https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201109110244.htm Dr Susanna Every-Palmer, the Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Wellington, says 30 per cent of those surveyed reported moderate to severe psychological distress and 16 per cent had moderate to high levels of anxiety. Almost 40 per cent said their level ofContinue Reading
Continuing on from part 1 of this child abuse series, Uipo Uipo and Kaisalina share their abuse stories and talk about how their experiences influenced their behaviour as adults and affected their relationships. DISCLAIMER: This talanoa deals with sensitive content about sexual abuseContinue Reading
Tagata Pasifika In the first part of this series, host Alistar Kata chats with Uipo Uipo-Tagaloasa, Utumo’u Kaisalina Mealamu and Inu Akarei Maresala-Thomson about their experiences with sexual abuse as children, and why they decided to speak up about it. DISCLAIMER: This talanoa deals with sensitive content about sexual abuseContinue Reading
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorrison/2020/10/20/anti-bullying-programs-in-schools-may-do-more-harm-than-good/?sh=167990ff38e0 But there is little evidence that it was the peer interventions themselves that caused the bullying to stop, and no indication that training peers to intervene would have the same effect as spontaneous interventions based on feelings of empathy and injustice, according to the researcher behind the new study.Continue Reading
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300153970/teacher-accused-of-sexually-grooming-violating-teen-boys-he-met-on-dating-app A teacher picked a 15-year-old boy up from outside his school, drove him to “the middle of nowhere” and tried to have sex with him, a court has heard. Teacher Edwin John Downing is on trial at the High Court in Auckland. He has denied 13 charges, including sexualContinue Reading
7 Right to personal privacy (1) Subject to section 384E of the Act, no child or young person in a residence shall be required to be naked in the presence of any member of staff of the residence or any other person for any purposes other than— (a) to undergo an examinationContinue Reading
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/couples-thrive/202011/how-set-and-respect-boundaries-your-spouse 1. Use Clear Communication Spend time identifying what is important to you in your relationship and your life. What “hill are you willing to die on” and what are you willing to be more flexible? Once you’ve identified your specific boundaries, use clear language when discussing them with your partner: Sit downContinue Reading
Bestselling author Donald Jeffries turns his critical eye onto the topic of bullying to show how teachers, principals, and other school officials invariably side with the bullies in the most egregious cases, instead of protecting the victims. He also shows how many so-called anti-bullying activists and nearly all the professionalContinue Reading
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-new-home/202011/insecure-manhood-and-voting-trump Precarious manhood refers to the fragile nature of traditional masculinity. Traditional masculinity, as a form of social status, is more easily threatened than femininity. It is more insecure and precarious, and not easy to achieve or maintain. Manhood is “hard-won and easily lost.” A real man cannot simply be:Continue Reading
As the young men in Leaving Neverland explained, they did not realize that they had been sexually abused until they were in their thirties. Instead, they considered what allegedly occurred between themselves and Michael Jackson as a love affair in which they consented to all the activities that occurred. This kind of thinkingContinue Reading
