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An app to record consent won’t address the real problems of sexual violence and how our society responds to it.
Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick has reminded the public of low abduction statistics, but instances of sexual misconduct in public are still alarmingly high
Women are a rarity in college esports. A scholar explores the reasons.
In interviews, female teachers at three all-boy schools in three capital cities have disclosed instances of sexism from students, male colleagues and parents.
A sexual education program in Mexico City provides a blueprint for Australia. It shows how to engage students in conversations about lived experiences, among other effective methods.
The Rape-aXe ‘female condom’, anti-rape underwear and an anti-groping stamp are all now on the market. But they put the onus on women to protect themselves, rather than on men not to attack them.
Close to 4 million teenage girls are subjected to breast ironing worldwide. This harmful cultural practice, which is most prevalent in West and Central Africa, needs to stop.
Under victim-blaming attitudes, the survivors of sexual violence suffer from double victimisation: being assaulted and being blamed.
A year after #metoo caught the world’s attention, is the media letting the campaign down?
Rape culture in Kenya means that women are often blamed for being victims of assault. This needs to change.
Germaine Greer’s recent comments on rape are troublingly glib.
The women who overcame heavy opposition to fight for justice in the Cosby rape case.
Hazing is unacceptable, but criminalising it may cause more problems than it solves.
The #Metoo campaign shows that we should not think of Harvey Weinstein as an isolated case, or just one bad apple. There are thousands more like him. Globally, sexual harassment has become normalised.
Woody Allen said it was “sad”. Quentin Tarantino said he needed to nurse his own “pain” and “emotions” about the revelations. Oliver Stone took it further – it was not just that he gave the nod to Woody…
In the wake of recent horror stories about men in power who abuse women - like Harvey Weinstein - a professor at Lakehead breaks down rape culture and makes a few suggestions for men to make change.
Rape jokes are among the most controversial that comedians can tell, but a Concordia professor says laughing at the absurdity of a world that silences survivors is also an act of support and solidarity.
A program developed by a University of Windsor professor significantly reduces a woman’s risk of rape on campus. It also focuses on communicating sexual desires.
As long as the media gives disproportionate prominence to powerful voices, they’ll be able to shape the way unflattering coverage unfolds.
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Lecturer in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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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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Professor of Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Private Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Psychology, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor in IT and IP law, Director of iLaws, University of Southampton
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Doctoral candidate, Rhodes University
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Chair in Feminist Media Studies, University of Strathclyde
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Professor in Education of Gender, Sexuality and Identity, Lakehead University
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PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University