challenging institutional disbelief around domestic & sexual violence and abuse
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Ronnie Moore, the new manager of Hartlepool Football Club, has spoken publicly about his desire to sign convicted rapist Ched Evans. Our organisation does not support the signing of Evans to any football club. Footballers are privileged members of our society who have a duty as role models to young men and women. Ched Evans made more »
‘Kids home girls in sex party shocker’ screams the front page of The Scottish Sun today, the behaviour of these young teen girls ‘a total disgrace’ according to one eye witness. Hang about.. What? Can we please just take a step back here? Firstly, the legal age of consent in Britain is 16 so those more »
Dear Channel 5, I am writing to you regarding the programme you aired on the 8th May 2014, entitled ‘The OAP Killer: First Kill, Last Kill.’ I recently had the displeasure of watching it on ‘catch up’ and, unfortunately, it is still fresh in my mind. I appreciate that the subject matter is not meant more »
(cross-posted with permission from @LUBottom) The UK has bought into law, legislation regarding domestic violence and coercive and controlling behaviour. It seeks to tackle that insipid form of domestic violence whereby a partner is emotionally and financially abused. Where a person’s ability to go out, use the bathroom, spend their own money, or talk to more »
1. 13 year olds cannot consent to sex. That is child rape. 2. There is no such thing as a “child sex party”. The term is organised, multiple perpetrator rape of children. 3. Where are the perpetrators? The children are not raping themselves. 4. It is not a “booze den”. Alcohol is used as more »
We have had a number of troubling comments submitted to our site following the publication of a letter of complaint to Channel 4 about their documentary “The Paedophile Next Door”. These comments follow the same pattern and all seek to minimise the crime of viewing images of children being sexually abused, raped and tortured. They more »
Oliver Ruse brutally murdered his ex-wife Deborah with an axe. He chose to use an axe in an attempt to decapitate her. He then committed suicide by jumping off a multi-storey car park. The Coroner Kevin McCarthy stated: “Tragedies like this bring home to us all the complexities of relationships and the frailties of life.” more »
We spend so much time critiquing safety campaigns from police that blame women for being raped. They focus entirely on the victim and never mention the perpetrator. We’re really happy to this campaign from the Devon & Cornwall police making it clear that sex without consent is rape.We hope they allow other police forces to more »
The cover of a recent edition of The Mirror: Girl, 13, told ‘your rape complaint will spoil the police doctor’s Sunday lunch’ The teenager was allegedly attacked in scandal-hit Rotherham and told her mother when she was drunk Firstly, Rotherham is not “scandal-hit”. This implies the city of Rotherham has been out committing petty theft more »