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Rape culture and the perfect victim: Using the rights words in sexual assault coverage

By STEPH WECHSLER Special to the RJRC February 26, 2016 Jian Ghomeshi’s trial has given Canadians a crash course in the parameters of consent and a comprehensive case study on how the media covers sexual violence. Farrah Khan, co-ordinator of the Office for Sexual Violence Support and Education at Ryerson University, called the climate around the case “tumultuous,” and urged journalists…