The fall of Russell Brand is no victory for women

Our attitudes towards sex have changed profoundly over the past two decades – and not always for the better.

D B Young from London, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

You have to hand it to Channel 4. Two decades ago, the broadcaster helped fuel Russell Brand’s rise to fame. Now, it has removed all of the old programmes that feature him from its website. Back in the 2000s, Channel 4 gained viewers and revenue from Bra…