Shadow Minister for Women Tanya Plibersek says states and territories should follow New South Wales’ lead in reducing the “retraumatising impact” of litigation for sexual assault victims. NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman announced on Tuesday the government would adopt all of the Law Reform Commission's recommendations regarding sexual consent. These recommendations include the ability for judges to exercise discretion in issuing directives to juries that remove stereotypes surrounding the nature of consent. Nevertheless, Ms Plibersek says that law reform must also be accompanied by changes in cultural attitudes towards relationships. “I think it’s very important that all states and territories are looking at laws like this but also how we reduce the retraumatising impact of going through courts for victims of sexual assault,” she told Sky News. “But law reform is only part of the answer, of course; we need to change our culture. “One of the things that really troubles me is the average age of first viewing pornography in Australia today is 10 years old … it’s unhealthy. “We need to be, as mothers and fathers, talking to girls and boys from a young age about what healthy, respectful relationships look like and modelling those relationships.”
from Breaking National News and Australian News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/34hxLV5
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hello, my name is Jack Sparrow. I'm a 50 year old self-employed Pirate from the Caribbean.
No comments:
Post a Comment