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The faceless woman

July 10, 2015, Maria Dixon Media Complaints,

I want to raise the issue of the visual imagery that newspapers and websites use for articles about rape. I have just read this article on the Telegraph website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11729476/Sex-Why-I-was-celibate-for-5-years.html?placement=CB1 It isn’t specifically about rape, but it does refer to the fact that the female subject, and author of the article, is a rape survivor. […]

male violence, Media, media representation, Rape, rape culture

Daily Mail: Still classing women as possessions of men.

June 10, 2015, Admin EVB Analysis,

We have written previously on the deeply misogynistic coverage of the death of Helen Nicoll. This front page of the Daily Mail is the final piece of evidence for our statement: Press make it clear women remain possessions of men – even in death. There is simply no excuse for this type of media coverage:

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