http://wnct.com/2015/10/15/meeting-for-restore-one-scheduled-tonight/ Late last week, a presentation to the community about a shelter for male victims of sex trafficking not only brought awareness to the subject, but also voices of the opposition. The shelter is being built in Greene County, a neighbor of Pitt County. Opponents were upset that the land was purchased under a different … Read more
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/10/17/449176709/horrible-things-happen-to-nepali-girls-when-they-menstruate-15girls In Nepal, it is taboo for girls who are menstruating to enter homes (often including their own) or to touch other people. The practice was outlawed in 2005, but many rural areas still participate in these rituals that require menstruating females to sleep outside, increasing the risks of sexual assault. A young Nepalese girl … Read more
United Nations responds to ESA’s criticism of ‘Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls’ report The United Nations has released an official reply to the Entertainment Software Association’s disapproval of their recent report Cyber Violence Against Women and Girls. The ESA criticized the UN for their use of non-scientific research, and unsupported claims of an association … Read more
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34542619 Parents as well as five other World of Life Church members physically beat two children in order for the children to confess their sins. The result was the death of one of their sons, while the other son is hospitalized. The focus of the case is on the parents, yet this article mainly focuses … Read more
By C. White on October 15, 2015 Fifty-nine African American women were participants in an intervention and counselling involving domestic violence and depression. At first, the participants avoided discussions and acceptance of interventions, mental health counseling, anti-depressant medications (p. 296) but after the study, 90% of them (p. 297) stated that the 6 month intervention … Read more
Domestic Violence and Abuse Article review and summary by C. White on October 14, 2015 Domestic violence and abuse is not discriminatory because anybody may become afflicted by psychological or physical assaults. So this includes all races, ages, gender, income levels, and ethnicities. Psychological abuse is more likely to be excused or denied than physical … Read more
Link: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/files-sexual-harassment-suit-article-1.1374386 This article caught my attention because so few stories like this actually exist. by this I mean that more often than not, women fail to report sexual harassment in the workplace. In this particular case, a female police officer, Jazmina Inserillo, reported her lieutenant for sexual harassment after several inappropriate gestures and comments, … Read more
Thea Cox Billie Jean King, was recently invited to engage in a Ted Talk on how she paved the way for women in sports. Billie Jean King the tennis icon who famously beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, was watched by nearly 90 million people worldwide. Billie Jean King … Read more
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/29/europe/hm-hijab-model/index.html Modeling the veil is the latest advertisement by retailer H&M to market their clothes to a wider audience. Only this time, they had Mariah Idrissi don the veil as a fashion statement and perhaps appealing to the younger generation since Idrissi herself is 23 years of age. The retailer was respectful and sensitive towards … Read more
Link (URL link is not working): http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/04/04/mets-slugger-daniel-murphy-and-why-critics-cry-foul-over-paternity-leave/ Although this is not exactly “recent” news, I wanted to share this article because I feel it raises some incredibly important issues about how we conceptualize paternity leave in the United States. While I agree that more attention is being drawn to the issue of unpaid and paid … Read more