http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/06/23/why-many-rape-victims-dont-fight-or-yell/ Freezing occurs when the amygdala – a crucial structure in the brain’s fear circuitry – detects an attack and signals the brainstem to inhibit movement. It happens in a flash, automatically and beyond conscious control. It’s a brain response that rapidly shifts the organism into a state of vigilanceContinue Reading
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http://www.malesurvivor.org/what-adults-can-do.html 1. Keep an eye out for drastic behavioral changes, either extreme acting out or withdrawal that is out of character. 2. One very important thing a parent or caregiver can do is to keep repeating to their children that they can always come forward with any questions, fears, andContinue Reading
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/276915/mother-of-dead-children-can’t-accept-findings Ms Stevens said Ms Webb did not make a rape complaint against Mr Livingstone because her priority was to protect her children. However, he admitted the rape to others and police should have interviewed him about it, and could have charged him without Ms Webb having to lay theContinue Reading
From pale straw to syrup and every shade in-between, see what the color of your urine means: http://t.co/UBHSJMPgnZ pic.twitter.com/2jBWqUfhdb — Cleveland Clinic (@ClevelandClinic) June 23, 2015Continue Reading
Does Joy Cowley's 'Mum's Diet' teach kids "body hatred"?http://t.co/d4x2T8jRpz pic.twitter.com/rbcsFh9OCl — Stuff.co.nz News (@NZStuff) June 23, 2015Continue Reading
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51196#.VYh_aqPcp1Q Meanwhile, UN investigator Rabiaa el-Gharani compared the “much higher and horrifying” level of violence in Iraq, citing the attacks on different villages like the one last August on a large group of Yazidi women, to the more “individual cases” of rape and sexual violence reported in Syria at check-points,Continue Reading
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51202#.VYh-TaPcp1T In an effort to boost the global fight against the horrors faced by women and girls in zones of conflict worldwide, the United Nations General Assembly today approved by consensus a new resolution to commemorate 19 June as the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.Continue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/69382033/hastings-teen-a-victim-of-intimidation-and-sexual-violence-says-crown While the assault was under way the voices of Kerr, Roper and Olsen could be heard encouraging Sims. The victim is heard apologising, crying, and saying she did not want to fight. “While all this was happening these three laughed,” Manning said. Throughout all this the woman was unlawfullyContinue Reading
