sexual violence

One of our most important episodes. This week on Pints of Malt we are joined by @lindaokaythen and @alice_yinka to discuss sexual violence. We touch on the different levels of Rape culture, Rape culture in black community, opinions on…

During the recent Belfast rape trial, one of the defence barristers raised the question with the jury: why didn’t she (the complainant) scream the house down? This was echoed in discussions on social media, in conversations with friends,…

I started watching a Netflix Original series called Easy last week. It’s self-described as an “anthology that follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, sex, technology and culture” - each of the 8 stories in the…

Violence against women is an area that is supported and tolerated in our culture in various ways - tiny reportage rates, even tinier conviction rates, stereotyping of both victim and perpetrator, massive difficulties in obtaining barring…

We need to talk about porn. We need to have a huge, comprehensive, massive undertaking of a conversation on the complex, contentious, divisive thing that is porn. What is not needed is relegating porn to something between children and their…

"An example of rape culture? When Brock Turner raped an unconscious girl a lot of people had sympathy for him because he was a swimmer in Stanford. The whole thing seemed to be more focused on the fact that he was a swimmer with a lot of…

I am 12 years old buying sweets in the local newsagent with my two friends. A man, older, maybe 50, in the queue behind us grazes his hand off my back and leaves it there with gentle pressure. Like it's an accident but too certain of itself…

'Who is going to complain about rape jokes? Rape victims? They barely even report rape.'  Sarah Silverman I agree with comedian George Carlin, who said that 'anything can be funny, it all depends on how you construct the joke'. …