The Other Half
@OtherHalfOrg
The Other Half is a new centre of research for practical, workable policy in the interests of women.
Today we publish EK Wakeman's report which demands action on the harms of ultraviolent online content. "Britain, like most developed nations, has many women reporting violence being done to them in sex. This alarm bell has been ringing for years." "The ringing gets louder.…
2024: The Cass Review of NHS Gender Identity services says children's exposure to violent pornography and normalised asphyxiation /slapping is one of stressors faces by the large numbers of girls identifying away from being female x.com/OtherHalfOrg/s…
2015. 100% increase in 6 months of referrals to NHS child gender clinic. Most are girls. Head of the tavistock thinks this is due to "increased confidence" in girls coming forward
Things Britain will ban Vs. will not ban @thesundaysport kids using phones having phone sex to see porn on the number ads on the school bus back page in case kids see them
"Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage. How has this extreme practice been normalised?" theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Here's FIVE years' worth of campaigning attempts to get @tiktok_uk to stop promoting content that glorifies violent harm to young women. We find that "choking" content is still rife on the platform, used by 30% of British 5-7year olds. x.com/Wecantconsentt…
Tiktok again, a social media platform which welcomes a sixth of UK toddlers and which government currently thinks can be made 'safe' for teens with some bedtime music. It's incapable of closing off content that glorifies violence against young women...
Young Scots women killed by men who strangle them and try to pass it off as kinky/rough sex include Chloe Miazek, Hannah Dorans and Mandy Barclay By 2019 54% of 18-24 year old women had been strangled in sex Hardly radical for a man to try to make "choking" liberatory
It is absolutely disgusting that @edintfest is promoting a "performance" which features the dangerous practice of "choking". As @beirasplace, @Wecantconsentto, @WSPGlasgow, & many others have highlighted, this is becoming horribly widespread. It should NEVER be entertainment!
Why Britain is especially vulnerable to the cold economics of assisted suicide. Must-read from @Louise_m_perry in today’s @nytimes:
Dire.
Extremely disturbing that Grok’s new AI companion Ani can be made into a child and describe it is “sexually aroused by being choked”. Even more so that thr app is listed as “Teen” or 12+ on Apple and Google app stores. euronews.com/next/2025/07/1…