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Pages tagged "Sex"


Is a Sexual Counter-Revolution Gathering Steam?

Posted on News · August 15, 2022 12:59 PM

By Dr Emma Wood

When I was coming of age, “sexual liberalism” looked like it was here to stay. A generation on from the sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, I grew up in a world where very few public figures were brave enough to question the supposed progress that the sexual revolution had brought.

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Former prostitute speaks out against decriminalisation in South Australia

Posted on News · June 19, 2021 6:00 AM

By Linda Watson

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It’s time outrage at sexual exploitation included prostitution

Posted on News · June 10, 2021 11:33 AM

A story has surfaced about a prostitute in Adelaide who alleged she was raped after a male client removed his condom without consent during sex.

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First steps in combating unlimited access by minors to pornography

Posted on News · June 04, 2021 2:34 PM

The flood of responses from young women to the call by former Kambala student Chanel Contos to share their experiences of sexual assault and treatment at the hands of teenage boys has opened a window into the world that young women are navigating in this country when it comes to boys and sex.  The responses from thousands of girls have chronicled story after story of their damaging sexual experiences, abuse, unwanted sex and feelings of regret and being uncomfortable at the expectations of boys when it comes to sex.

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Claire Lehmann on false narratives about women and sex

Posted on News · June 02, 2021 6:00 AM

Following the announcement about reforms to NSW’s consent laws, Claire Lehmann, founding editor of Quillette, has written an important piece in The Australian on three false narratives about women when it comes to sex.

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Bizarre ‘milkshake consent video’ further affirms that teaching consent is not enough

Posted on News · April 22, 2021 2:34 PM

The federal government has launched a new online educational resource for “teaching respectful relationships in schools”.

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The significance of sex — can it be recovered through consent alone?

Posted on News · March 18, 2021 3:44 PM

By Emma Wood

Responding adequately to the sad news of the Kambala sexual assault petition — the latest spotlight on the sexual assault epidemic — is a sobering challenge for us all. Leading educators in our secondary schools, depressed by the recent revelations and struggling to find solutions, are themselves revisiting calls for better “consent training” for students. But, as others have argued, “consent training” is bound to be an inadequate response on its own.

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