The idea that ‘rape culture’ is a global problem and very evident in the UK if not quite as bad as under ISIS is sadly now believed. The fascinating panel in this debate, filmed at the Battle of Ideas consider if it’s true and are far from agreeing on the matter. The audience get stuck in too, disproving inflated statistics, spelling out the fear this predatory panic has created and the demeaning of serious assault by conflating everything from jokes to songs with rape. But seeing all women as victims in need of protection from a ‘rape schedule’ about whom we should ‘worry, worry, worry’, is clearly the take on one side of the debate. Expertly chaired by Luke Gittos, this is a must watch if only to realise how pernicious this idea has become and what it may take to challenge it. Let battle commence indeed.
The speakers are: Ian Dunt editor, Politics.co.uk; political editor, Erotic Review; Susan Edwards dean of law, University of Buckingham; Christina Hoff Sommers writer and resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute, host, weekly video series, The Factual Feminist and Kaitlynn Mendes lecturer in media and communication, University of Leicester, author, SlutWalk: feminism, activism and media. The chair is Luke Gittos solicitor, Hughmans Solicitors, legal editor, spiked, convenor, London Legal Salon, author, Why Rape Culture is a Dangerous Myth: From Steubenville to Ched Evans.

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