Louise Perry

Louise Perry is a freelance writer and campaigner against sexual violence.

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Why is Scotland no longer jailing all rapists? Young offenders are being let off the hook

06 Apr 2023

Why feminists should fear a declining birth rate The example of South Korea is a warning shot

24 Mar 2023

The Bill Cosby story shows the problem with ‘consent’ A new BBC documentary gets caught in a sex-positive muddle

08 Mar 2023

The war over children’s literature has only just begun The posthumous edits to Roald Dahl's works mark a new escalation

21 Feb 2023

Prevent should not treat terrorism as a ‘mental illness’ The agency is too focused on extremists' 'personal vulnerabilities', a report finds

07 Feb 2023

Is Ghislaine Maxwell gearing up for more revelations? Her TV appearance shows she will only protect Epstein's friends for so long

24 Jan 2023

Happy Valley: the crime drama that eschewed porn and won The BBC show includes real women and shuns gratuitous sexual violence

11 Jan 2023

Why has there been no reckoning over Rotherham? A new investigation shows disgraced councillors still hold influential positions

04 Jan 2023

Andrew Tate: a very modern misogynist The influencer exhibits the privileges of manhood with none of its responsibilities

30 Dec 2022

The latest advice from diet experts: don’t diet The official approach is now to avoid 'restriction' and focus on 'self-esteem'

29 Dec 2022

There’s nothing hardline about Tory immigration policy Liberals are distracted by what the Government is saying rather than doing

20 Dec 2022

Oxford students are going back to the dark ages History graduate Ellie Hargreaves is the latest to be burnt at the stake

02 Dec 2022

Suicide: the new leading cause of maternal mortality A recent report highlights a grim trend

23 Nov 2022

‘Michelle Obama arms’ have gone out of fashion The former First Lady is dialling back on her exercise regime

16 Nov 2022

Green activism is turning apocalyptic Today's millenarians are taking their cue from the Book of Revelations

08 Nov 2022

Was Alex Jones right about hormone disruptors? He had a unique explanation for physiological changes in men and women

03 Nov 2022

Was the sexual revolution a mistake?

29 Jul 2022

Drag Queen Story Hour comes to the UK An American phenomenon is now becoming firmly embedded in this country

09 Jun 2022

How paedophilia anxiety moved from Left to Right A new Jimmy Savile documentary has reignited an old culture war

08 Apr 2022

Why the Will Smith slap is good news Our ADHD culture only survives off such 'scissor events'

28 Mar 2022

Is statue toppling now a Right-wing activity too? The attack on the BBC's Eric Gill statue marks a new juncture in the culture wars

13 Jan 2022

Meghan’s empty confession

12 Mar 2021

Do men love bitches?

16 Feb 2021

Call the Midwife deals with diversity in the right way Unlike The Vicar of Dibley, there is no clumsy attempt to insert a woke message

29 Dec 2020

How random are your politics?

28 Dec 2020

The dangerous cult of natural childbirth

16 Dec 2020

‘Fallen’ women need more than a temporary fix Stigma is pushing vulnerable young mums away from almshouse living

09 Dec 2020

Men do not have the ‘right’ to sex

08 Dec 2020

Layla Saad: a curious case of false identification with black America The Qatari author should be more vocal about the racism in her own country

30 Nov 2020

Is casual sex immoral?

18 Nov 2020

Why bother having babies?

11 Nov 2020

Behind the Gulf’s western facade An abandoned baby in Doha Airport reveals the region's dark side

28 Oct 2020

For sexual violence, ‘restorative justice’ isn’t enough The movement should not be seen as an alternative to prison

26 Oct 2020

What Mary Whitehouse got right

19 Oct 2020

Would you like endless pleasure?

09 Oct 2020

The Covid ban on visitors during childbirth is inhumane Women have always needed familiar faces around them during this time

08 Oct 2020

There is no student mental health crisis

30 Sep 2020

Don’t de-colonise the Pitt Rivers — Westernise it Instead of removing indigenous art, why not add Western objects to go with it?

22 Sep 2020

Are you joining the Covid exodus?

21 Sep 2020

Why are doctors leaving in droves?

15 Sep 2020

Less likely than being struck by lightning? Think I’ll stay indoors The risk of dying from Covid is tiny, but people can't help being frightened anyway

14 Sep 2020

Why defunding the police will hurt women most

08 Sep 2020

Spare me the outrage of the sex trade apologists Don't blame Bella Thorne for succeeding in an industry that we enable

03 Sep 2020

The quiet heroism of refusing to raise a fist Standing up to the mob is never easy, and we should commend those who do it

27 Aug 2020

The generation betrayed by Boris

24 Aug 2020

On pornography, Russell Brand is right The commodification of sex should never be celebrated

18 Aug 2020

No one has the ‘right’ to have a baby

17 Aug 2020

What’s behind the longer hemline? Women's clothing is getting more modest — a trend that is likely to continue

11 Aug 2020

Is Joe Rogan right about young men and video games? For some, gaming plugs the gap left by the loss of masculinity

31 Jul 2020

Daring to be honest about hook-up culture Could Michaela Coel's 'I May Destroy You' be the start of a backlash against casual sex?

27 Jul 2020

The disturbing history of ‘artificial mothers’

22 Jul 2020

An untrue claim in the New Yorker speaks volumes A small, troubling example of the effect political bias has on journalism

21 Jul 2020

Why Jeffrey Epstein deserves to be forgotten

01 Jul 2020

The Wire could never be made today The show's moral complexity belongs to a bygone era

12 Jun 2020

The British imitation of America goes well beyond race The trans movement is another notable US import

04 Jun 2020

Universal Basic Income: A solution to Wokenomics? Single mothers can be supported without the state's intrusion

28 May 2020

No sex please, we’re brutish

23 Apr 2020

What sort of sex do women really want?

01 Apr 2020