Grant West collecting signatures for a petition demanding a royal commission

http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/83538768/Calls-for-royal-commission-into-child-abuse A child-sex abuse survivor travelling New Zealand on a crusade to force a top-level inquiry into the issue has stopped in Palmerston North to gather support. Grant West visited the city on Wednesday collecting signatures for a petition demanding a royal commission into institutional responses to sexual abuse of children. West says something has…

Israeli Male Inmates in Group Therapy

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.738928 For the past five months, seven prisoners clad in orange have been meeting weekly at the department for rehabilitation for drug addicts at the Hasharon prison. They are all victims of sexual assault and are participating in a pioneering support group called “trauma and recovery.” In prison they talk for the first time of…

Effects of childhood bullying long term

http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/effects-of-childhood-bullying-may-persist-for-years-study-3015086/ Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, and its detrimental effects may linger for years, a new study suggests. The study, which involved 480 college freshmen through seniors, suggests that the negative effects of bullying may negatively affect victims’ mental health well into young adulthood. Participants in the study by Dorothy Espelage…

Autism a Silicon Valley asset with social quirks

Autism a Silicon Valley asset with social quirks – https://t.co/5lYtbFjTJM – https://t.co/5lYtbFjTJM Autism a S… https://t.co/FZ7vuMOc32 — Autism News Now! (@AutismNewsNow) August 28, 2016 Corey Weiss may not be adept at body language or social cues, but he knows software. Laser-focus on detail that comes with his place on the autism spectrum are part of…

Corrections to appeal after losing bid to supervise child sex offender with disturbed past settled in Wellington

Corrections to appeal after losing bid to supervise child sex offender with disturbed past settled in Wellington http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83746020/Corrections-to-appeal-after-losing-bid-to-supervise-child-sex-offender-with-disturbed-past-settled-in-Wellington Alinizi fled Iraq as a child with family, where he had witnessed his uncle kill his mother during an argument, a judgment released this week said. He had also been exposed to “graphic and sadistic violence” by…

‘Christchurch’s youngest don’, sex offender Tasi Selini, on the run from police

‘Christchurch’s youngest don’, sex offender Tasi Selini, on the run from police http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83792546/christchurchs-youngest-don-tasi-selini-on-the-run-from-police In 2009, he allegedly kidnapped a man – driving him around Christchurch for several hours assaulting him, stabbing him in the leg with a knife and abandoning him. A witness at trial gave evidence of Selini referring to himself as “the youngest…

Sexual assaults on children rising in the Bay

Sexual assaults on children rising in the Bay http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11702228 Almost 100 children under the age of 12 report being sexually assaulted in the Bay of Plenty every year – and experts say this is only a fraction of the problem. New figures revealed to The Bay of Plenty Times showed in the year to June…

Nelson school sports coach who had sex with student took advantage, judge says

Nelson school sports coach who had sex with student took advantage, judge says http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/83858325/nelson-school-sports-coach-who-had-sex-with-student-took-advantage-judge-says An talented sportsman, Banse has held various coaching roles in Nelson and with the girl’s school, the name of which has been suppressed. In a serious indictment of Banse’s offending, judge David Ruth said he “gave [his] own sexual gratification precedence”…

Why We Don’t Apologize

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/08/23/how-to-apologize-like-a-man/?utm_content=bufferf2530&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Pride. Apologizing can be particularly hard for men because it involves the admittance of fault. It’s hard to say that we messed up. That we were wrong. Our pride gets in the way. Embarrassment. If we messed up royally, doing something truly boneheaded even though we knew better, it can be difficult to talk…