The cultural taboos of suicide and mental illness | John Nieuwenburg | TEDxStanleyPark
Suicide and mental illness are stigmatized and painful for everyone affected.
We need to talk about male suicide | Steph Slack | TEDxFolkestone
It’s now the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK with 12 men taking their own lives every day. At some point in your life you’ll probably be touched by male* suicide. It’s now the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK with 12 men taking their own lives every day….
Binge eating and smoking linked to bullying and sexual abuse
https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news104322.html Those who suffered bullying and sexual abuse were three times more likely to be binge eaters than people who had never experienced these forms of abuse. “Antidepressant use was up to four times more likely and smoking dependence was twice as frequent.” If someone had two or more adverse outcomes (smoking dependence, binge eating,…
Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Act 2020
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2020/0053/latest/whole.html#LMS289808
What Representing Men in Divorce Taught Me About Fatherhood
According to the Center for Disease Control, children from fatherless homes account for 90% of homeless and runaway children; 71% of high school dropouts and 63% of youth suicides. Attorney Marilyn York owns a Men’s Rights Family Law Firm in Reno Nevada, established in 2001. She and her ten female employees focus on representing men…
The Disturbing Reason Everyone Is Talking About Mr. Robot
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/11/8829052/mr-robot-season-4-episode-7-elliot-dad The big reveal? Elliot was sexually abused by his father Edward Alderson (also Christian Slater). We come to this horrifying realization in one of the darkest ways possible. Vera spends all of “Proxy” trying to force either Elliot or Mr. Robot to explain the latter’s existence. Mr. Robot is willfully hostile towards the inquiry,…
94 percent of sexual assaults in New Zealand weren’t reported to police
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/05/sobering-research-reveals-94-percent-of-sexual-assaults-in-new-zealand-weren-t-reported-to-police.html?fbclid=IwAR2mOoa41mmOaGe8eWOubw-v8tOPTWsYUWcSQNUA1tjhWKW47UBhE7RFxQQ 94 percent of motor vehicle thefts were reported but victims of sexual violence stayed silent. The New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey interviewed 80,000 people about their experiences with crime and found 29 percent of respondents had experienced sexual violence in the last 12 months – with women three times as likely to be…