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Young Women Are Not Failing Feminism, We Are Its Lifeblood

Chloe Emmott | Posted 18.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Rights, Everyday Sexism, Activism, Sexual Assault, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Feminism, Sexism, Young Women, UK Lifestyle News
Chloe Emmott

To suggest younger women are not interested or ignorant of the women who went before us is insulting, in my activist work I work along women of all ages, I have sat and listened intently to women speak of their experiences at Greenham common, of living in Palestine, of fighting for the rights of migrant and refugee women,

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Tory MP And Wife Accused Of Asking Housekeeper For Threesome

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.06.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Conservative Party, Tory MP, UK Diary, UK News, UK Crime, Sexual Assault, UK Politics News

An unnamed Conservative MP and his wife have been accused of groping their housekeeper and proposing a threesome. According to The Sun, an employme...

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MP Quits Lib Dems To Fight Sex Assault Allegations

PA | Posted 04.06.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Portsmouth South, UK Parliament, UK News, Mike Hancock, Sexual Assault, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics, UK Politics News

Liberal Democrat MP Mike Hancock has quit the party whip while he faces allegations of sexual assault. The Portsmouth South MP said he was stepping...

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Dirty Little Secrets? Children Conceived in Rape

Ben Acheson | Posted 24.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Abortion, Stigma, Rape Crisis Centre, Savita Halappanavar, Rape, Congo Rape, Rape Crisis Center, Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon Far From the Tree, Abortion Rights, Rape Crisis, Pregnancy, Anti-Abortion, Abortion Clinics, Sexual Assault, Adoption, Savita Halappanavar Death, Bosnia War, Bosnia, Abortion Laws, Abortion Debate, Savita Halappanavar Abortion, Gang Rape, Rape-Crisis, Rape-Stigma, Rape Culture, Andrew Solomon, UK Politics News
Ben Acheson

When a 14 year old Irish girl was raped and became pregnant in 1992, nobody knew that the shockwaves would still be rippling 20 years later. This week, the 'Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill' is navigating the Irish Parliament. If successful, abortion, where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother, may soon be legalised in Ireland.

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12 Years For GP Who Filmed Female Patients With Wristwatch Camera

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Family Doctor, UK News, Davinderjit Bains Trial, Gp, Child Abuse, Davinderjit Bains, Wiltshire Police, Gmc, Voyeurism, Swindon Crown Court, Sexual Assault, General Practitioner, UK News

A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients has been jailed for 12 years...

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Deputy Speaker Faces Thirds Allegation Of Sexual Assault

Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Deputy Commons Speaker, Conservatives, Rape, Conservative Party, Sexual Assault, Nigel Evans, UK Crime, UK Politics News, UK News

A third young man has come forward alleging that he was sexually assaulted by Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, after two previous claims against the Tory M...

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We Need to Talk About Rape

Ben Acheson | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Sexual Violence, UK Government, Rape, Rape Crisis Center, Rape Crisis, Rape-Crisis, Rape Culture, Amnesty International, Sexual Assault, UK Politics News
Ben Acheson

For many of us, rape often remains invisible. It is not acknowledged, discussed or even prosecuted. Yet for survivors, it is a traumatic, life-changing event. Whether the assailant is unknown or even if he is a partner, survivors need support. Being in a relationship does not mean that sexual rights are void.

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Met Police Issue Dozens Of Cautions For Rape And Sexual Assault

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Cautions, Cautions for Rape, UK News, Rape, UK Crime, Crime, Rape Cautions, Sexual Assault, News, UK News

Five people were cautioned for rape in the last year, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. According to figures obtained by London Assemb...

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Williams Says Lord Rennard Guilty Of 'Misbehaving'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Lord Rennard Allegations, UK News, Baroness Williams, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Assault, Baroness Shirley Williams, Lord Rennard, Shirley Williams, UK Politics News

Baroness Shirley Williams said fellow Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard, who is currently being investigated for allegations of sexual harassment, is...

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'Witch Hunt' or Justice for Victims?

Jon Brown | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Law, Nspcc, Age of Consent, Stuart Hall, Hewson, Sexual Assault, Rape, UK Impact, Impact, Barbara Hewson, UK News
Jon Brown

If someone committed a crime against you should they be let off if it had happened a long time ago? Or would you still want to see justice done, no matter how much time had passed? Well today there has been a lot of debate about comments by a leading lawyer who described the investigation of historical sexual offences under Operation Yewtree as the 'witch-hunting of ageing celebs'.

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Operation Yewtree Is 'A Graver Threat Than Savile'

Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Barbara Hewson, Operation Yewtree, Barrister, Jimmy Savile, UK News, Stuart Hall, Indecent Assault, Sexual Assault, UK News

A leading barrister has called for the age of consent to be lowered to 13 while claiming Operation Yewtree is a "far graver threat" to society than Ji...

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Rapper Gets Blow Job Onstage, But Was It Sexual Assault?

Planet Ivy | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Hip Hop, Danny Brown, Rap, Sex, Hip Hop Culture, Oral Sex, Hip-Hop, Sexual Assault, Blow Job, Rapper, Video, UK Entertainment News
Planet Ivy

Rappers get a bad rap. Well, this is the message that resonates from the recent news that Detroit-born rapper Danny Brown received a blow job on stage when he was performing in Minneapolis last Friday.

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Coronation Street Actor Bill Roache Arrested

Huffington Post UK/ PA | Sara C Nelson | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Itv, UK News, Coronation Street, Bill Roache, Sexual Assault, Ken Barlow, UK Entertainment News

Bill Roache, the actor who plays Ken Barlow on Coronation Street, has been arrested on suspicion of an historic allegation of a sexual assault, source...

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'A Black Cloud Has Been Placed Over Me'

PA | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Operation Yewtree, Jimmy Savile, UK News, UK Crime, Max Clifford, Sexual Assault, Max Clifford Charged, UK News

PR guru Max Clifford vowed to clear his name in court as he was charged with 11 historic counts of indecent assault against teenage girls. Addressi...

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Max Clifford Charged With 11 Counts Of Indecent Assault

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Operation Yewtree, Jimmy Savile, UK News, UK Crime, Max Clifford, Sexual Assault, Max Clifford Charged, UK News

Max Clifford has been charged with 11 indecent assaults, with some involving girls under 16, prosecutors have confirmed. The publicist will appear ...

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As Sexual Offences in West Yorkshire Rise By 21% Is Victim-Blaming Banter The Issue?

Alice Booth | Posted 16.06.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Steubenville Rape, Rape, Unilad, West Yorkshire Police, Victim Blaming, Rape Culture, UK Students, Feminism, Sexual Assault, Leeds, UK Universities & Education News
Alice Booth

Rape jokes are a serious issue when they undermine the victim's self-confidence, prevent the reporting of sexual assault and lead to the blaming of victims for being too 'sexily' dressed, too drunk or just making the age-old mistake of being too female.

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Mostly Harmless? I Beg to Differ

Lisa Clarke | Posted 07.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: The Sun, Rape, Feminism, Sexual Assault, Dominic Mohan, Page 3, Women's Issues, No More Page Three, UK Media, UK Lifestyle News
Lisa Clarke

So I will not mince my words in saying that Page 3 needs to go, not just because it is a national embarrassment and a dinosaur of the 1970s but because it is anything other than a "harmless fun".

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Two Men Arrested Over Rape Of Schoolgirl On Glasgow Bus

PA | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Glasgow Bus Rape, Two Men Arrested, UK Crime, Rape, UK News, Glasgow, Violence, Sexual Assault, UK News

Two men have been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl on a bus. The schoolgirl was on the top deck of the 57 bus as ...

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Police Hunt Burglar Who Sexually Assaulted Women As They Slept

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.06.2013 | UK
Read More: Burglar, UK News, Southwold Estate, Bicester, Sexual Assault, Crime, News, UK News

Police are hunting a burglar who sexually assaulted two women as they slept while he raided their homes. The man entered the houses on the Southwol...

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Celeb Sex Pests 'Protected By Police'

Posted 20.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Classified Documents, Jimmy Savile, UK Crime, UK News, Jimmy Savile Sexual Abuse, UK Police, Sir Cyril Smith, Sexual Assault, Celebrities, UK News

Police files on celebrities and politicians accused of sex assault were so heavily protected that officers investigating claims could not access them,...

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Teenager Collapses During TV Actor's Sexual Assault Trial

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Theatre, Blackfriars Crown Court, Television Star, UK News, UK Crime, Jury, Sexual Assault, UK News

A teenager collapsed as he told a court how he was preyed on by a television actor in a theatre stairwell. The teenager was overwhelmed as he recal...

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GP Filmed Female Patients Using Wristwatch Camera

Posted 15.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Family Doctor, Davinderjit Bains, Gmc, Sexual Assault, General Practitioner, Child Abuse, Gp, Davinderjit Bains Trial, UK News, General Medical Council, Wiltshire Police, Voyeurism, Swindon Crown Court, UK News

A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his James Bond-style wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients faces jail after admitting a...

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Dispelling Rape Myths

Sarah Lothian | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Cps, Bbc, Child Abuse, Rape, Sexual Assault, Keir Starmer, Women, Women's Issues, UK Law, False Rap Allegations, UK Lifestyle News
Sarah Lothian

The report couldn't have been clearer. So-called 'false allegations' of rape are 'very rare', according to Keir Starmer QC, the director of public pro...

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Three Arrests At Islamic School For Girls

PA | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Arrests, UK News, UK Crime, Blackburn, Lancaster, Islamic Schools, Girls Schools, False Imprisonment, Sexual Assault, UK News

Three men have been arrested over claims of sexual assault and false imprisonment at an Islamic school for girls. Specialist female police officers...

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Our Sexualised Society Is Harming Our Children and Turning Some of Them Into Abusers

Jon Brown | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Pornography, Sexting, UK Impact, Charity, Sex, Online Porn, Nspcc, Modern Parenting, Sexual Abuse, Porn, Sexual Assault, Parents, Parenthood, UK Lifestyle News
Jon Brown

We're concerned at the NSPCC that easy access to hardcore pornography is warping young people's views of what is 'normal' or acceptable sexual behaviour. Adults have a choice about what to watch within the law, but my concern is that the internet is exposing ever younger eyes to things they are just not yet ready to process. They are learning about sex from porn and not from proper respectful relationships. Much of the material is violent and simply vile; it paints a picture of sex as one sided that has no basis in love or respect.

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