Show Notes
Sexual assault and the brain…name a more iconic duo, we’ll wait. So many times, we hear “why didn’t she tell him to stop?” or “why didn’t she push him off” etc. etc.
Well, turns out, there’s a pretty good reason.
In this episode, Hannah speaks to Dr Jim Hopper, a teaching associate from Harvard Medical School to explain the link between the behaviours and the brain.
Find Cheek online at cheekmedia.com.au and on socials @cheekmediaco . You can find more of Dr Hopper’s work here https://jimhopper.com/
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