In sex abuse cases, confidentiality clauses silence the victim and free the perpetrator. But there may be an end in sight. Scouts Canada has made the decision not to pursue victims who break their vow of silence by publicly speaking out about their experiences of sexual abuse. After suffering sexual abuse at the hands of ...
A priest with pixellated face and the Virgin Mary staring aghast at a positive pregnancy test. Is this art imitating life, or is it offensive sensationalism? Banksy’s Cardinal Sin sits amongst 17th Century religious art in Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery. His face is sawn off and replaced with small, square bathroom tiles, creating a pixellated ...
If you do a quick Google search of the word “rape,” you get dozens of headlines about the victims of sex crimes around the world. Most of us have no trouble saying that a great deal of these victims are women. In the Pickton inquiry alone there’s an ever-increasing list of women who are coming ...
As much as the Catholic Church keeps trying to get out from under the dark cloud of sex scandal that has enveloped it for as long as we can remember, it can’t escape. Christopher Jarvis, hired by Catholic Church officials to “monitor church groups to ensure pedophiles did not gain access to children in the ...
For those of us who have seen The Exorcist, it’s hard not to believe in satanic possession. But we are skeptical when it’s used as an excuse for inappropriate and especially illegal behaviour. Bobby Guyton, a 77-year-old man from Glendale, Arizona, sexually assaulted a woman and justified his actions by telling authorities “Satan must have ...
Utah is making all the headlines today. But this time, it is particularly gruesome. A mother from Salt Lake City, UT has been charged with two counts of aggravated sex abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor for trying to sell her 11-year-old daughter’s virginity for $10,000. Felicia Rea McClure’s negotiation was ...
Sex is a good thing, so it’s no wonder that people use the internet to get in on the action. Whether you’re spending some time along with your right hand or you just want to spice things up with the flesh and blood person beside you, it’s the easy answer. And people began to panic. ...
The Vatican warned Irish Catholic Bishops not to report suspected cases of pedophilia to the police, according to a letter written in 1997. This was in response to the Irish Church Initiative proposed a year earlier that priests work with the police to help identify child predators, following a public outcry about clergy abuse. The ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
