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# rape culture

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'Displaying the victims underwear in court is evidence alright - of rape culture'
What I was wearing the night I was brutally raped does not justify the attack – but I knew some people would say that it did, writes Morgan Barbour.
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Nov 14th 2018, 1:56 PM
# victim blaming
Safety warnings issued to women suggest that flouting 'the rules' is to accept the outcome
‘Don’t use earphones or handheld devices.’
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Oct 18th 2018, 8:00 AM
# asking for it
Audiences left 'shell-shocked' at world premiere of Irish play about sexual violence
The stage adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s best-selling book has made its world premiere in the Everyman in Cork.
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Jun 17th 2018, 9:15 AM
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Rate my rape list: 'I'm angry at the silence of the men of Ireland'
In the wake of the ‘rate my rape’ list on a school wall, Dr Cliona Saidlear says we have to talk about rape culture in Ireland.
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Apr 17th 2018, 7:00 AM
# mallow
Varadkar condemns list in Cork school that said 'the girls with the most number of ticks will get raped'
The list proves the need to modernise our sexual education in schools, the Taoiseach said.
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Apr 13th 2018, 5:15 PM
# mallow
Cork school investigating list that said 'the girls with the most number of ticks will get raped'
The list took the form of graffiti on a bathroom door.
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Apr 12th 2018, 3:42 PM
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#MeToo: 'Some contributors use it as a platform to pour scorn on all men'
Too much of the debate in the mainstream and social media around gender issues is dictated by a strain of feminism that views masculinity as inherently problematic, writes AR Devine.
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Nov 2nd 2017, 7:00 AM
# Brock Turner
Stanford sex attack: Student who stopped rape speaks out
“The guy ran away, my friend chased after him.”
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Jun 8th 2016, 1:57 PM
# echo chamber
An Irish man has this powerful message about rape culture
“The only way we can fix rape culture is by teaching our young men about consent and ending banter culture”.
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Jun 7th 2016, 11:45 AM
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"I should have told my friend his 'rape joke' was inappropriate. Why didn't I?"
Men need to start feeling more than a little uncomfortable about the issue of consent, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
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Apr 9th 2016, 7:30 PM
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'I've been groped, felt up, and harassed. Rape culture exists and we need men to step up'
It’s time for all men to get a little bit uncomfortable about the culture we all operate in, writes Mia Doering.
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Mar 20th 2016, 6:30 PM
# dear daddy
WATCH: Unborn girl urges father to help stop rape culture
One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, usually from a male partner.
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Dec 15th 2015, 10:12 AM
# Backlash
Department store criticised for ad that 'promotes date rape'
The ad features a man standing behind a woman with the text “Spike your friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking.”
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Nov 11th 2015, 10:34 PM
# Bad taste
Police force in Twitter storm after engaging in 'rape banter' about a football match
Merseyside Police have apologised and promised a ‘full investigation’.
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Nov 1st 2015, 6:15 PM
# asking for it
Louise O'Neill: "I wanted the reader to finish this book and be absolutely furious"
The Cork author’s book is one of the most talked-about novels of the year.
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Sep 5th 2015, 11:45 AM
# Backlash
Chrissie Hynde criticised for saying high heels and ‘f*** me’ clothes could 'entice' a rapist
The Pretenders rocker has been accused of victim blaming.
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Aug 30th 2015, 12:17 PM
# rape culture
Indian girl falls to death after being groped and pushed off bus
Two people have been arrested.
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Apr 30th 2015, 10:00 PM
# rape culture
Students suspended after poll on which classmates they would "hate f**k"
Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, says the move was “necessary to ensure a safe and supportive environment”.
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Jan 5th 2015, 5:03 PM
# rape culture
This police video from Hungary is being slammed for blaming rape victims
The video shows a group of young women drinking and dressing up and suggest it encourages rape.
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Dec 11th 2014, 10:25 PM
# yes means yes
"Everyone considers them as rape fraternities" - US colleges have a rape problem
California has just brought in a ‘Yes means Yes’ consent law.
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Dec 1st 2014, 7:10 AM
# A load of shirt
T-shirt that called rape "a snuggle with a struggle" pulled from department stores
The t-shirt was sold by Philippines’ biggest mall operator until a social media outrage.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 9:26 AM
# robin thicke
Line drawn at Queen's Belfast as Blurred Lines is banned
The controversial Robin Thicke song will no longer be played on campus at Queen’s.
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Nov 23rd 2013, 2:59 PM
# rape culture
UK efforts to dispel myths about sex abuse victims welcomed in Ireland
The Crown Prosecution Service has moved to dispel certain myths and stereotypes about victims.
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Oct 18th 2013, 6:40 AM
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Column: The CollegeTimes.ie article endorses the view of women as targets and men as predators
A ‘One Night Stand Guide – For Him’ on the CollegeTimes.ie caused controversy today after it told men to ‘prey’ on women and get them drunk. Cliona Saidlear writes there was nothing satirical about the article.
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Aug 8th 2013, 7:30 PM
# Badvertising
Ford India apologises for ad image of women gagged in car
The ads were uploaded to the Internet without the carmaker’s approval.
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Mar 25th 2013, 1:30 PM
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Lisa McInerney: Rape culture is a stupid, cruel response to a dark reality
Blaming sexual assault victims for their ordeals – such as in the recent case in Steubenville, Ohio – is retrograde and wrong.
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Mar 25th 2013, 7:00 AM
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Column: Accept it – ‘rape culture’ exists
Rape ‘jokes’ and equating violence with passion – just two of the ways in which Ireland shows some alarming societal attitudes towards women and sex, writes Lisa McInerney.
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Feb 13th 2012, 7:20 AM