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A POLICE and crime commissioner branded a petition by sexual violence charities “ridiculous” at the weekend after campaigners raised concerns over alleged racist overtones of a new child sex exploitation awareness poster.
Northamptonshire commissioner Adam Simmonds entered a Twitter spat with the local Rights and Equality Council chief after she shared information on the Scrap the Trivialising and Racist Posters on Child Sexual Exploitation petition.
The petition reached over 100 signatures after being launched last Thursday by anti-racist and women’s groups including Women’s Aid and Rape Crisis.
ANNA FISHER explores what would it mean for women’s equality and public safety if Britain embraces full commercialisation of the sex trade
The legacy of socialist feminists such as Alexandra Kollontai challenges us today to confront an uncomfortable truth: framing prostitution as empowerment lets the abusers of the Epstein class off the hook, warns HELEN O’CONNOR
AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young
