Having sex whilst on drugs falls into the grey area when talking about consent. I’m not talking about date rape drugs and spiking here (they pose their own issues). But how can you properly give consent if you’ve taken some form of drug to enhance your night out? Would you be in your right mind…
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Essex has failed students with consent education
Competent consent education is a vital part of ensuring we live in a safe and fair environment. But with an 82% increase in reports of university sexual violence last year alone, and recent national backlash over the Warwick lads group chat, is forced learning really the best choice? After criticism over their handling of sexual…
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Sex sells: the modern music video
Music videos are, at heart, a marketing exercise. Labels don’t throw thousands of pounds at a band to make art, they do it to promote the music and try to sell it. There are four historical ways to market any product: humour, showcasing, controversy and sex. This Is America is a great example of a…
Sex Survey 2019
Dick pics on the rise
Something that has been prevalent in the modern age of dating: receiving ‘dick pics’. A baffling phenomenon that often occurs in the midst of a conversation, when a (usually) male counterpart sends a photo of his genitalia without the consent of the person on the receiving end. A recent YouGov study states that one in…
Sex Survey 2019
Alcohol and sex – the sobering truth
Dutch courage, going out for a drink, and meeting up in a club are terms used when discussing dating and sex at uni. But they all have one thing in common: alcohol. Sex and dating in the 21st century seems to revolve around having a drink. This can vary from having a cheeky pint on…
Sex Survey 2019
Facebook doesn’t want you to get laid
Facebook is constantly updating what it deems as acceptable on its site, and the newest weird choice is taking down posts that could ‘facilitate, encourage or coordinate sexual encounters between adults’. It’s a very strange new rule, there is nothing illegal about two consenting adults wanting to have a ‘sexual encounter’, nor is it illegal…
Sex survey 2018
Students schooled in consent
Figures from the National Union of Students (NUS) show that one in seven women will experience a serious sexual assault during their degree. The figure for transgender students is much higher, with 1 in 4 saying they had experienced sexual abuse. However, the concept of consent classes has riled critics over the last few years….
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Joint anti-sexual harassment campaign
The university and SU have joined forces to create a new campaign focused on creating a zero-tolerance attitude towards sexual harassment, violence, and hate crimes, building on the SU’s already established ‘Never OK’ campaign. The new campaign comes in response to a report into sexual harassment published by Universities UK (UUK) earlier this year. The…
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Consent classes: too little too late
We need to have a national consent conversation. Some consider themselves, to be too “intelligent” to need to understand the concept of consent. Others are driven by growing development of “lad culture”, and the pressures this places upon men to act in relation to women. Are consent classes effective and necessary or are they just…
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