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Our responses:

• The Harvey Weinstein Allegations (10/31/2017)
• Michael Beck: Why labelling men who kill as ‘non-violen’t is irresponsible journalism (8/27/2017)
• The need for care when sharing images of missing children (6/7/2017)
• A woman and 2 children are murdered. The media reports about John Lennon’s former flat. (6/1/2017)
• The reality of male violence against women and girls. (Or, why the legal system is not fit for purpose) (3/29/2017)
• Mustafa Bashir given no jail time for forcing his wife to drink bleach. (3/28/2017)
• Tax credit ‘rape clause’ legislation – our stance (3/28/2017)
• Adam Johnson: “besotted” and the implication of contributory negligence in child sexual abuse (3/20/2017)
• Man arrested for racially-aggravated sexual assault. BBC headline gets confused with a carry-on film. (1/30/2017)
• Custody in Crisis – Family Courts enabling and supporting abusive fathers. (12/13/2016)
• Transforming a Victim Blaming Culture (12/1/2016)
• 16 ways to End Violence against Women and Girls (11/25/2016)
• Man convicted of owning 137 000 images of children being sexually abused is spared jail to start family (11/21/2016)
• The murders of Clodagh Hawe and Megan Short. (10/27/2016)
• The Naming of Elena Ferrante (10/7/2016)
• The case of Nate Parker: on rape culture in Hollywood (8/23/2016)
• Perpetrator of child sexual abuse walks free from court (8/3/2016)
• A rape victim is jailed in order to force her to testify. (8/3/2016)
• “Rise in child sexual abuse cases threatens other policing” (8/1/2016)
• Daily Mirror suggests femicide is a reasonable response to a ‘row’ (8/1/2016)
• The Representation of Women in the Media Matters (7/28/2016)
• John Nimmo is not a ‘troll’: Defining male violence online (7/27/2016)
• Dani Mathers and the reality of intimate images shared without consent (7/20/2016)
• The @BBC and the misuse of scare quotes (7/18/2016)
• The context in which VAWG occurs (6/27/2016)
• Women, Media and Politics – #womenmp16 (6/22/2016)
• Yet another victim blaming so-called ‘safety’ campaign. (6/20/2016)
• Neil Deller: Men who view images of children being sexually abused are high risk perpetrators (6/20/2016)
• Refusal to pay maintenance is a form of child abuse. (6/19/2016)
• The murder of Jo Cox (6/17/2016)
• The sentencing of Brock Turner is rape culture, but there is another issue at stake. (6/6/2016)
• The victim blaming of Amber Heard (5/30/2016)
• .@BBC misusing the term ‘child porn’. Again. (5/30/2016)
• “What fathers think of their daughters boyfriends” meme is simply misogynistic (5/25/2016)
• “Viewing illegal images does not cause harm or additional abuse” – Our response (5/16/2016)
• Associated Press will no longer be using the term ‘child prostitute’ (4/13/2016)
• Is it legal to reveal the identity of child victims of sexual abuse? (3/29/2016)
• Defining Consent: The Case of Jennifer Staines (3/24/2016)
• Man sentenced to jail on weekends for violent sexual assault (3/24/2016)
• .@BBCSport confuses child sexual abuse with throwing a football game. (3/13/2016)
• David Dinsmore, former Sun editor guilty of breaching Sexual Offences Act (3/9/2016)
• Just another example – in Australia – relating to revenge porn & classic victim blaming (2/27/2016)
• “Who is Daniel Holtzclaw” : on media taking responsibility for supporting rape culture (2/18/2016)
• “2 dead in Warner Robins Valentine’s Day domestic dispute” (2/18/2016)
• .@ecotricity “responds” to concerns about their support for Julian Assange (2/14/2016)
• Things which are not “affairs”: the case of Adam Osborne. (2/12/2016)
• What are the acceptable excuses for child rape – the case of Luke Grender (2/9/2016)
• North Wales Police are confused about who’s responsible for domestic violence (2/6/2016)
• .@ecotricity comes out in support of rape culture (2/5/2016)
• Murder is NOT a ‘domestic incident’ (2/5/2016)
• Soldier who committed domestic violence given suspended sentence due to his ‘promotion prospects’ (1/27/2016)
• Bristol Post call child sexual abuse a “sex romp” (1/25/2016)
• Dear Court News UK : child sexual abuse is not “kinky sex” (1/25/2016)
• A master class in how not to write about the sexual abuse of a child by Bath Chronicle (1/25/2016)
• Bedford Police #rightchoice campaign holds victims responsible for domestic violence (12/27/2015)
• Some of the responses to @bedspolice victim blaming campaign (12/23/2015)
• Police Officer defends victim blaming campaign (12/23/2015)
• Bedfordshire Police (@bedspolice) blame victims of rape for not making the #rightchoice (12/19/2015)
• South Yorkshire Police (@syptweet) conflate rape with eating too much chocolate (12/19/2015)
• The BBC: still using the term ‘child porn’ (12/17/2015)
• West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) utterly irresponsible domestic violence campaign (12/16/2015)
• Some thoughts on the media’s repeated use of the image of Daniel Holtzclaw crying during his conviction. (12/15/2015)
• Justin Bieber and the small issue of stalking and harassment (12/13/2015)
• Officer Daniel Holtzclaw has been found guilty of rape. (12/12/2015)
• .@nbcchicago You mean child sexual abuse, not ‘sex acts’. (12/10/2015)
• Dear @Independent, Nicki Minaj is not responsible for the actions of her brother. Name him. (12/5/2015)
• Women only matter as possessions of important men. (11/21/2015)
• .@BBCthree response to our complaint about #sexontrial – complete with victim blaming. (11/11/2015)
• #sexontrial : Our formal complaint to @BBCthree (11/4/2015)
• .@BBCthree #sexontrial : misleading and irresponsible (11/3/2015)
• .@MerseyPolice and the small issue of a rape joke (11/1/2015)
• The closure of @EavesCharity (10/30/2015)
• Criminalising women for failing to testify in cases of domestic violence makes a mockery of the justice system (10/12/2015)
• 11 year old boys cannot consent to sex with an adult (10/7/2015)
• #PeepleApp puts actual people at risk of harassment, abuse, stalking and violence. (10/1/2015)
• This is male entitlement: why domestic & sexual violence are gendered issues (content note for extreme violence) (9/30/2015)
• Our concerns with the #blackdotcampaign (9/22/2015)
• Patrick Kane: Another athlete under investigation for rape. This time it’s the Black Hawks fault. (9/16/2015)
• Man abducts 18-year-old Tinder date from the streets to make a point about online dating (9/15/2015)
• No woman deserves to be raped. Ever. (9/14/2015)
• The @BBCNews gets it wrong. Again. (9/13/2015)
• Another judge blaming a child for being sexually assaulted (9/10/2015)
• A Week of Victim Blaming in the Media (9/8/2015)
• Rape alarms won’t protect women from rape. (8/31/2015)
• A Call to Men & the failure to understand perpetrators (8/28/2015)
• Jeremy Corbyn and the women-only train paradox (8/26/2015)
• Ministry of Justice: More worried about perpetrators of “Revenge Porn” than victims (8/21/2015)
• A How Not To Guide on Teaching Children about Internet Safety (8/17/2015)
• Media misrepresentations of sexual violence: The BBC (7/17/2015)
• Gender is all too relevant in violence statistics (7/8/2015)
• 1/3 of police forces are “inadequate” in dealing with child protection. (7/5/2015)
• Another comment submitted to the site which replicates victim blaming attitudes (7/1/2015)
• Daily Mirror conflates multi-perpetrator child rape with sex (6/16/2015)
• What we mean by male entitlement (6/15/2015)
• Daily Mail: Still classing women as possessions of men. (6/10/2015)
• Home Office blames girls for their sexual exploitation in new guidelines. (6/9/2015)
• Press make it clear women remain possessions of men – even in death. (6/8/2015)
• Perpetrators are “high risk”, not victims. (6/3/2015)
• Victim Blaming by Police: It’s Women’s Fault for Not Leaving (6/2/2015)
• “It is hoped the relationship will get back on track.” (6/2/2015)
• Strangulation is not a “tiff” (6/2/2015)
• This Is a War on Women: Erasing Jed Allen’s Choice to Kill (6/2/2015)
• A child sexual abuser has his sentenced reduced as 6 year old victim “was making a precocious choice” (6/1/2015)
• Josh Duggar, child sexual abuse and rape culture (5/24/2015)
• This is why Martin Daubney is wrong about “laddism culture” (5/22/2015)
• #SayHerName – Black Lives Matter (5/22/2015)
• Her name was Marta Ligman. Not the “body in the suitcase” (5/21/2015)
• Police “Safety” Campaigns: Institutionalised Victim Blaming (5/21/2015)
• 170 Bikers Charged in Melee With Roots in ’60s (5/19/2015)
• Victims of Domestic Violence own 50% of the responsibility (5/14/2015)
• Her name is Claire O’Connor not “the body in the boot” (5/14/2015)
• Katie Hopkins makes rape threat. (5/11/2015)
• Richard Littlejohn, Jimmy Savile & the Need for an Independent Press Commission (5/6/2015)
• Rapists are not “sex pests” (5/5/2015)
• Martin Daubney misses the point completely when talking about sexual harassment (4/30/2015)
• CEOP victim blame a child in video to end child sexual exploitation (4/24/2015)
• Katie Hopkins & the need for an independent media complaints commission (4/19/2015)
• George Galloway makes his position on VAWG clear: (4/10/2015)
• A 3 year old child is responsible for her own rape. (content note) (4/10/2015)
• “Go From Victim to Survivor” (4/2/2015)
• .@BBCNews *finally* uses appropriate language (3/21/2015)
• Suspects being investigated for rape and other forms of sexual violence do not require anonymity (3/20/2015)
• Besotted vs Controlling (3/18/2015)
• .@StaffsPolice undermine their rape campaign with 1 victim-blaming tweet (3/17/2015)
• Our campaign demands for the General Election (3/11/2015)
• That “blue & black” dress and domestic violence awareness campaigns (3/11/2015)
• Sue Cook vs Nick Ross: The Tale of Two Crimewatch Presenters (3/10/2015)
• Counselling, Perpetrators and Women’s Safety (3/6/2015)
• Through a rapist’s eyes (3/4/2015)
• Child Sexual Exploitation – Groundhog Day (3/3/2015)
• The Government’s domestic policy on violence against women and girls is lagging behind its efforts abroad, says Human Rights Committee (2/19/2015)
• Mandatory training for judges in domestic and sexual violence and abuse. (2/13/2015)
• We urge a police investigation into Manchester United Players ‘Sex Tape’ (2/9/2015)
• Violent man attacks wife. Media blame her breasts. (1/30/2015)
• Police and Domestic Violence: What we’re not talking about (1/27/2015)
• FGM and Medical Ethics (1/26/2015)
• Man kills woman. Media blame woman. Police remain baffled. (1/20/2015)
• Celebrity Big Brother: Sexual assault is not an “explosive drama” (1/11/2015)
• We support Ann Coffey’s amendments to remove the term ‘child prostitute’ from legislation (1/6/2015)
• Holiday! (12/23/2014)
• Ronnie Moore of Hartlepool FC compares rape to a mistake (12/21/2014)
• The Scottish Sun: How to blame children for their sexual abuse (content note) (12/18/2014)
• Looking at images of “child porn” is child sexual abuse (12/18/2014)
• Family Annihilators: Demonstrating the “complexities of relationships” (12/17/2014)
• Devon & Cornwall Police’s brilliant anti-rape campaign: (12/17/2014)
• The term “fondling” minimises sexual assault (12/15/2014)
• Bristol Post gets it wrong with the “respectable family man” myth (12/12/2014)
• Rape is not a crime about sex: It is about male entitlement and power (12/12/2014)
• The Mirror Gives a How-Not-To Guide on Writing about VAWG (12/11/2014)
• What do we mean by saying ‘a brutal rape’? (12/8/2014)
• “There are no ‘blurred lines’ or grey areas.”: or why attending a White Ribbon March doesn’t make you a good guy. (12/6/2014)
• Viewing images of child sexual abuse is child sexual abuse. (12/5/2014)
• Demanding a rape victim report to the police is abusive behaviour (11/25/2014)
• This is rape culture: Comments submitted to the site (11/14/2014)
• We cannot support Topshop’s new jewellery to raise money for the EDV Global Foundation (11/8/2014)
• What motives for violence are we prepared to acknowledge and what do we avoid? (10/31/2014)
• We need a nuanced discussion of rape culture (10/21/2014)
• What if she were your mother? Your daughter? (10/20/2014)
• Responding to Rape Apologism in Women (10/17/2014)
• Rape Culture in Action: A Response to a Comment (10/17/2014)
• John Grisham: Viewing Images of Abused Children isn’t Abuse (10/16/2014)
• Barnardos is accused of blaming a victim for their sexual abuse (10/16/2014)
• Why doesn’t she just leave? (10/16/2014)
• The Reality of Ritual Abuse (10/14/2014)
• Women In Prison ‘Debate’ (10/9/2014)
• Jennifer Lawrence was a victim of sexual violence; not “revenge porn” (10/8/2014)
• The Power of Derailing Political Discussions about Male Violence (10/8/2014)
• #WakeUpCall campaign : Language Matters (10/7/2014)
• Celebrity Big Brother & David Lee Travis (10/6/2014)
• The New Excuse for Fatal Male Violence: “Trust Issues” (10/1/2014)
• Forced Marriage: Who are the experts? (9/28/2014)
• The Good Men Project (9/28/2014)
• @CRASAC : Price of Honour: Exploring the Issues of Sexual Violence within South Asian Communities in Coventry. (9/26/2014)
• David Aaronovitch’s and the “Classic Panic” over Child Sexual Abuse (7/11/2014)
• Press Release: Potential Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Westminister (7/7/2014)
• This thing about feminist self-defence (7/3/2014)
• Jimmy Savile – Excuses, Cover-ups and Ignorance. (6/26/2014)
• #MoralMaze – How can we help more rapists get away with rape? (6/26/2014)
• Sexual Pleasure & Orgasm during abuse and / or rape. (6/24/2014)
• Victim Blaming: A response to a comment submitted to our site. (6/23/2014)
• Barriers to Reporting – “those women” and “those men” (6/19/2014)
• Barriers Continue to Thwart Victims Of Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse From Accessing Services (6/10/2014)
• Ally Fogg and Naming the Problem (6/7/2014)
• The BBC and reporting male violence…Again (6/5/2014)
• Training Evaluations – Nottingham (5/29/2014)
• We need to talk about men’s violence. (5/20/2014)
• Max Clifford has been convicted (5/2/2014)
• Newsnight coverage of the Max Clifford verdict (4/30/2014)
• Three cheers for the reduction in Violent Crime! Hip Hip…Oh. Wait. (4/23/2014)
• Sexual Violence: Taking control of a person’s emotional, mental, and physical person by not only the perpetrator but by society (4/17/2014)
• Holding our politicians accountable (4/15/2014)
• Professionals working with those who have experienced abuse – Survey Results (4/9/2014)
• Consent: Defining Reasonable Belief (4/8/2014)
• Vogue Italy target Domestic Violence in new edition. (content note for images) (4/3/2014)
• An anti-rape campaign which triggers survivors (content note for image and language) (4/2/2014)
• Moving Forward (3/29/2014)
• HMIC Report – Police Failing Women (3/27/2014)
• HMIC Report into Domestic Abuse (3/27/2014)
• RAINN – when support services fail to eradicate victim blaming attitudes (3/25/2014)
• “Jealousy” is not a mitigating circumstance. (3/21/2014)

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