The Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute is Ireland’s only independent research body dedicated to the study of commercial sexual exploitation.
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined May 2020
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We are no longer posting here for all the obvious reasons - see: serp.ie/wp-content/uploads/2…
You can continue to follow our work over on LinkedIn: ie.linkedin.com/company/sexu… Sincere thanks to all for your support & engagement over the years.
We concur!!
Rape Crisis Ireland is calling for a total ban on AI-based functions that can produce deepfake sexual images of children and adults >>
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#OnlineSafety #SexualViolencePrevention
Grok's 'tiny bikini' phenomenon = digital sexual abuse @CraftyReporter
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Calls on Ireland to step up response to surge in 'AI girlfriend' sites amid fears of their impact on boys, and on girls...
@SERPInstIRL @ISPCCChildline @cari_ie
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To learn about sexual sadism bleeding into everyone's (though especially young people's) sex lives via porn listen here (sources in the description): youtu.be/aeRqat17qbY?si=kmGL…
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Eoghan Cleary: We need to end the great social experiment on our children irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/…
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We strongly suggest you watch the important and excellently presented evidence Ruth Breslin gave in support of Ash Regan's #Unbuyable bill.
Her explanation of the reality of the sex trade and the profiles of the women and men that were researched in Ireland make it clear as day that prostitution = men sexually exploiting vulnerable women.
#EqualityModel #NordicModel
Very proud to present our evidence on the #EqualityModel in #Ireland (the positives & the lessons learned) as the Scottish Parliament considers @AshReganMSP #Unbuyable Bill @OCallaghanJim @FitzgeraldFrncs @DeptJusticeIRL @ScotlandModel @nordicmodelnow @RapeCrisisIre @miadefaoite
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The evidence is clear: if we want to protect victims of exploitation and to disrupt sex trafficking networks, Scotland must strengthen our laws to tackle the root cause - male demand to buy sex. My Unbuyable bill provides a necessary first step in combating the scourge of male violence against women, by criminalising those who treat women and children as sexual products for sale and review.
#16DaysOfActivism
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Stand with Survivors
Stand with the 90% still in Prostitution
Support the UNBUYABLE BILL
Wherever you Are. Whoever you are Sign the Petition:
change.org/SupportTheBill
@miadefaoite @RachelRMoran @SERPInstIRL @RuhamaAgency @NotForSale_UK @CAPintl @ScotlandModel @KatBanyard
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We asked our service users and staff what they’d really like to say to Sex Buyers.
Over the 16 days of Activism to end Gender-Based violence we’ll be passing on some of their messages.
Real women (not chatbots) are saying what they really feel about selling sex and they are addressing their ‘dear sex-buyers' directly.
The Rules of Consent apply to Every. Single. Sexual. Interaction. And if you have to pay for it, it’s not consent.
During the 16 days campaign we’ll be posting a series of messages highlighting the realities of the sex trade and the inhumanity experienced by those impacted by commercial sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Ireland.
Please like and share and join us in raising awareness of the system of prostitution as a form of violence against women, and driver of human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
#16DaysofActivism #16Days #NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence #EndGenderBasedViolence #EndDemand
@un_women @CommunityFound @SERPInstIRL
There is NO safe way to strangle yet strangulation as a sexual practice is being widely normalised by #pornography - "To be sex positive is to be porn critical" - we concur! @theRichardHogan @Womens_Aid @NWCI @Madser2002 @IMO_IRL @CNaM_ie @DeptJusticeIRL @OCallaghanJim
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“We’ve seen strangulation [become] a normalised sexual practice, not as something unusual or niche or a kink…[But] Every medical professional I speak to worth their salt says there is no way to do this safely.” @Madser2002 @IMO_IRL @theRichardHogan @Womens_Aid @RapeCrisisIre
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Our 2024 Statistics Report launched today highlights the need for targeted investment in research to understand why and how people disclose, as well as the resulting impacts >>
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#CloseTheDisclosureGap #SupportingSurvivors
Very proud to present our evidence on the #EqualityModel in #Ireland (the positives & the lessons learned) as the Scottish Parliament considers @AshReganMSP #Unbuyable Bill @OCallaghanJim @FitzgeraldFrncs @DeptJusticeIRL @ScotlandModel @nordicmodelnow @RapeCrisisIre @miadefaoite
You can watch the full session here - starting just after 11am scottishparliament.tv/meetin…
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On 29/10, we hear from @NiinaVu, Ruth Breslin of @SERPInstIRL, Dr. Larissa Sandy (Univ of Nottingham), and @JoPhoenix1 on the Prostitution Bill. Details here: ow.ly/mBFG50XhvQV
We also hear from @AConstance23 on the plans for the early release of prisoners.
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Pornography is distorting young people’s perception of sexuality, leading to greater violence in sexual assaults.
We have a responsibility to ensure this misrepresentation isn’t accepted by the public, Minister @OCallaghanJim says at @oneinfourirish report launch
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Boys can take a photo of any real girl from their social media accounts and use AI to create a fake girlfriend who will perform any sex act they're asked to - Ruth Breslin of @SERPInstIRL speaking at @RuhamaAgency conference about tech, porn & #SexualViolence >>
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Powerful, as ever, from @miadefaoite
"Because the truth is they buy us when we're sick, they buy us when we're weeping, they buy us when we're disconnected, stoned, intoxicated, they buy us when we can't even understand the language they're speaking or have no sense of where we are, they buy us when we have visible bruises, cuts, marks, scars, infections, even when we bleed they will continue. They buy us when we are pregnant, they impregnate us without a second thought of the consequences for us or our bodies nor the children that are born because of their illegal purchase. The consequences of their actions are profound and long-lasting."
Survivor input from @ruhamaagency's Training Lead Mia de Faoite at today's international conference: Technology - Friend or Foe? An International Conversation on Combatting Pornography, Sexual Violence and Sexual Exploitation
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