Lad Culture

  • A Lot Of Talk, No Action – Sexual Consent at the University of Nottingham

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    February 9, 2016 16:20
    University has traditionally been seen as the perfect arena to explore sexuality, notoriously a melting pot of brief relationships, casual sex, and experimentation. In light of growing national media attention and a call from various groups and the government, Impact News investigates the darker side of sexual experiences, if...

  • Inquiry into Violence Against Women at University ordered by Government

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    November 23, 2015 12:06
    The Government ordered an inquiry into reducing violence against women studying at higher-level institutions. Universities in the UK have been ordered to create a ‘taskforce’ to tackle the issue the unwanted sexual advances women are subjected to and a code of practice on the back of mounting attention on...

  • Is ‘positive masculinity’ key to promoting equality?

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    October 22, 2014 15:04
    Feminism has been gaining more and more prominence in mainstream media due to the success of projects such as Laura Bates’s Everyday Sexism and the popularisation of feminist writers like Caitlin Moran. Despite this, the movement towards equality seems to be constantly hindered by incidents of lad culture, most...