The Stanford rape case ignited a social media fury and started discussions around rape that are long overdue.
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A debate has erupted over the recent sentencing in the Stanford sexual assault case, with questions being asked over the judge’s bias, but could the same be said of jurors in other rape cases?
The number of people in slavery across the world is on the rise, or maybe researchers are just getting better at counting.
Researchers found over a third of female graduate students and a fifth of male graduate students on the campus of a large public university had experienced sexual harassment.
Most Australian women (87%) have experienced some form of street harassment, whether it’s whistles, stares, unwanted comments or being followed by strangers in the street – often before the age of 18.
Rape complainants who are perceived to have precipitated their own victimisation, whether through their conduct or their relationship to the perpetrator, are at a particular disadvantage.
Sexual harassment is a persistent and damaging problem in many Australian workplaces. But why does it appear to be an entrenched feature of some organisational settings more than others?
Every Bond film since the 1970s has promised to revolutionise the Bond girl and bring something new to the table. They haven’t yet.
There’s an issue of impunity around sexual violence in conflict zones. Here’s how science could help us solve it.
A woman has been found guilty of tricking another woman into thinking she was having sex with a man. What does the law actually say about this?
Don’t dismiss the idea of women-only carriages. It might help.
American singer Chrissie Hynde provoked outrage this week by suggesting scantily-dressed women make themselves targets for sexual assault. Her comments play into pervasive cultural myths about rape.
We must place the responsibility for preventing assault firmly on men’s shoulders.
Do university and college websites give students enough information about how to prevent and respond to sexual assaults on campus? Here’s a reality check.
The world is full of bad responses to sexual assault allegations. Here’s how to do it right.
Charting the progress of a global movement against shaming women for the actions of men.
South Africa needs a new rape policy that will change the way the police collect statistics.
A Canadian study has found that university women participating in a rape-prevention program involving “resistance training” were significantly less likely to be sexually assaulted in the next year.
Australia is at a critical juncture of increasing awareness and understanding of men’s violence against women. But one important type of sexual violence is often overlooked: acquaintance rape.
There is a non-binding precedent in Victoria that allows judges to consider the victim’s sexual experience when passing sentence on a sex offender – but only when the “victim is a prostitute”.
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland
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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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Associate Professor of Sociology, Clemson University
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Chancellor's Professor, Psychology, Carleton University
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Professor of Psychology & Associate Dean, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Deakin University
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Program Director & Associate Professor Master of Psychology Health and Wellness & Master of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Adler University
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Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong