World Without Rape (2022) | Joanna Bourke, Jess Hill, Sisonke Msimang, Saxon Mullins & Bronwyn Penrith

The last few years have seen courageous sexual assault
survivors become heroines and heroes, conquering the forces
that have silenced them for so long. While laws are changing
and we continue to unravel the culture of shame that has
protected perpetrators and punished survivors – how can we
evolve the conversation? Can we ever get to the heart
of the matter, and think about a world without rape? Or are our
efforts doomed to failure as we tinker at the edges of an
eternal crime?




Please note this session contains themes that may be sensitive
to some listeners including discussions of rape and sexual
assault. 


Joanna Bourke is a historian, academic and Professor of History
at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of the British
Academy. 


Jess Hill is a Walkley-award winning investigative journalist
who’s been reporting on domestic abuse for several years.


Saxon Mullins is Director of Advocacy at Rape and Sexual
Assault Research and Advocacy. In 2018 Saxon appeared on Four
Corner’s episode I am that girl where she gave up her
anonymity to tell the story of her 2013 sexual assault and the
subsequent criminal trials and appeals.


Bronwyn is a Wiradjuri woman who has worked all her life for
equality and the recognition of First Nations people and their
rights. 


Sisonke Msimang is an award-winning writer whose long-form
writing on money, power and sex has appeared in the New
York Times, Foreign Affairs the Washington
Post, Lapham’s Quarterly and a range of other
publications.