David Challen

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Domestic Abuse Advisor | Survivor | Campaigner | Author | Freed my mum #SallyChallen in landmark coercive control case 📖 THE UNTHINKABLE out in paperback now!

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Gisèle Pelicot walking to take the stand today, her strength echoing in every step: “It’s not for us to have shame, it’s for them,” she told the court. "I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too. I don't want them to be ashamed any longer,"

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Sadly you couldn’t make this up: Man aggressively interrupts women filming a report about creating safe spaces for women. A mother and daughter sharing their story on feeling unsafe had to stop as he became verbally aggressive, perfectly proving why such spaces are needed.

“I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age,” says Gregg Wallace in a video he has posted online this morning. Nothing says ‘I’m not a misogynist’ like stereotyping women. Great work Gregg, tell us who you are again.

“We probably spent quarter of a million quid [on a surrogate]… they have a company that basically is supermodels who are Ivy League educated… Our one went to Columbia… it’s a bit prostituty, isn’t it?” “I think it’s quite fabulous… but we got a Brazilian supermodel.” SIGH…

Male photographer at Oliver Awards asking Hannah Waddingham to “show leg” is lecherous stuff. Men like this need their passes for these events to revoked. Women are not your objects to objectify and command to move as you see fit.

Emily Maitlis savagery: “You look like you’re in a cemetery, I mean is this a metaphor?”

‘My father beat me with a spoon, hit me with a belt, and threw scalding soup over me’ Victoria Derbyshire bravely shares the abuse her family endured as she backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign to build a safe refuge for domestic abuse survivors. ➡️

Matt Morgan: “During the time I worked with him [Russell Brand], I was never aware of any allegations of serious sexual misconduct against him.” Matt Morgan w/Brand on air: “It's been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady.” ￼ Any more lies, Matt?

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Warning: sexually graphic language Gregg Wallace’s ghostwriter, Shannon Kyle, tells BBC Newsnight he dropped a towel in front of her and asked, “If you won’t let me sleep with you, would you lick my arse****?”

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Two men walk behind a woman busking, sexually assault her, call it a joke and then offer her 50p… 97% of women aged 18-24 have been sexually harassed, 96% don’t report because of the belief that it would not change anything. Men, help change this. (Credit: Hollymariemusic)

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“Go to bed wearing a belt.” That’s what a doctor told Kate’s husband after he admitted to raping her in his sleep. She was being drugged and raped for years. No one said: She’s in danger. Call the police. This is what domestic spiking sounds like. 📻 LISTEN to *Kate’s story

#MyWifeMyAbuser is a difficult but necessary watch. This doc film not only shines a light for male victims of coercive control, but for children who witness domestic abuse too. Anyone can be a victim. There is support available. There is a life after abuse.

How many women does it take to be believed? In Noel Clarke’s case, it took 26. He sued the Guardian for £70m, claiming conspiracy. The High Court ruled their investigation was substantially true. I explain why investigative journalism like this matters, now more than ever…

How can we expect victims to report rape or domestic abuse when officers laugh off their testimony, joke about sexual violence and trade racist hate? This isn’t ‘toxic behaviour’, it’s a culture that silences victims before they even speak. Shameful. ➡️

“Extreme misogyny is an ideology in its own right. If the government doesn’t recognise that, they are failing women and girls.” Journalist Joan Smith on Woman’s Hour discussing the Southport killings, leaked extremism report and why misogyny must be seen as a driver of violence.

15-year-old Holly Newton’s murder should move all of us to speak out and raise awareness of coercive control. What are our govt, police, schools and employers doing to tackle this? Why should Holly’s harms be classed as knife crime?! This is domestic abuse. This is escalation.

Lucy was 13. Groomed, isolated, coercively controlled. But the law says it’s not domestic abuse, because she was under 16. While boys are radicalised by violent misogyny online, girls are left to survive them. This is state failure. ➡️

Incredible courage by Gareth Jones to speak out about the controlling abuse he suffered at the hands of his ex-partner, Sarah Rigby, who walked free this week. "I feel disappointed with the verdict." Speaking to ITV News, Gareth hopes more men will report abuse ⬇️

Matt Morgan: “During the time I worked with him [Russell Brand], I was never aware of any allegations of serious sexual misconduct against him.” Matt Morgan w/Brand on air: “It's been 25 minutes since he showed his willy to a lady.” Any more lies, Matt?