We Can't Consent To This
17 posts todayRT @natweetalie: Was great to be part of this event for @Wecantconsentto. Grateful to Charlotte for creating the space and for all the contributors wisdom! https://t.co/9qfe8d...
We Can't Consent To This
17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: The government must place extreme porn sites into category 1 - they need to be monitored for legal but harmful content. A huge portion of content is, of course, illegal and incredibly harmful. #NoConsent
We Can't Consent To This
17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: @uracontra_ It's common for even the most extreme sexual offences to be labelled as desirable or humourous - we're warping sexual violence and sex. #NoConsent
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: What would it say about one's status if the society permits one to be hung from trees and calls it entertainment. Calls it what it is for those who enjoy it rather than those to whom it is done. #NoConsent
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Women having to submit to "strangulation" because it's "normal" has to end. #NoConsent @JMoncktonSmith
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Men no longer "work up" to sexual violence. Sexual violence can happen on the first date. They expect women to want violence too. #NoConsent
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Racism is not challenged in pornography. It's justified as "fantasy". Women are portrayed as enjoying pain. #NoConsent
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Now we welcome @JMoncktonSmith. She tells us about the first case she worked on - when a man struck a woman on the head with a hammer because she "nagged" him. #NoConsent
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17 posts todayRT @JulesTipping1: @MayaOppenheim now talking about the so-called 'Rough sex' defence #NoConsent @Wecantconsentto 60 men have killed women during supposed 'consensual rough sex' yet 0, yes zero, men have been killed by a woman during same supposed ...
We Can't Consent To This
17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Women's sexual histories cannot be shared in court in rape cases, but they can be in murder cases. This means the murderer can shape our understanding of the victim's sexual history. #NoConsent
We Can't Consent To This
17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Natalie Collins from @Wecantconsentto campaign encourages us to remember the lives of women lost to male violence. They lived full lives - we should remember them in their entirety, not just for their death. #NoConsent
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Dr Proudman points out that this is a gendered crime - not one woman has claimed a "rough sex defence" for the murder of a man. #NoConsent
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: The wonderful @MayaOppenheim talks us through the "Rough Sex defence". She discusses a friend's recent comment that a rough sex defence is "needed" today. What does this tell us about the normalisation of violence against women?
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: "As Rachel Thompson’s book Rough points out, many people find themselves engaging in violent sexual acts not because they find them genuinely arousing, but because they believe they should find them arousing."
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17 posts todayRT @DrProudman: Just 15 minutes to go until our event - you can follow here for live tweets as we discuss Rape Culture, "Rough Sex", and the influence of pornography with @MayaOppenheim @Wecantconsentto @JMoncktonSmith @uracontra_ & a survivor. ...
We Can't Consent To This
17 posts todayRT @VictoriaPeckham: I wrote why misogyny should be a hate crime last year. I used to think it would tie police down - there’s so much of it! - but pilot schemes have shown it means police take low level offences against women more seriously. ...
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17 posts todayRT @HarrietHarman: As Sam Pybus becomes the latest "rough sex" killer to escape murder charge, @Laura__Farris & I complain to DPP about @CPSUK dropping murder charges @centreWJ @Wecantconsentto @VeraBaird https://t.co/a2Anuv...