How the MeToo backlash helped Russell Brand
Also this week: Bring on by-election season, and my predictions for Strictly Come Dancing.
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Scotland’s stand against misogyny is an example to others
Jury-free rape trials are a necessary attempt to change a system stacked against women.
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Russell Brand’s career was defined by misogyny – and audiences delighted in it
What a comedian chooses to joke about is revealing – and has a bearing on the world at large.
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Russell Brand: In Plain Sight made me sick with horror
This Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, which accused the comedian of rape, sexual assault and abuse, was nauseating and terrifying to…
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Is meaningful action finally being taken against Pestminster?
A House of Commons Commission has proposed to exclude MPs accused of sexual and violent crimes from parliament.
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GB News’s pipeline to Downing Street
Rishi Sunak’s plan to tackle “grooming gangs” closely follows a documentary on the topic.
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Who might I be now if, during my religious upbringing, I had never heard the word “sin”?
We were encouraged to have “accountability partners” to whom we would confess our “darkest” acts and desires.
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How Women Talking reimagines the rape plot
Cinematic narratives of sexual assault are so often formulaic, clichéd and depressing. Sarah Polley’s film asks: what if there was…
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Channel 4’s Consent starkly illustrates the sexual harassment epidemic in schools
Adults must watch this drama, which demonstrates how schools’ failure to address a toxic classroom culture enables violence.
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Parliament must not feed scepticism about MP rape allegations, unions tell Speaker
Commons Commission is implored to protect staff and give credence to accusers by excluding accused MPs.
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Five years on from #MeToo, what has actually changed?
The movement’s legacies are largely abstract: people “think” differently now; the “climate” has changed. But women aren’t much safer.
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The Tories have broken Britain’s justice system – Labour can fix it
From huge court backlogs to unacceptable reoffending rates, it’s no wonder the public has lost faith in the system.
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Teachers like me know today’s boys are easy targets for Andrew Tate
Tate’s validation is too alluring to ignore when you’re rejected by society and economically handicapped.
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Why “sex-neutral feminism” is a dangerous proposition
Society will continue to politicise women’s sexuality even if feminists choose not to.
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My experience of Rotherham shows the real problem isn’t brown men, it’s how we treat working-class girls
Stop dog-whistling about Pakistani men on the pretext of caring about poor schoolgirls.
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The problem in schools isn’t cancel culture – it’s rape culture
A New York magazine story has sparked a debate about mob justice among young people, but it misses the point.
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The Met’s treatment of women is an outrage – but who will act?
We must not let our lack of surprise at the police’s misogyny turn into apathy.
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Playing language games with sex obscures the reality of rape and abuse
A new guide urges journalists to avoid words like “paedo” and “monster”, but we shouldn’t be afraid to be blunt.
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The unacknowledged trauma epidemic
Sexual violence haunts survivors long after the event. Are health services equipped to cope?
ByRape victim support is as important as conviction rates, says Stern
Major review into rape investigations in England and Wales criticises excessive focus on conviction
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