Man-shaming

Man-shaming

https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/posteverything/wp/2016/06/30/feminists-treat-men-badly-its-bad-for-feminism/ Things have gotten to a point where casual low-level male-bashing is a constant white noise in the hip progressive online media. Take a recent piece on Broadly, the women’s section of Vice, titled, “Men Are Creepy, New Study Confirms” — promoted with a Vice Facebook post that said: “Are you a man? You’re probably a creep.” The actual studyfound…

Two-Thirds Of New Zealand Primary Schoolers Are Talking To Friends Online

Two-Thirds Of New Zealand Primary Schoolers Are Talking To Friends Online

Study Finds Two-Thirds Of New Zealand Primary Schoolers Are Talking To Friends Online: AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the… https://t.co/8DrLGmgTXw – Christchurch News (@ChristchurchDay) December 1, 2016 The Digital Playground, the third stage of AVG’s year-long Digital Diaries research program, further delves into the increasingly digitally-literate group of 6-to-9-year olds and their parents in Australia, New…

Which is the greenest, happiest country in the world?

Which is the greenest, happiest country in the world?

Which is the greenest, happiest country in the world? https://t.co/zYq7xlsfXW pic.twitter.com/0fSjJP0pp6 – World Economic Forum (@wef) December 1, 2016 There’s one country that stands out: Costa Rica, which tops the ranking for the third time. It is the happiest and most sustainable country on Earth, according to the Happy Planet Index. So, what is it…

Should an independent inquiry be set up into abuse in state care?

Should an independent inquiry be set up into abuse in state care?

Judge Carolyn Henwood talks to Kim Hill – should an independent inquiry be set up into abuse in state care? pic.twitter.com/OP4xqZSPQp — Morning Report (@NZMorningReport) November 30, 2016 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/319257/tolley-rules-out-apology-for-child-abuse-in-state-care A judge who headed a panel hearing from more than 1000 people abused as children in state care is furious at the government’s response. Judge Carolyn…

Rates of nonconsensual sexual contact between men and women basically equal

Rates of nonconsensual sexual contact between men and women basically equal

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-hidden-epidemic-of-men-who-are-raped-by-women?utm_source=broadlytwitterus “The way we talk about men and sex needs to change,” Stemple says. “When we have these stereotypes for men, it makes it hard for them to come forward when they’re victimized.” Stemple has long focused her research on how sexual violence against men goes under-reported. In 2014, she released a paper on male…

Putting intellectual diversity in a left wing prison

Putting intellectual diversity in a left wing prison

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-social-science-politically-biased/ In the past couple of years imbroglios erupted on college campuses across the U.S. over trigger warnings (for example, alerting students to scenes of abuse and violence in The Great Gatsby before assigning it), microaggressions (saying “I believe the most qualified person should get the job”), cultural appropriation (a white woman wearing her hair…

But he says the people seeking this material are potentially paedophiles

But he says the people seeking this material are potentially paedophiles

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/201825696/’they-just-think-it’s-a-funny-kind-of-video’ “The child will have a YouTube channel and the adult will find it and comment, ‘oh please do the tiny, teeny, challenge’ and then they’ll give this kid the rules of the challenge.” Farrier says none of the content is overtly sexual. “If you looked at these videos on their own OK here’s a…

Many of their interactions with children can go undetected by existing protection software

Many of their interactions with children can go undetected by existing protection software

Paedophiles use specific language techniques to gain children’s trust online https://t.co/c9S3lD6UHH — The Conversation (@ConversationUK) November 29, 2016 Grooming is developed in three phases: access, entrapment and approach. Access and approach are relatively simple: they respectively involve contacting a child, saying “hi ur cute” for example, and making the necessary arrangements to meet the child…