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At no point did anyone ask if trying to overcome sexual assault in under four hours seemed challenging. Quite quickly the object of the sessions shifted from overcoming the assault to merely addressing it, and this adjustment brought its own tensions with it. Repeatedly bringing upsetting memories to the forefront of my mind had consistent repercussions outside of my allotted counselling time, and we frequently needed the full 50 minutes just to explore the problem fully, let alone consider possible coping mechanism or how I was going to get better.

The shooting in Christchurch is far from an isolated incident, but rather a reflection of broken and bigoted social structures.

In an ideal world, Oxford would exercise at the very least a benign influence on the mental health of its students and staff. As...

The practice of stealthing is widespread, but the attitude and the entitlement of stealthing is literally everywhere. Not only do men feel they have a right to sex, but they feel they have a right to sex without a condom.

Forget it , says Colleen Cumbers In 2015, Shamima Begum chose to leave the UK to join the Islamic State. From that moment, she became a traitor to...

Whilst the media are free to report on events as they do, the practice of giving media space and attention to Markle’s father and other family members highlights a darker side to news which we should be avoiding, not encouraging by reading and watching it.

On the literary scene, journalism, and the current state of the left

Last week, The Economist took it upon itself to settle once and for all the debate around which of your mates ‘does a real degree’, which...

So I don’t blame Donald Tusk for saying they deserve a special place in hell; it could be hell that is unleashed if they get their way.

Abolish: Education secretary Damien Hinds has said he wishes to call time on the phrase ‘public school confidence’, mainly by introducing a programme of ‘five...

If the rapist had been white, I doubt Neeson would have stalked the streets looking for any white man to attack.

'The Economist's' giddy attacks on an elitist Oxbridge reduce the issue to a caricature.

The man who uses his writing to share his love of physics

The issue of contraception is an issue for all of us.

Having a plate of octopus – a food I don’t think any half-educated person should need to have pointed out is not a staple of the British working class – set down in front of you at your first formal dinner at Oxford firmly joins knowing which type of gown to buy in the latter category.

Turn on the news, open up the paper and prepare to enjoy the strangest show of all – the real world.

Exploring the different types and degrees of privilege

Marcus Walford argues against no-platforming after Maréchal's controversial appearance at the Union

Bolsonaro goes beyond viewing the indigenous tribes and the quilombolas (the protected, black descendants of Afro-Brazilian slaves) with racist contempt. He does not believe in their right to exist in a culture outside of “mainstream” Brazil.

The divide between the two runs deep and is, forgive the pun, razor-sharp. It’ll continue to be a daily task to point out that certain ideas of manliness are outdated and simply unacceptable. But that can’t change without normal men, real men, in fact: all men reflecting on their own behaviour, and taking their own share of responsibility.