In May this year, the Department of Defence in the United States released a disturbing report which showed sexual assault in the military had gone up in their ranks by nearly 40% in just two years. In…
How did we get here? Trump is accused of rape & it barely registers
It’s the fact that a woman penning a powerful and shocking essay detailing how she alleges the man who is now the President of the United States raped her 25 years ago, almost seems normal that is mos…
Three female musicians were either assaulted or harassed at their own gigs on the weekend
Three female musicians experienced harassment at their own performances over the Easter weekend. Kira Puru, Alex The Astronaut and WAAX frontwoman Marie DeVita each took to social media to describe th…
Surging demand for the national sexual assault, domestic & family violence counselling service
The day it was reported that George Pell had been found guilty of sexual abuse of children, calls to the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service, 1800RESPECT, surged …
Students urged to consider what training university residences provide to prevent sexual violence
Advocates are urging students and parents to consider what training prospective university campus residences will provide to prevent sexual violence when deciding on where to live this year. “We…
Why #MeToo only scratched the surface of women’s pain
This post includes a number of descriptions of sexual assault. In my ample spare time (ha!) I run two active feminist social media pages. A few weeks ago following Christine Blasey Ford’s incredible …
Sexual assault shouldn’t be so hard to prosecute but untested rape kits show we just don’t care enough
Last week, the state government of Georgia released the findings of a project to uncover and analyse any untested rape kits collected in that state. The results were damning. The inquiry found that mo…
#LetHerSpeak: Laws that silence survivors of assault need to change
Jane Doe* was 15 when she was groomed and repeatedly sexually molested by her 58-year-old high school maths teacher. At 16, she reported the abuse to her school and then the police before proceeding t…
‘The impact I feared is being felt profoundly’: ABC reporter’s statement on Luke Foley
The worst part is that the worst part is not necessarily a man putting his hand down a woman’s dress and into her underpants without consent. It’s what that woman has endured since. On Thursday the AB…
Another haunting example of how the law fails victims of rape
Earlier this week The Age reported a haunting story about two girls, Holly and Marissa*, victims of rape as teenagers, who have been denied justice, again and again, over the 21 since that have elapse…
