Thursday 2 December, 2021
What I was wearing the night I was brutally raped does not justify the attack – but I knew some people would say that it did, writes Morgan Barbour.
‘Don’t use earphones or handheld devices.’
The stage adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s best-selling book has made its world premiere in the Everyman in Cork.
In the wake of the ‘rate my rape’ list on a school wall, Dr Cliona Saidlear says we have to talk about rape culture in Ireland.
The list proves the need to modernise our sexual education in schools, the Taoiseach said.
The list took the form of graffiti on a bathroom door.
Too much of the debate in the mainstream and social media around gender issues is dictated by a strain of feminism that views masculinity as inherently problematic, writes AR Devine.
“The guy ran away, my friend chased after him.”
“The only way we can fix rape culture is by teaching our young men about consent and ending banter culture”.
Men need to start feeling more than a little uncomfortable about the issue of consent, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
It’s time for all men to get a little bit uncomfortable about the culture we all operate in, writes Mia Doering.
One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, usually from a male partner.
The ad features a man standing behind a woman with the text “Spike your friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking.”
Merseyside Police have apologised and promised a ‘full investigation’.
The Cork author’s book is one of the most talked-about novels of the year.
The Pretenders rocker has been accused of victim blaming.
Two people have been arrested.
Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, says the move was “necessary to ensure a safe and supportive environment”.
The video shows a group of young women drinking and dressing up and suggest it encourages rape.
California has just brought in a ‘Yes means Yes’ consent law.
The t-shirt was sold by Philippines’ biggest mall operator until a social media outrage.
The controversial Robin Thicke song will no longer be played on campus at Queen’s.
The Crown Prosecution Service has moved to dispel certain myths and stereotypes about victims.
A ‘One Night Stand Guide – For Him’ on the CollegeTimes.ie caused controversy today after it told men to ‘prey’ on women and get them drunk. Cliona Saidlear writes there was nothing satirical about the article.
The ads were uploaded to the Internet without the carmaker’s approval.
Blaming sexual assault victims for their ordeals – such as in the recent case in Steubenville, Ohio – is retrograde and wrong.
Rape ‘jokes’ and equating violence with passion – just two of the ways in which Ireland shows some alarming societal attitudes towards women and sex, writes Lisa McInerney.
