"We managed to get that one stopped though."

It was only once she started speaking to other women and experts in the field while making her documentary that she started to let go of the shame and blame she had carried for years."That was really life-changing for me," she said.

"[I realised] there was something here that we can fight for and try and change things, which is what I've been doing ever since."Jess, 32, said one of the many reasons she wrote her book was to call out victim-blaming which she said remained "rife"."You shouldn't have gone to that house party, you shouldn't have sent that photo, or don't wear that short skirt because you're going to get attention," she said, were remarks that only further solidified sexist attitudes and removed the blame from the perpetrator.

She said she was glad whenstarted a conversation on the so-called

but wants the conversation to go further.

"What we're missing is the teenage girls who are actually being affected by this," she said.Back at the rodeo, the sun's gone down, the cheerleaders are out and the audience gets ready to watch bucking broncos – the riders shortly afterwards holding on to their steer for as long as possible before being violently thrown to the ground.

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