‘As a parent, we worry most about sex offenders exploiting and abusing our children in private spaces…But it’s not individual strangers who are corrupting our boys…It’s a billion dollar industry, intent on finding the next generation of customers at increasingly younger ages’– Jas Rawlinson Brisbane-based freelance writer, mental health advocate and author of the recently […]
Callous cruelty and disregard for a survivor of violence, as mob descends on Melbourne summit Professor S. Caroline Taylor AM is an internationally esteemed academic and researcher who provides specialist evidence in child abuse cases. She is recognised as one of Australia’s leading experts and consultants in the field of child and adult sexual violence and […]
Collective Shout are very pleased to report that we have successfully defended our movement against legal threats from Sexpo, with the Federal Court in Brisbane dismissing an application brought against Collective Shout by Sexpo Limited. Sexpo Limited was also ordered to pay Collective Shout’s costs. It was in May 2017 that we were alerted to […]
Today I head to the US to speak in LA, Washington and Philadelphia. In LA I’ll be addressing a gathering of abolitionists connected with the Salvos. Then to Washington to address the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit, April 4-7, run by my friends at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. From there to […]
Parents Vs The Porn Industry Isn’t A Fair Fight In the end, the porn industry is concerned with profits, not our kids By Caitlin Roper A French pornography performer has taken to Twitter to slam parents for failing to teach their children about sex. After receiving messages of a sexual nature from boys as young […]
‘I shaved my pubic hair and became highly sexual…my innocence was stolen from me’ Jemima (her real name withheld by request) is a 19 year old university student living in Melbourne. At age 10 she saw pornography for the first time. Her life began to unravel, culminating in sexual assault by a group of teen […]
I can’t get the images out of my head: I reported him to try to save the child victims… Dr Rachel Carling-Jenkins, 42, was first elected as a Democratic Labor Party member in Victoria in 2014, resigning from the DLP this year and joining the Australian Conservatives. Her background is in the welfare sector and […]
The House that Hef Built: Hugh Hefner’s Dark Legacy Melinda Tankard Reist “A new angel has opened his wings!” “We need more men like Hugh in this world today.” These passionate declarations from his Facebook page are among numerous accolades for the porn merchant Hugh Hefner, who recently died aged 91. A charming trendsetter, brave […]
Certainly it is freedom for those who do it. Certainly it is freedom for those who use it as entertainment, but we are also asked to believe that it is freedom for those to whom it is done. This essay by the inimitable Andrea Dworkin (September 26, 1946 -April 9, 2005) was written 30 years […]
Pay Per View Torture: Why Are Australian Telcos and ISPs Enabling a Child Sexual Abuse Pandemic? Melinda Tankard Reist ABC Religion and Ethics 6 Jul 2017 Internet Service Providers and Telcos, which provide the infrastructure for live-streaming abuse of children to be possible, need to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. “There are examples where people […]
Two special articles by two special women – friends and colleagues I have had the privilege of working alongside for quite a few years now. First, Laura McNally, our gutsy new operations manager at Collective Shout, exposes the degradation fest that is Sexpo – and how it’s porny ads are being pimped to kids on […]
Strippers, sex hotlines, nudity — explicit images are being splashed across our kid’s school buses. Right now, buses are picking up school kids with these inappropriate ads for the upcoming adult sex event, Sexpo! As a mum of three young kids who regularly use public transport for school and sporting activities, I was appalled to […]
