Sexual violence Archives - Pamela Cross

A gap that didn’t need filling

Pamela Cross — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:58:23 +0000

After following and commenting on the hockey player sexual assault trial earlier this year, which culminated last month in not-surprising acquittals for the five former Team Canada players who had been charged, I thought I could put hockey and sexual Continue reading A gap that didn’t need filling→

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Owning our stories

Pamela Cross — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:21:00 +0000

About 15 years ago, I was sexually assaulted in a hospital emergency department by an orthopaedic resident, with another looking on, while having my broken arm examined. I was in incredible pain and, like anyone with a medical emergency, was Continue reading Owning our stories→

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What should happen?

Pamela Cross — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:30:00 +0000

This article describes a violent rape and may not be for all readers. That said, it’s a story that raises important issues for all of us to think about. In 1991, a 28-year-old Calgary woman, at home with her toddler, Continue reading What should happen?→

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Let’s not forget pleasure

Pamela Cross — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:25:00 +0000

My job means I do a fair bit of thinking about sex. Most of that thinking is about bad sex: sexual contact that lacks consent, involves violence and the misuse of power and results in harm, fear and pain. If Continue reading Let’s not forget pleasure→

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