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17 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Consent apps are useless, and indeed dangerous. Don’t address how: Consent can be forced or pressured. Capacity to consent can be undermined by alcohol or drugs. Gender power differentials mean women often ‘consent’ to sex they don’t want. 1/3
Consent is a process, not a moment or one-off agreement. Consent should be to each sexual activity, at every step, in sexual interaction. Consent apps don’t allow consent to be withdrawn. Don’t allow participants to change their minds, or consent to some activities but not others
Consent apps are a distraction from the real work of tackling sexual violence. Doing this will require comprehensive, systematic primary prevention strategies. What does this look like? Our Watch’s Change the Story framework is a great place to start. ourwatch.org.au/change-the-sto… 3/3
A consent app looks to me like a modern version of the old-fashioned patriarchal version of the *marriage license as sex license*: that she signs on the dotted line and that provides universal consent. Marriage isn't, or shouldn't be, a sex license. A consent app is a bad idea.

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Why do we march? To put pressure on governments. To raise community awareness and shape community norms. To inspire each other and build solidarity and momentum for activism. And because social movement advocacy is a key strategy for social change. 1/4
It is feminist activism that placed violence against women on community and policy agendas. Review of VAW policies in 70 countries over four decades finds the existence of a strong, autonomous women’s movement is a critical factor in the prevention of VAW (Htun & Weldon 2012) 2/4
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Violence by men against women: Is sustained by cultural and structural factors. Christopher Kilmartin’s book chapter (2015) provides an accessible account. See xyonline.net/sites/xyonline… 1/5
At the top of the pyramid are perpetrators, the minority who are violent towards women. Next, the group of (mostly) men who are the direct facilitators of the violence. They condone, stay silent, don’t intervene. 2/5
Then there are the cultural standard-bearers, people with wide influence and access to large audiences who use this platform to promote gender-based violence. Such as politicians, media commentators. They tap into broadly held cultural attitudes towards women. 3/5
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Putting perpetrators in the picture: It is time to see the problems of domestic & sexual violence as the perpetrators’ problem. Conference paper by Flood and Dembele, December 2020. xyonline.net/content/puttin… @DLulabele 1/9
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Even some prevention language, e.g. “Preventing violence before it occurs” is passive, and again perpetrators and perpetration are invisible. Yet violence involves agency: a person uses violence against another person. 3/9
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Sexual assault facts: Most victims don’t report. Most delay disclosing or reporting, or never report. 83% of Australian women assaulted didn’t report their most recent incident of SA to police. 4 in 10 didn’t seek advice or help from others. aic.gov.au/publications/t… @AICriminology
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Sexual assault facts: Victims don’t report or delay reporting e.g. because of confusion, guilt, shock; fear of perpetrator and consequences of reporting; fear that won’t be believed; acceptance of rape myths; difficult legal processes; etc. aic.gov.au/publications/t… @AICriminology
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Good guys and bad guys. We have to let go of a comforting illusion that there is some bright line between men who rape and men who don’t rape, between the bad guys and the good guys. Many men don’t rape, but do contribute to the problem. feministcurrent.com/2017/11/06/goo… 1/4
We should not let the worst and most egregious cases of men’s violence against women derail the analysis of how a wide range of men’s intrusive and abusive sexual behaviours against women and girls are woven into the fabric of patriarchal society. 2/4
Most men do not rape. But consider these other categories. Men who do not rape but… Would be willing to rape if they were sure they won’t be punished. Will not intervene when another man rapes. Whose sexual arousal depends on feeling dominant and having power over a woman. 3/4
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The extent of sexual violence against women in Australia. 1 in 5 women (18% or 1.7 million) has experienced sexual violence (the occurrence, attempt or threat of sexual assault) since the age of 15. In the last year, 148,100 women over the age of 15 were victims of sexual assault
When asked about their most recent incident of sexual assault, just under 9 out of ten women (87% or 553,700) reported they were sexually assaulted by a man they know. For these women, the most common known perpetrator was a former partner (26% or 163,100).
One in two women (53% or 5 million) has experienced sexual harassment (experienced or has been subjected to one or more selected behaviours which they found improper or unwanted, which made them feel uncomfortable, and/or were offensive due to their sexual nature).
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