Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Women who make the decision to report a sexual assault to the police are embarking on a potentially long and always arduous journey through the criminal law system. They will be confronted with myths and stereotypes about women and sex, Continue reading Believing women
My dad, now 91, brought a largely hands-off approach to parenting. Especially when we were young, his job was to earn the money, participate in family events and, when the situation was especially serious, assist with discipline. Day to day, Continue reading What makes a man?
The dirty, not-so-little secret of violence against Indigenous women and girls in this country and the complete failure of systems – national, provincial and regional – to acknowledge and respond to that violence is out of the closet with the Continue reading “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”
According to Caroline Criado-Perez, women are not people; we are a niche; an exception to the rule, even when we are not. Criado-Perez explores this phenomenon in her book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. She Continue reading Still missing after all these years