Catherine O'Mahony: Off Message

The overturning of Ched Evans' rape conviction showed how hard it is for those who feel they have been sexually assaulted to come forward

Just 10 to 20 per cent of sexual assaults are reported and conviction rates are abysmal Pic: iStock

For a brief moment earlier this month it seemed as though the world had seen the light regarding the trivialisation of sexual assaults on women.

People were clamouring to publicly condemn the US Republican candidate Donald Trump’s boasting about assaulting women. They were rushing to express the degree to which they abhorred the misogynistic bile that he tried to pass off as “locker room banter”.

The phrase “Not in my locker room” was ...