12 h. ago ‘Pretty birds and silly moos’: the women behind the Sex Discrimination Act

In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth rememberingCelia Brayfield was at her desk in the Femail section of the Daily Mail’s Fleet Street office when an editor called her over. It was July and Wimbledon had started. “He said: ‘We want you to go down and get into the women’s changing rooms and report on lesbian behaviour.’ One didn’t normally swear at that time but I declined. That was the attitude then,” she told me.From the late 1960s until the early 70s, Brayfield was one of a small group of female journalists working on women’s pages in newspapers. “We were dealing with everyday sexism on an unbelievable scale,” she said. “You learned to wear trousers or take the lift because if you took the stairs someone would try to look up your skirt. But then you couldn’t go to a lot of press conference venues in trousers. In the Savoy, for example, women in trousers wer...

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53 h. ago Uni student jailed for sex assaults on three women in under a year

David Ekpe, 23, who has been described as a "a danger to women", was convicted of sexually assaulting three vulnerable women after preying on them while intoxicated or asleep.

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55 h. ago Nearly 90 flights linked to Epstein ‘came to or from UK airports’

Flight logs reveal three British women onboard who were allegedly trafficked by convicted sex offender, according to BBCNearly 90 flights linked to Jeffrey Epstein reportedly arrived at and departed from UK airports, some with British women onboard who allege they were abused by the convicted child sex offender.Analysis by the BBC found three British women who were allegedly trafficked appear in Epstein’s records of flights in and out of the UK and other documents related to the late disgraced billionaire. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Kelly Brook leaves Loose Women rolling their eyes with OUTRAGEOUS comment about sex life with husband Jeremy Parisi as she returns to show after I'm A Celebrity

The former glamour model, 46, appeared on the latest episode of the ITV programme alongside Janet Street-Porter, 78, Kaye Adams, 62, and Jane Moore, 63.

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4 d. ago Every police force to get rape probe teams as part of Shabana Mahmood's blitz on sex crimes in 'largest crackdown on violence against women and girls in British history'

Specialist rape and sex offences investigation teams will be set up in every police force in what the Government calls 'the largest crackdown on violence against women and girls in British history'.

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9 d. ago Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling should lead to resignations of NHS Fife’s blundering board

Record View says the tribunal ruling means John Swinney declaring, loudly and clearly, that single sex spaces for women must be protected.

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1 week ago Feminist coalition rejects inquiry guidance urging women to trust undercover officers

A coalition of feminist organisations has rejected undercover police plans following the Angiolini report, warning women cannot trust a system that employs officers with sex offence histories

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1 week ago Serial killer imprisoned women as sex slaves and forced them to eat victims' bodies

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Gary Michael Heidnik, who was known as the 'Butcher of Philadelphia', was a serial rapist and murderer who kept multiple women as sex slaves in his basement torture chamber

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2 w. ago Outcry in Italy over sex education bill to crack down on ‘gender ideology’

Legislation is needed to stop leftwing politicians ‘bringing drag queens and porn actors into schools’, minister saysA restrictive sex education bill backed by Georgia Meloni’s far-right government and intended to crack down on “gender ideology and the woke bubble” has provoked fury in Italy.Italy is one of the few EU countries not to have compulsory sex education in schools despite evidence showing that comprehensive relationship and sex education helps to prevent violence against women and girls. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trans girls will no longer able to join Girl Guides or Brownies after parents threatened legal action over inclusion policy

Girlguiding said it had made the decision following the Supreme Court ruling in April which said the words women and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological women and biological sex.

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2 w. ago Trans girls will no longer able to join Girlguiding after parents threatened legal action over inclusion policy

Girlguiding said it had made the decision following the Supreme Court ruling in April which said the words women and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological women and biological sex.

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2 w. ago ‘Critical failure’ to answer basic questions about sex crimes against women

The latest report from the Angiolini Inquiry found that there no record of how many women were raped by strangers in England and Wales last year.

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2 w. ago Fewer one night stands, more AI lovers: the data behind generation Z’s sex lives

Shaped by lockdown and two Trump presidencies, gen Z are grappling with a lot in love, dating and the bedroomThe sex lives of gen Z are of great interest – to politicians, to parents, to influencers and dating app executives and to you, apparently. Are gen Z so lonely they are falling in love with AI robots? Are they forming polycules across the US? Are they having enough sex? Are they having sex at all?Gen Z is defined roughly as young Americans aged 13 to 28. This generation came of age with information about sex readily available to them, for better (the internet provides both sex education and community) and arguably for worse, too (in 2022, 54% of US teens reported first seeing online pornography at age 13 or younger). They are more likely to embrace non-traditional identities and are progressive on issues such as abortion rights and same-sex marriage – especially gen Z women. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Women over 60 can boost their health by using sex toys, study says

New study suggests that many older women use sex toys to promote orgasm, which may promote positive health outcomes

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3 w. ago Loose Women star Coleen Nolan makes 'insecure' bedroom confession

Loose Women star Coleen Nolan has opened up about her sex life and admitted that she once felt 'insecure' after a partner wanted to watch adult videos 'every time' they were intimate

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3 w. ago Two men accused of sick murderous plot to take over island and turn women into sex slaves

Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20, are accused of making plans to take over a island in Haiti, murder its male inhabitants and turn women and children into sex slaves

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3 w. ago Two Texas men's twisted fantasy to recruit homeless to invade remote island, kill its inhabitants and ravage their women

Two Texas men allegedly planned to recruit homeless people to invade a remote Haitian island, where they would murder all the men and turn the women and children into their sex slaves.

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3 w. ago Two blokes wanted 'army of homeless mercenaries' to take over island and enslave women

A pair of crazed Texans allegedly planned to invade a small Haitian island, leading an army of homeless people to kill all the men and turn the women and kids into 'sex slaves'

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3 w. ago US men indicted for alleged coup plot to kill and rape people on Haitian island

Texans planned to utilize unhoused US people to take over Gonâve and fulfill ‘rape fantasies’, justice department saysThe Department of Justice has alleged that two Texas men plotted a murderous coup d’etat on the island of Gonâve, the largest in Haiti, “for the purpose of carrying out their rape fantasies”.The two men, 21-year-old Gavin Rivers Weisenburg and 20-year-old Tanner Christopher Thomas, have been accused of plotting to take the island by force, utilizing the homeless population of Washington DC, then killing all the men on the island and “using the women and children as sex slaves”, according to an announcement by the US attorney’s office of the eastern district of Texas on Thursday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago So many divorcing women make these mistakes and pay dearly for them, says top divorce lawyer Sheela. These are the photos, holidays, dress hires and what you MUST not say that can cost you a fortune

The divorce courts are probably the last thing on your mind when you're considering your next Instagram post. But like it or not, our digital footprint follows us everywhere.

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