In the wake of the #MeToo movement, there has been a lot of focus on consent. However, that focus takes the spotlight away from other strategies that can better inform ethical sex.
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A Scottish pilot will see rape trials conducted without juries in what could set a dangerous precedent.
Trump’s lawyers questioned E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist, about why she did not scream or call the police after, she alleged, Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
When Justin Trudeau raised the issue of rape victims during a recent argument with an anti-abortionist, he inadvertently suggested there are acceptable and unacceptable reasons to abort.
The brilliance of the new Netflix TV show, ‘Beef,’ which looks at loneliness and urban life, is threatened by the controversial history of one of its supporting actors, David Choe.
An expert on adolescent sexuality weighs in on how technology has changed the amount and type of pornography that teens can consume – and what that means when it happens at school.
Women Talking is a meditation on how we tell stories of rape and a thoughtful exploration of how films can be made.
It’s wrong to doubt a woman’s claim she was attacked simply because she was drinking before it happened.
Women’s sexuality may be more flexible and adaptive than men’s.
Admissions, a varied collection by writers with lived experience of mental illness, is confronting, challenging, often surprising – and open to interpretation.
Our research highlights the risks and challenges that must be worked through to align sexual consent laws across the states and territories.
ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shane Drumgold today announced that the charges against Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019, have been withdrawn…
South Africa had one of the best national gender machineries globally. But, these were dismantled and replaced with a dysfunctional ministry for women, youth and people with disabilities.
In England and Wales perpetrators of one of the gravest violent crimes, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, are very unlikely to receive any punishment at all
As with Ebola, it is often only when the harm is done that people working on the response realise health emergencies disproportionately harm women.
More than a dozen women’s organizations pleaded with the federal government to slow down and treat their concerns seriously about Bill C-28. It didn’t listen.
More than 40% are victims of violence at least once in their lifetime, according to research. This is likely the tip of the iceberg.
The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
The truth is that there are no easy and quick fixes, such as the governing party’s recent castration idea, which falls short on a range of scores.
Artisanal gold mining is highly organised and rule-bound. Men, women and even children participate a hierarchy sustained by a web of buyers, sponsors and customers.
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of Law, Bond University
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology & Associate Dean, Georgia State University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Law, University of Birmingham
