“Sex is very often a challenge” says Justice Robin Camp during a sexual assault trial. He will now be undergoing gender sensitivity training. Heather Brunskell-Evans of The Conversation holds that, contrary to…
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Canada’s new Indigenous affairs minister, Carolyn Bennett, says inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women will begin within two weeks. The US Supreme Court is about to consider a case that could…
Nearly two dozen johns in the York region arrested in sting operation for trying to purchase sex from underage girls. (Thanks to the implementation of Bill C-36.) British man travels over 500…
Pro-legalization advocates often try to deny the link between prostitution and big sporting events like the Grey Cup, but they’re wrong: “The link between large sporting events and sex trafficking is simple:…
Scripps College holds an event called “Project Vulva,” inviting women to decorate cupcakes like vulvas and discuss the taboo around female genitalia in our phallocentric society. Yet, it turns out that vulvas…
New Justice Minister, Jody Wilson-Raybould, charged with the task of re-writing Canada’s prostitution laws. Here’s to rallying for improved legislation — not full decriminalization. (Okay, can we celebrate a little bit —…
Hundreds of cops in the U.S. kicked off force for committing sex crimes. The abuse of power over women is horrifying, and this number is “unquestionably an undercount because it represents only…
Social experiment: woman pretends to be drunk in middle of day to see how men reaction. Surprise, surprise! They act like predators. A company that owns several popular restaurant chains across the…
Vanished women: The Filipino domestic workers who disappear behind closed doors. “According to the United Nation’s International Labour Organisation, domestic workers are some of the most likely to face abuse and exploitation…
Protest to occur tomorrow in front of London’s Jack the Ripper museum to protest their event for “fun” selfies with the mutilated bodies of dead women. Eaves, a UK charity that has…
Conservative senator Patrick Brazeau will face no jail time or criminal record for assault and sexual assault charges. He “hopes for a quick return to the senate.” Lesbian couple allege a Hawaiian…
Christian website advises avoiding wife’s face if she’s not into sex. Baltimore OUTloud magazine runs opinion piece claiming that laws protecting children from pedophiles and women from campus sexual assault must be…
What’s Current: White male police officer assaults black female student at Spring Valley High School
Cellphone footage shows a white male police officer assaulting a black female student sitting at her desk in Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Anthropological evidence suggests that Aboriginal female…
Cardiff University rejects bid to bar feminist Germaine Greer from speaking. Convert or perish: On Germaine Greer. Germaine Greer, ageism and misogyny, by Glosswitch. Reddit and 4-chan are hubs for the “Beta…
October 23rd is the No Amnesty For Pimps Global Day of Action! Join Amnesty Action online, using the hashtag #NoAmnesty4Pimps, or in person if you’re in London. Call on Amnesty International to…