Tag: sexual abuse

The conversation about abuse in porn needs to extend beyond harm on set

Two women have gone public about abuse they were subjected to on porn sets, but in order to ensure this kind of thing doesn’t happen to any other woman, we need to talk about why we allow men to sexualize violence against women in the first place.

Porn won’t save the whales

Another day, another billion-dollar porn company asking people to jerk off in order to “save an endangered species.” Not only does Pornhub profit from the sexualization of domestic violence, rape, and sexual…

No, ‘child sex dolls’ won’t keep pedophiles from offending

Japanese porn company, Trottla, is producing lifelike female child sex dolls, claiming that they will “save children from sexual abuse.” The argument behind these dolls is that men will use them instead…

The sexiest oppression

The Mirror headline reads, “Woman aged 91 suffocated during sex game with married neighbour.” The woman’s killer left her with bruising on the face, what the article describes as, “extensive genital injuries,”…

Are Women Human?

Feminism is having a moment. It’s a year since Beyoncé performed her song Flawless in front of the word “FEMINIST” inscribed on a colossal screen; domestic violence survivor and campaigner Rosie Batty…

Why defend Woody Allen?

Dylan Farrow, Mia Farrow’s daughter, recently published an account of the sexual abuse she allegedly experienced at the hands of Woody Allen. I have to say “allegedly,” I guess, because that’s what…