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Meditation doesn’t make you a better person
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11988847 It made people feel moderately more compassionate or empathetic, compared to if they had done no other new emotionally-engaging activity. However, a further analysis revealed that meditation didn’t reduce aggression or prejudice or improving how socially-connected someone was. The most unexpected result of this study, though, was that the more positive results found for…
Criticism of the Duluth Model
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth_model Criticism of the Duluth Model has centered on the program’s insistence that men are perpetrators who are violent because they have been socialized in a patriarchy that condones male violence, and that women are victims who are violent only in self-defense.[15] Some critics argue that “programs based on the Duluth Model may ignore research…
#Women #Posting #Pictures #Challenge #Stereotype #PTSD
Women Are Posting Pictures to Challenge a Stereotype About PTSD http://themighty.com/2016/05/facesofptsd-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-awareness/ The idea started with a disappointing online search. While researching for a piece about trigger warnings, Cissy White realized when she searched for images under “post-traumatic stress disorder” (PTSD), the top results showed exclusively men in uniform. Given that women are more than twice as likely to develop…
Outrage over sexual assault case in China
Sexual assault case in China sparks outrage https://t.co/1hxyyQ4WBb — Better Blokes (@BetterBlokesNZ) April 14, 2020 A high-profile sexual assault investigation in China has prompted many to come forward online with similar experiences of abuse in a country where it remains tough to get justice for such crimes. A prominent Chinese lawyer who sat on the…