuse each year.
Advising women to "stay safe" is problematic because it transfers the responsibility for men's violence onto women, and distracts us from more difficult conversations.
Despite the controversy over the graphic content, this Netlix drama could be a lifeline for young people.
Germaine Greer's recent comments on rape are troublingly glib.
Recent historical research has revealed that after the Nazis surrendered at end the Second World War, thousands of German women were raped by Allied forces.
Laws around the world continue to fail victims of rape and sexual abuse. It is time this, too, changed.
France's answer to #MeToo was #BalanceTonPorc -- "denounce your pig". An analysis of the idioms linking to sex and pigs provides some insights into why the hashtag hit home.
After colonisation, dispossession and decades of military violence, indigenous women in Guatemala are closing in on justice at last.
More than 70% of female students, and 26% of male students, have experienced sexual violence while at university.
How can we increase safety and reduce the likelihood of sexual violence in chemsex settings? Addressing wider issues surrounding sexual consent might be a start.
Colleges and universities can rid their campuses of sexual assault and sexual harassment if they do a few key things, a group of researchers argue.
As a result of the ruling, more detail of future Parole Board decisions should be available to victims.
It's important to differentiate between various forms of sexual violence to punish perpetrators appropriately, and to help those affected to label and describe their experiences.
If Americans remember My Lai, they likely know that something awful happened there. On this 50th anniversary, it is worth recalling the grotesque details, in the hope of preventing a future My Lai.
#MeToo is an inclusive movement. So why have so few men come forward with their own accounts of being sexually harassed?
Only 5% of rape complaints in the UK end in convictions – what a legacy for the #metoo generation.
Renewed attention is being given to the issue of child marriage in Lebanon as increasing numbers of young refugee girls are being married off as a response to the conflict and forced displacement.
At least half of campus sexual assaults involve alcohol. But prevention programs at US colleges and universities don’t address what that means for bystanders.
South Africa has tended to prioritise race relations over gender relations since formal apartheid ended.
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