Pornography has been fully normalized and mainstreamed, so why do men still feel ashamed about their porn use?
Tag: sexual violence
In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Fiona Mackenzie, the woman behind We Can’t Consent To This — a campaign tracking accounts of women murdered due to supposed “sex gone wrong.”
When looking for alternatives to the criminal justice system, we need to be realistic, not idealistic.
#MeToo has encouraged some men to post about their misogynist behaviour online, but they need to move beyond social media confessions.
From the time she was a child, Blair Braverman was drawn North. Soon after she left high school, she headed to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, later working a…
The Ottawa Police Service’s recently announced decision to charge the man who allegedly raped, strangled, punched, and spat upon Mélodie Morin on the University of Ottawa campus last fall may reassure the…
On Saturday I published a post by Emily Monaghan, “Pornography as Rape: The Rehtaeh Parsons case.” Monaghan pointed out the connections between pornography and violence against women, specifically with regard to the…
CBC Radio’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi hosted a debate on the term “rape culture” yesterday, which could have actually been interesting and productive, had producers made better choices in terms of how…