A company in the UK offering rape testing kits faces widespread criticism – but shouldn’t we ask why it exists at all? | Zoe Williams

Sexual violence is hugely under-reported and cases rarely make it to court. These are the facts that should shock us Two years ago, Katie White set up Enough, which distributes self-swabbing rape kits. These are DIY kits that people who believe they have been raped or sexually assaulted can use at home by collecting DNA and posting it to a private laboratory for analysis. White was responding to a few stark facts about sexual violence in England and Wales: of more than 70,000 rapes reported t...

By Zoe Williams