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Clare Mary Smith McGlynn is a Professor of Law at Durham University in the UK and leading expert on violence… more

Clare McGlynn
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by Clare McGlynn

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What could possibly go wrong 🧐

by Clare McGlynn

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Done an 'official' post - but actually now sharing this 😀
Can't emphasise how exciting it is for your ordinary academic to have their book featured like this - might even be that it's not just libraries that buy it😀
#Exposed 25% off for pre-orders this week
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
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by Clare McGlynn

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Things won’t change on their own.
To reclaim sexual freedom, equality and democracy, we must confront and regulate patriarchal porn.
Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back — out in May 2026.
#Exposed #Feminism #OnlineSafety #PatriarchalPorn #LawReform
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by Clare McGlynn

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Exposed turns the conventional arguments about porn and freedom on their head.
The same liberal values used to resist regulation — autonomy, liberty, privacy, free speech — are exactly the values that demand it.
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by Clare McGlynn

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Too often, when I speak about this, I’m called “anti-sex” or “sex-negative.”
But there is nothing sex-positive for women in patriarchal porn.
My approach is sex-positive — I want a world of porn without the patriarchy, where consent and women’s pleasure are central.
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by Clare McGlynn

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I argue that this is not just any porn, it's patriarchal porn — porn that eroticises inequality and blurs consent.
It’s algorithmically promoted, endlessly accessible, and shaping our culture, politics, and freedoms in negative ways.
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by Clare McGlynn

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🔊New Book Announcement *Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back* pre-order now 🙂
Aims to spark debate about the misogynistic, racist & sexually violent nature of mainstream porn.
Pre-order discount 14-17 Oct: 25% off with OCTOBER25 at Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
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Excited to announce that Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor at CPS will be speaking at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?

Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips

Book your place here! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...
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Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social from our Law School played a key role in a deepfake sexual abuse case.

Her expert evidence helped secure a major penalty of over £220,000, recognising the serious harm caused by sharing fake explicit images.

Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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by Clare McGlynn

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Deeply troubling article minimising the nature and extent of legal actions against the Tate brothers for rape and sexual assault. Peddling inaccuracies as well to bolster the argument is never a good look. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Women allegedly abused by Andrew Tate decry ‘misleading’ Spectator article
Complaint sent to Ipso over interview with ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother in Michael Gove-edited magazine
www.theguardian.com
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by Colin Murray — Reposted by Clare McGlynn, Tariq Modood, Steve Peers , and 4 more

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The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.
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by Clare McGlynn

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ChatGPT actually said to a suicidal teenager: 'would you want to write them [his parents] a letter? If you want, I'll help you with it'
ChatGPT both suggests a suicide note and offers to write it.
We could prevent this. It's not inevitable. It's a deliberate design choice.
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · Aug 28
Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide?
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods

www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
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by Clare McGlynn — Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide?
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods

www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
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by Clare McGlynn

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Intimate images are being shared on mainstream media, against the law in Serbia, to shame and silence women - and no action is being taken.
Every day there are new stories about the extent of image abuse against women and girls #darktimes
balkaninsight.com/2025/08/28/i...

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On #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
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by Clare McGlynn — Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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#MaybeTomorrow #HopeSo
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by Clare McGlynn

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It's this content that we need to remove from mainstream online p0rn as it is legitimising and normalising abusive and non-consensual practices. The Report does call for such action. My point is that this gets drowned out by the predominant focus on age verification and children's access.
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by Clare McGlynn

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The Report also identifies
➡️ more than half (58%) of had seen porn depicting strangulation
➡️ 44% had seen depictions of sex while asleep - otherwise known as rape p0rn
➡️ and they were not searching for this content
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by Clare McGlynn — Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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It's the content of p0rn that's the real problem - if the content was not racist, misogynistic and sexually violent, there would be far less concern re children's access.
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises
www.theguardian.com
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by Clare McGlynn — Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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"This is not misogyny by accident, it is by design"
My comment on the latest example of AI tech being released without a care about its adverse uses and impacts, particularly on women and girls.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk's Grok AI
Grok Imagine's
www.bbc.co.uk
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by Steve Peers — Reposted by Clare McGlynn, Steve Peers

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Musk’s AI generating deep fake Taylor Swift porn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk's Grok AI
Grok Imagine's
www.bbc.co.uk
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Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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Amidst all the public attention towards AI and the tech industry, something not being talked about nearly enough is how they are exacerbating gender inequality and violence against women. So how can we hold them to account? We discuss with @claremcglynn.bsky.social: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
Episode 56 of the Now and Men podcast with Prof Clare McGlynn
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by Clare McGlynn — Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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My latest comment on - why we need to talk about 'sexual digital forgeries' not "deepfake p0rn."
Terminology matters - it shapes our debates, laws and policies. Forgery underlines this is stealing someone's identity.
with Ruya Tuna Toparlak
journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/why-we-...
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Reposted by Clare McGlynn, Fergus McNeill

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🗣️ Please share/take part in our survey on: Women musicians' experiences of sexual violence & harassment in the Scottish folk scene.

We've heard many conversations about ongoing challenges and hope to help develop better understanding and awareness, and pathways to change.

✍️ bit.ly/UofG-Survey
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by Clare McGlynn

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Excellent article from Anna Moore emphasising the serious risks of choking/strangulation during sex, with my comments on the proposed regulation of depictions in prnography:
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Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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If you would like to participate in the research please use this link. bit.ly/UofG-Survey

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Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Dr Kelly Johnson said: "We are launching an online confidential survey to capture the extent and nature of women musician's experience of sexual violence and harassment and collect ideas and understandings about pathways for change and possible routes forward."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's scary to talk about music scene abuse but if I don't, it won't change
Fiddle player Laura Jane Wilkie feels a responsibility to talk about issues in her industry to help other women
www.bbc.co.uk
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Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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Judges across many courts and tribunals have been subject to increasing — and increasingly unacceptable — sensationalist and inaccurate abuse, the lady chief justice Baroness Carr said last night. More needed to be done about attacks on our democratic process.
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Attacking democracy
Lady chief justice demands effective security for judiciary
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Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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The Court of Appeal has set limits to the principle of open justice, overturning the decision of a judge in the High Court family division and ruling against the BBC.

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Open justice limits
BBC told care cases are not always source of material for journalistic endeavour
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Reposted by Clare McGlynn

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Worrying new paper from Prof Cath White: in 6 year period, doubling of #strangulation in sexual assault on children. All perps male. Association with victim's mental health - effect, or vulnerability? @institutefas.bsky.social @claremcglynn.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Analysis of case files of children reporting non-fatal strangulation as part of a sexual assault
There is increasing awareness of non-fatal strangulation (NFS) in interpersonal violence in adults but less in the literature regarding children and y…
www.sciencedirect.com
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