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France does not have a legal age of consent.
https://jezebel.com/french-lawyers-for-man-accused-of-sexual-abuse-say-11-y-1822993774 A trial in France is reignited a debate over the fact that the country does not have a legal age of consent. On February 13, a 29-year-old French man went on trial in the suburb of Pontoise for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl. The Associated Press reports that defense lawyers say that the man…
Why Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse Don’t Disclose
As the young men in Leaving Neverland explained, they did not realize that they had been sexually abused until they were in their thirties. Instead, they considered what allegedly occurred between themselves and Michael Jackson as a love affair in which they consented to all the activities that occurred. This kind of thinking is common for former victims…
Self-care not enough to beat depression
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-hubble-anxiety-medication_us_5b3ba71ce4b09e4a8b27f269 At its worst, anxiety controlled my future. I always wanted to go backpacking, but travel had so many inherent risks: Open water was home to lurking sharks, every mosquito was loaded with a deadly tropical disease, my plane would crash, I would hurtle through the window of a taxi onto a dirt road and…
Unspoken abuse: Mothers who rape their sons
Marcus died by suicide two years ago and when he did, he left University of Canberra researcher Lucetta Thomas a message. The sentence that stayed with her was this one: “The only course of action is for you to do something positive, like finish the PhD.” To an outsider, these could be understood as simple…
Meditation does not make you a better person
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/05/meditation-does-not-make-better-person-study-finds/ “We did not find that meditation had any negative effects, however the good impacts can be compared to a placebo effect. “A person may have the expectation of becoming a better person through meditating, and may believe that to be the case – but in fact this has not been proven.” Initial analysis carried…