Research Connections
Picture @TheGuardian Sexual strangulation or “choking” is being talked about more and more — but not in the ways it needs to be. At its core, strangulation cuts off oxygen or blood to the brain. That is what makes it dangerous. There is no safe level of restricting someone’s air or blood flow. Yet, we are seeing more of it, particularly among young people, where it is becoming normalised. A…
Our understanding of the scope and scale of sexual violence is hampered by under reporting. We will not be able to fill the gaps in our...
“It was fear that stopped me…. fear and I think, a deep kind of shock. I didn’t want this to have happened to me. I didn’t want to...
This blog is about a new research group, the Sexual Health and Well Being Interest Group #SHWIG @SHWIG We are a group of researchers...
#MeToo has left a wide range of employers scrambling to respond to allegations of sexual harassment and a new Code of Practice from the...
Higher education may well present the perfect storm of factors that can drive sexual harassment and other sexual violence. In the UK in...
Geography and place can dictate how much sexual bullying there is. We know that poorer areas have much higher rates of ill health and...
The World Health Organisation estimates that 1 in 3 women experience physical/sexual violence during their lifetimes but these rates vary...
How are we taking a ‘whole university’ approach to sexual violence and abuse at UWE through prevention, support, and intervention. We...
When we take a 'public health' approach to the evidence about the link between porn and sexual violence, we find a large evidence base...
The Children’s Commissioner for England rapid evidence assessment was starkly entitled - ‘Basically..porn is everywhere’. We know that through increased internet and mobile phone usage, pornography is easily available to at a younger age. Research show significant numbers of children seeing porn (generally accidentally) at around 10 or 11 years of age. This is generally the age many get a smart…
Women reporting their experiences of #MeToo show us that sexual harassment does not happened in one place. The problem with focusing on...
We should aim for a society that allows young people to choose a life, not constrained by artificial gender stereotypes and free from...