Sarah Harte: Same old crap being served up with a veneer of feminist empowerment

Two images led Sarah Harte to think about developments since the #MeToo movement and the whole sex positive idea for women
Sarah Harte: Same old crap being served up with a veneer of feminist empowerment

Sabrina Carpenter's tours are big on ‘horny choreography’, sexual innuendoes complete with glittery bodysuits, garter belts and simulated sex. File photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV

I was on the way back last week from moderating an event in Belfast, where we discussed the staggeringly high rates of domestic and sexual abuse north and south of the border. 

We also explored the obvious connection between the increasing number of increasingly younger victims and perpetrators of domestic and sexual abuse with the proliferation of porn. `Catching up with the news cycle for my column on the Belfast Enterprise train, two images in the news felt depressingly relevant to what we had been discussing at the '5 Books That Could Save Your Life' event.

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