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Schoolies means more drink spiking warnings. Why is the burden still on women to stay safe?

  • Written by Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, La Trobe University, La Trobe University
Schoolies means more drink spiking warnings. Why is the burden still on women to stay safe?Christian Bertrand/Shutterstock

Schoolies season is here – and with it, warnings about staying safe while partying. For girls and women, this often means being told to watch their drinks while out at a bar or club to avoid them being spiked.

We tend to imagine drink spiking as a male stranger adding drugs to a woman’s drink at a bar...

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