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While we wait, and rage, and protest, and advocate, and grieve, women are continually reminded of how little our lives, voices and pain matter. The recent release of the Epstein files only served to remind us of the sheer extent of impunity for powerful, rich, well-connected men. Women and girls harmed, raped, trafficked, dead. Powerful men using powerful institutions to protect each other. And society seems to shrug.
We live in a country in which policingand criminal justice fail women so badly that #rape is virtually decriminalised. This might sound like an exaggeration until you realise that #HomeOffice statistics for the year ending March 2024 indicated that the proportion of rape offences resulting in a charge or summons was just 2.6 per cent, a paltry 0.5 per cent increase on the previous year. Little wonder that we have one of the lowest rape conviction rates in #Europe.
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and criminal justice fail women so badly that #rape is virtually decriminalised. This might sound like an exaggeration until you realise that #HomeOffice statistics for the year ending March 2024 indicated that the proportion of rape offences resulting in a charge or summons was just 2.6 per cent, a paltry 0.5 per cent increase on the previous year. Little wonder that we have one of the lowest rape conviction rates in #Europe.
Progress is so slow that women are literally paying with their lives while wealthy men laugh at one another’s crimes behind closed doors and email accounts.
An emergency on this scale demands an emergency response.
“This report should mark a turning point”, said #LadyAngiolini. But how many “turning points” and “tipping points” and “watershed moments” have we been promised? Words without action and recommendations without implementation and plans without adequate funding -
Progress is so slow that women are literally paying with their lives while wealthy men laugh at one another’s crimes behind closed doors and email accounts.
An emergency on this scale demands an emergency response.
“This report should mark a turning point”, said #LadyAngiolini. But how many “turning points” and “tipping points” and “watershed moments” have we been promised? Words without action and recommendations without implementation and plans without adequate fundingwon’t stem the tide.
Susan Everard, Sarah’s mother, told an inquiry into her death of a “turmoil of emotions — sadness, rage, panic, guilt and numbness”. They are feelings I know so many other women also feel as we struggle against institutions that were never made to protect us, in a society that often simply doesn’t seem to care. -
won’t stem the tide.
Susan Everard, Sarah’s mother, told an inquiry into her death of a “turmoil of emotions — sadness, rage, panic, guilt and numbness”. They are feelings I know so many other women also feel as we struggle against institutions that were never made to protect us, in a society that often simply doesn’t seem to care.Until real, ambitious, proactive reform happens, until institutional misogyny and normalised societal sexism shift, women don’t just “feel” that we aren’t safe. We know that we aren’t.
Laura Bates is the author of The New Age of Sexism
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Until real, ambitious, proactive reform happens, until institutional misogyny and normalised societal sexism shift, women don’t just “feel” that we aren’t safe. We know that we aren’t.
Laura Bates is the author of The New Age of Sexism
Two Met Police officers jailed for sharing photos of murdered sisters on Whatsapp
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Two Met Police officers jailed for sharing photos of murdered sisters on Whatsapp
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Wayne Couzens used Covid laws to handcuff and 'arrest' Sarah Everard before murdering her
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Wayne Couzens used Covid laws to handcuff and 'arrest' Sarah Everard before murdering her
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IOPC uncovers 'disgraceful' Met Police behaviour including officers having sex while on duty
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IOPC uncovers 'disgraceful' Met Police behaviour including officers having sex while on duty
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After a date with a sexist police officer, I understand why the Met is so rotten
The ruthless truth is: the force doesn't just have an institutional problem, it has a man problem. We all do
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After a date with a sexist police officer, I understand why the Met is so rotten
The ruthless truth is: the force doesn't just have an institutional problem, it has a man problem. We all do
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Five reasons why women still aren't safe, according to the Sarah Everard inquiry
The senior lawyer behind the inquiry said 'society needs to stop normalising misogynistic perpetrator behaviour'
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Five reasons why women still aren't safe, according to the Sarah Everard inquiry
The senior lawyer behind the inquiry said 'society needs to stop normalising misogynistic perpetrator behaviour'
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Victoria Derbyshire: There are pictures of me half-naked online thanks to Elon Musk
However technology advances, there’s always a way to make sure women are on the wrong end of it
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Victoria Derbyshire: There are pictures of me half-naked online thanks to Elon Musk
However technology advances, there’s always a way to make sure women are on the wrong end of it
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'Promiscuity isn't attractive': Reform candidate says women shouldn't behave like men
James Gunn echoes misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and claims Covid-19 virus emerged after US-funded research in China's Wuhan lab
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'Promiscuity isn't attractive': Reform candidate says women shouldn't behave like men
James Gunn echoes misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and claims Covid-19 virus emerged after US-funded research in China's Wuhan lab
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Detectives say streets are 'safe for women' amid fresh outcry after Sabina Nessa murder
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Detectives say streets are 'safe for women' amid fresh outcry after Sabina Nessa murder
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Body found in Plymouth confirmed as missing teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod
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Body found in Plymouth confirmed as missing teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod
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Cowardly Kyle Clifford's final insult to his victims
As with Lucy Letby, there's a trend of murderers being allowed to hide from their victims' families
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Cowardly Kyle Clifford's final insult to his victims
As with Lucy Letby, there's a trend of murderers being allowed to hide from their victims' families
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Emma and Lettie's murder was not an isolated incident - there's a domestic violence epidemic
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Emma and Lettie's murder was not an isolated incident - there's a domestic violence epidemic
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Met police rapist David Carrick's sexual crimes date back 35 years
The former police officer has been found guilty of further offences against a former partner and a 12-year-old girl - one of which dated back to 1990
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Met police rapist David Carrick's sexual crimes date back 35 years
The former police officer has been found guilty of further offences against a former partner and a 12-year-old girl - one of which dated back to 1990
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Child rapist Met police officer carried out sex attacks while serving PC
Cliff Mitchell was a serving police officer in Hounslow, London, when a number of the offences were committed
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Child rapist Met police officer carried out sex attacks while serving PC
Cliff Mitchell was a serving police officer in Hounslow, London, when a number of the offences were committed
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I'm a primary school teacher - an eight-year-old used my photo for deepfake porn
I was horrified when the school did nothing to support me - instead, I decided to leave
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I'm a primary school teacher - an eight-year-old used my photo for deepfake porn
I was horrified when the school did nothing to support me - instead, I decided to leave
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All the Andrew photos in the Epstein files that show their sickening bond
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sent the paedophile Christmas cards and invited him to Buckingham Palace, newly released emails show
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All the Andrew photos in the Epstein files that show their sickening bond
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sent the paedophile Christmas cards and invited him to Buckingham Palace, newly released emails show
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Laura Bates
Laura is the founder of Everyday Sexism Project who campaigns for gender equality. She also keynotes and has written extensively on the subject.
Laura Bates (www.laurabates.co.uk)
