News & Views Not even men behaving badly gives women an equal shot at leadership Men behaving badly: A New York Times report indicates 201 prominent men in America have lost their jobs and less than half have been replaced by women.
News & Views Unsurprising but totally shocking: Donald Trump mocks Dr Christine Blasey Ford At a Missisippi rally the US President Donald Trump mocks Dr Christine Blasey Ford and the fact his conduct is so predictable is what makes it so shocking.
News & Views “The day has come, the time has come”: Bill Cosby sentenced to jail “This was a serious crime. This has all circled back to you.” Bill Cosby is sentenced to up to 10 years in jail for drugging & assaulting Andrea Constand.
News & Views Brett Kavanaugh & the ludicrous idea women confect harassment allegations Dr Christine Blasey Ford has had death threats, had her email hacked & her credibility attacked since being named as Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser.
Life Lindsay Lohan backflips on ‘weak women’ #MeToo reference Lindsay Lohan has unreservedly apologised for public comments in which she implied that women coming forward with #MeToo allegations were “weak”.
News & Views The time for decisive action on campus assault is now. Ending violence & harassment on university campuses is a priority. Tanya Plibersek says it’s time for decisive, bipartisan support for ending campus assault
News & Views The truth about why political staffers rarely speak out about harassment The idea they might be responsible for a tabloid splash or political problems is why political staffers rarely complain about bullying and harassment.
News & Views NSW Police say ‘mistaken belief’ is an accused’s lack of care for the person they want to have sex with NSW Bar Association says ‘mistaken belief’ as to consent should not be a crime. NSW Police Association say it’s often an accused’s lack of care.
News & Views 34 Australian women have been killed violently this year. 3 were murdered on Saturday. On the 7th of July 2018 3 women were found dead, two in Victoria and one in NSW. It takes the toll of women killed violently in Australian this year to 34.
Books The complexity of narrating sexual assault in fiction amid a climate of #MeToo Sarah Bailey’s novel ‘Into The Night’, explores the issue of sexual assault through its’ protagonist. It was no easy task amid a climate of #MeToo.
Ed's Blog The Bill Cosby guilty verdict took 50 women speaking out. A jury in the US has found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually molesting a woman at his home in 2004. The significance of the Bill Cosby guilty verdict cannot be overstated: it took decades and 50 women speaking out.
News & Views “Sickening reading”: New report outlines shocking hazing practices at university colleges The Red Zone, a damning new report on bullying, harassment and abuse at residential colleges at Australian universities is released today by End Rape on Campus Australia.