Australian News / 24 August 2023
No safety in numbers
The Bureau of Stats has released a new data set on violence and harassment in Australia, and the numbers make for hard reading. At a topline, about 7 million Australians have experienced physical violence in their lifetime. For men, violence happens while they’re out and about by a stranger. And for women, it’s in the home perpetrated by someone known to them. On top of that, about 13% of Australian women experienced some form of sexual harassment in the previous 12 months, overwhelmingly by a man. It’s a subject causing a huge blow-up in Spain right now… Yesterday, PM Pedro Sanchez blasted football boss Luis Rubiales for kissing star performer Jennifer Hermoso on the lips during the Women’s World Cup’s medal ceremony on Sunday night, saying his apology was “insufficient”. Spain’s Equality Minister Irene Montero said a non-consensual kiss “is a kind of sexual violence women suffer daily”.
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