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Perpetrators of sexual violence are getting younger

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March 26, 2025 6:00am

25m

Specialist reporter on family and sexual violence, Jess Hill, says perpetrators are getting younger, and the messaging campaigns aimed at men are only causing a backlash as they often create a sense of shame. In her latest Quarterly Essay, Hill looks back at the last fifteen years of policy on dealing with violence against women and children, and why it seems to be failing.