TODAY: our major new survey on attitudes to sexual consent - up to a third of adults still doubt it’s rape if no physical violence, if there’s flirting beforehand, if woman changes her mind & if it’s marriage/long term relationship #Ibelieveher #MeToo endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/major-new-surv…
Our survey also finds - 40% of people do not see ‘stealthing’ (removing a condom without consent) as rape; and there’s a big generational divide on attitudes to consent (over 65s less likely to see non-consent as rape) #Ibelieveher #MeToo
The attitudes are alarming - not only are these people potential jurors in rape trials, they are also the family & friends of women and girls who are assaulted, and they may question whether what happened was abusive & harmful #Ibelieveher #MeToo #16days
We urgently need an independent ‘end to end’ review of where the justice system is going wrong in tackling rape. We also need guaranteed counselling support whenever a rape survivor seeks it and for as long as they need it. #Ibelieveher #MeToo #16Days #RapeJusticeFail
