The female form is often used to depict themes of freedom and justice – and satirists think it’s useful to extend the metaphor to rape. But that’s a problem. EPA/Joédson Alves

Political satire has a rape problem

It’s dehumanising when cartoonists use images of sexual violence to make broad-brush comments about society.

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