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Should Sex By Deception Be Viewed As a Crime?

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Louise Burfitt-Dons

My daughter Brooke has just starred in a kidnapping thriller (see above), which, apart from the usual thrills and fights, is based on the theme of non-consensual sex  and grooming. One of the sex laws which has been getting a lot … Continue reading →

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The Double Standards Of Today

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Louise Burfitt-Dons

There’s  a story in the media of Donald Trump’s apparent assault on a woman passenger thirty five years ago.  Pretty yucky, you might say. Rightly so. But the other point to raise though is that while men and women are shocked by this … Continue reading →

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Has a wolf whistle become a crime? Is all body language bad?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Louise Burfitt-Dons

Like all mothers, I was pretty shocked  to hear of some of the apparent statistics surrounding sexual assault at university – having had two daughters graduate I have a reasonable inkling of what goes on, and indeed what doesn’t, at the … Continue reading →

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Post Feminism, Do Women Still Need Protecting?

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Louise Burfitt-Dons

A couple of days ago, the press reported that the parents of Rachel Manning, whose boyfriend was wrongly convicted and served 6 years in jail for her murder, said publicly that their daughter would still be alive if he had … Continue reading →

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