Women’s Safety
Sydney Nightclub Expands Harassment Policy to Include “Staring” Without Consent
A nightclub in Australia is taking a series of new steps in an effort to strengthen its culture of consent. Sydney’s Club 77 is expanding its zero-tolerance harassment policy to ban unwanted staring, according to a statement issued by the venue. “As a nightclub, we encourage you to interact with strangers, however any engagement MUST begin with verbal consent,” reads a post shared on Club 77’s Instagram page. “This also applies if you are, for example, staring at someone from afar. If the attention you are giving someone is unwanted, that is considered harassment.” Elsewhere in the statement, Club 77 states the venue is not solely a place for “pick up,” and reiterates that giving fellow club-goers any unwanted attention is in violation ...
Woman Says She Was Injected With Unknown Substance at Nottingham Nightclub
After multiple reports of random needle attacks in a number of Nottingham nightclubs, the city’s police are investigating. Zara Owen, a student at the University of Nottingham, discovered that she had a pin prick in her leg after a night out at PRYZM nightclub in Nottingham on October 10th. Owen, 19, says she experienced pain in her leg before she found a small dot. Zara Owen/BBC According to a report by the BBC, Owen recalls going to PRYZM with her friends and ordering a drink at the bar. She didn’t drink much that night—and never blacks out from drinking—but she did on the night in question, she said. Owen doesn’t have any other memory of that evening. Recommended Articles “I’m genuinely really scared. It’s one ...
