Parents have been left reeling by news a male Melbourne childcare worker has been charged with alleged sexual abuse of young children in his care.
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First came psychological abuse, then physical, then came sexual abuse.
GPs can engage men who are at risk of perpetrating family violence – and prevent them harming their families. Here’s how.
How do pornographic deepfakes perpetuate gender-based violence? How is the violence in it different from that of conventional content?
Men wait an average of 21 years before telling anyone they were sexually abused. A new study looks at why men often don’t disclose sexual abuse and assaults.
A new study finds many LGBTIQA+SB Australians have experienced sexual violence, and we need a more targeted and informed approach to dealing with it.
Now we know how power dynamics complicate consent is it time to revisit The Kiss?
Hegseth’s Christian views have been shaped by a 20th-century movement, Christian Reconstruction, which seeks to make America a Christian nation built on biblical law, writes a religion scholar.
The high-profile rape case of Gisele Pelicot in France speaks to a possible shift following the rise of the #MeToo movement
The incoming U.S. president and his potential cabinet share a track record of sexual abuse allegations and cover-ups. The characteristics that accompany such behaviour don’t bode well for the world.
It’s often too challenging or dangerous for workers to stand up to men in positions of power.
If you’re convicted of sexual abuse, your friends and family can tell the court how good you are, with the hope of a more lenient sentence. There are calls for this to change.
Pelicot was victimised in her own home by her former husband.
Even though her most famous work, ‘Bastard out of Carolina,’ deals with physical and sexual abuse, this merely constitutes one element of a broader emotional and physical landscape.
One of the most effective tools parents have is open, regular, and age-appropriate conversations with their kids.
Everyone — from academics to policymakers to the public — needs to think about how we can address toxic beliefs to create long-lasting change and foster safer online communities.
The horrifying case in France of a husband who drugged his wife to orchestrate her rapes raises difficult questions about the images of sleeping beauties in our literature. Isn’t it time we reread these texts?
This harrowing account of institutional military abuse draws on interviews with nearly 70 survivors and analyses every review and inquiry into military culture (35 in total) since the Vietnam War.
The series tries to tackle the twisted case of the Menéndez brothers who murdered their parents, but it ends up turning a family tragedy into a cheap spectacle.
Behaviour to ‘promote’ or prevent pregnancy can intersect with domestic, family and sexual violence. It weaponises someone’s reproductive capacity to control them.
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW Sydney
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PhD Student, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Professor, Yale University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Former Director, National Centre for Social Research
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Associate Supervisor in Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Huddersfield
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Research associate, Monash University
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Law, University of Birmingham
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Research Scientist, The University of Queensland
