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LAW CHANGES TO PROTECT COERCED WOMEN IN PROSTITUTION
Posted by Charlotte on April 2, 2010
Tags: Coerced Women, feminism, Law, Prostitution, UK
Yesterday a new law prosecuting men who buy sex from women subject to force came in with a bang as police swooped into a brothel in East London.
The new wording of the law means that any man…
NEW RAPE PROSECUTION LOW
Posted by Charlotte on January 13, 2010
Tags: conviction, Law, Rape, Violence Against Women, Women
I just wanted to draw your attention to this case reported on the BBC website:
Men cleared as rape woman’s group sex fantasy revealed where a young woman’s accusation of gang rape has been undermined by her online fantasies about…
PROPENSITY TO RAPE COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A MENTAL DISORDER
Posted by Gill on November 23, 2009
Tags: feminism, Law, Mental Health, Psychology, Violence Against Women, Women
The number one guide to mental health disorders, the DSM or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is being revised for its fifth edition – to be published in 2012.
As part of the review a special work group…