http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/89840649/palmerston-north-community-gather-for-seminar-on-sexual-violence Clearwater told the audience how being abused fuelled his rage as a young man. As a teenager Clearwater was expelled from his school in Christchurch after beating up a teacher and school prefect. He was later arrested for assaulting a police officer. He lost his job at a meatContinue Reading
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-conversation-we-need-to-have-about-milo-child_us_58ace71ae4b0598627a55e41 I’m not interested in parsing what the word “pedophilia” means, and whether Yiannopoulos was advocating it or not. I am interested in discussing child sexual abuse, which his remarks clearly described, and I am interested in talking about consent, which children cannot legally or meaningfully give to adults forContinue Reading
A really interesting read and something that's probable not thought about at the time of becoming a donor. https://t.co/STTgS2PjoV — Kiwi Families (@KiwiFamilies) February 27, 2017 Ten years ago he donated sperm. Like the counsellor said – this is my reality now. My reality is that the questions have alreadyContinue Reading
Disabled students’ post-school transition lacking – advocate https://t.co/hZMjtZugMg via @radionz #InclusionMatters — NZ Human Rights (@NZHumanRights) February 27, 2017 He said the current system made it hard to prepare disabled students for independent living. Support for disabled students preparing to leave school should be better co-ordinated. “There’s no clear pathway,Continue Reading
The police chief investigating claims that Sir Edward Heath was a paedophile is convinced the allegations are ‘120 per cent’ genuine, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. More than 30 people have come forward with claims of sexual abuse by the former Conservative Prime Minister, according to well-placed sources. AndContinue Reading
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/nyu-eac021517.php Emotions are not innately programmed into our brains, but, in fact, are cognitive states resulting from the gathering of information, New York University Professor Joseph LeDoux and Richard Brown, a professor at the City University of New York, conclude in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of theContinue Reading
The Dutch Government is planning to launch an international fund to finance access to birth control and abortion in developing countries, in order to fill the gap left after the Trump administration announced it would no longer fund any overseas aid organisations which discussed abortion. “Banning abortions does not resultContinue Reading
Projective Identification: How a Narcissist Projects Their Identity on Othershttps://t.co/yZGAgjn8hY — PsychCentral (@PsychCentral) January 22, 2017 But something seemed a bit off about her as she was too put together and completely lacked the usual anxious reaction that corresponds with living with a narcissist. Her appearance was immaculate, her mannerismContinue Reading
How to Handle a Depression Relapse – https://t.co/V68DZTIbml — PsychCentral (@PsychCentral) January 19, 2017Continue Reading
