Another headline about allegations of sexual abuse of a child miss-named as “child sex”, this one from the Townsville Bulletin Also, to be clear, the accused in this case has not yet been to court, we’re not talking about his guilt or innocence, we’re talking about how the charges against him are described. However, here […]... Read More

From the article on news.com.au: “Police allege the 54-year-old from Churchlands assaulted the boy this month after spending 10 months grooming him. The man has been charged with eight offences in total including sexual penetration, attempted sexual penetration and indecent dealing with a child. He will appear in Perth Magistrates Court later on Friday.” Further […]... Read More

52 year old Casper Hauaiembe was convicted of grooming children for sexual abuse. Luckily, in this case, he was caught before anything happened, but not every child is this lucky. As an aside, the article describes the Tasmanian Judge in this case as saying Hauaiembe “faced a ‘fall from grace’ as he is ‘highly respected’ […]... Read More

She didn’t “die”, she was killed by a man. 24 year old James Morton used alcohol as a weapon to incapacitate her, then he strangled her and killed her. It wasn’t a “porn re-enactment”, it was a man choosing to incapacitate a young girl so he could do what he wanted to her body. 1800 […]... Read More

Channel 7 again, both on their Facebook post and in the article, describe rape of a 13 year old child as “sex”. Here are the reasons this matters, in every case, with every headline. The victim impact statements from child abuse trials are harrowing, a testament to the lifelong injuriessuffered by people who were sexually abused […]... Read More

Another man pleading guilty to sexual abusing children, another headline about “child sex”. This one from the Bunbury Mail. Here are the reasons this matters, in every case, with every headline. The victim impact statements from child abuse trials are harrowing, a testament to the lifelong injuries suffered by people who were sexually abused as children. […]... Read More

According to this article in the Cairns Post, this man was charged with attempted rape. Sexual violence is real, traumatic and far too common. Hiding it behind euphemisms is not journalism, it’s minimising men’s violence against women. And women are not defined by their relationship to the people they care for. She’s a person, not […]... Read More

Another man charged with sexual assaulting children, another headline about “child sex”. This one from the South Coast Register. To be very clear, this man has not yet been to court. Nothing written here about the headline is relevant to his guilt or innocence, which can only be determined by a full hearing of the evidence […]... Read More