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http://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-the-psychology-behind-why-some-people-are-always-late Plenty of research has gone into trying to figure out why some of us are like this. According to human behaviour writer and lecturer Alfie Kohn in a blog post on Psychology Today, saying these people are “inconsiderate” is accurate, but it doesn’t provide a reason behind the tardiness.Continue Reading

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201704/the-one-male-behavior-irritates-women-the-most Research in psychology and communications has yet to catch up with the topic of mansplaining but a paper by Northeastern University’s Joseph Reagle (2016) offers some perspectives from so-called geek culture. Within this culture, there is an obligation to know what you can learn online or through manuals ratherContinue Reading

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Donald Trump kicks off Sexual Assault Awareness Month by defending Bill O’Reilly https://t.co/JtxrlgRUIA pic.twitter.com/5D3qbMK12r — Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) April 5, 2017 In an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, Trump defended O’Reilly after the Times reported that O’Reilly or Fox News paid five women a total of aboutContinue Reading

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http://womensenews.org/2017/01/how-mainstream-comedy-has-helped-normalize-trumps-misogyny/ Just as people have argued that “there’s no such thing as an anti-war film” (a quote generally attributed to the French filmmaker François Truffaut), I tend to disagree with Solnit and Schumer. There’s no such thing as anti-rape humor, at least not for the men in the audience. HumorContinue Reading

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2017/04/04/trump-order-drops-pesky-regulations-on-equal-pay-sexual-harassment/#72f9bc5c5c10 Last week, President Trump signed an executive order revoking the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order, created by President Barack Obama in 2014 to ensure businesses that receive federal contracts do a better job of adhering to labor and civil rights laws. As a result, the president is nowContinue Reading

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/90761450/rise-of-sexpredator-female-teachers-this-is-no-romeo-and-juliet-romance “This behaviour needs to be recognised for what it is, sexual abuse of a child. It should be viewed exactly the same way as if it’s a male offender and a female victim. It needs to be acknowledged that there is a certain process of grooming involved before theContinue Reading

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http://thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-03-2017/gloriavale-report-have-we-learned-nothing-from-centrepoint/ “When is our government going to respond to these kind of groups properly?” Leslie asks. “It is extraordinary that the same abuser has been accused by multiple women and no charges have been laid. They need a specialised committee to manage complaints of sexual abuse and an expert advisoryContinue Reading

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http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=245483 A decade since an inquiry found some officers had behaved disgracefully when handling complaints of sexual assault, police say they have revolutionised their culture. The 2007 Commission of Inquiry into police conduct, led by Dame Margaret Bazley, reviewed 313 complaints of sexual assault against 222 police officers between 1979Continue Reading

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Trump has declared April National Sexual Assault Awareness month, which is just so, so ironic. https://t.co/tJdL4wWsJ3 pic.twitter.com/YX1u11XMZD — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 1, 2017 Early 1990s: Kristin Anderson claims he touched her genitals: The Washington Post reported on Friday that Anderson was at The China Club in Manhattan whenContinue Reading