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The sergeant Louis Gillet discovers a woman who had been tied to a tree by brigands and fights with the brigands to free her. Line engraving by J.G. Wille after P.A. Wille.

Prostitution : stop aux violences : action de santé communautaire en milieu prostitutionnel / ARAP Rubis.

A man stabbing a woman with a stiletto. Oil painting, 18--.

An episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger, is himself threatened by Ranulph Rookwood with a sword, but Ranulph is suddenly restrained by Dick Turpin. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after J. Cawse, 1837.

A man holding an oil lamp and a dagger is standing next to a woman asleep in a canopied bed; Gothic window in the background. Coloured mezzotint, ca. 1800.

Five men beating three women with sticks in Ethiopia. Wood engraving by É. Bayard after G. Lejean, 1867.

A sailor threatening a young woman with a sword on board of a ship. Wood engraving by J.J..

Against my will : defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality / editor: Richard Kollodge.

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A man holding an oil lamp and a dagger is standing next to a woman asleep in a canopied bed; Gothic window in the background. Coloured mezzotint, ca. 1800.

An episode in 'Rookwood', a novel by W. Harrison Ainsworth: Luke Bradley, who is threatening Eleanor Mowbray with a dagger, is himself threatened by Ranulph Rookwood with a sword, but Ranulph is suddenly restrained by Dick Turpin. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after J. Cawse, 1837.

Five men beating three women with sticks in Ethiopia. Wood engraving by É. Bayard after G. Lejean, 1867.

Against my will : defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality / editor: Richard Kollodge.

The sergeant Louis Gillet discovers a woman who had been tied to a tree by brigands and fights with the brigands to free her. Line engraving by J.G. Wille after P.A. Wille.