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Exposure to conspiracy theories fuels bigoted attitudes
https://www.psypost.org/2019/04/brief-exposure-to-conspiracy-theories-fuel-bigoted-attitudes-that-are-transferred-across-groups-53576 Reading the pro-conspiracy information appeared to increase prejudice in general. Participants who read information supporting conspiracy theories against Jews also showed increases in prejudicial attitudes towards Americans, Arabs, the elderly, poor people, and people on social benefits. “In our study, we found that exposure to conspiracy theories about different social groups increase prejudice towards…
Grooming less of an individual but a whole culture
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/08/michael-jackson-groom-entire-culture And the prominence of these men, across different worlds and eras, has traditionally been a part of their camouflage. It seemed to me, after watching Leaving Neverland, that the biggest grooming project was less of any one individual than of a culture as a whole. Most of us are primed to believe that a…
Do public awareness campaigns reduce domestic violence?
Awareness-raising/media campaigns are difficult to evaluate and there is no clear evidence that, in isolation, they prevent violence. There is some evidence that domestic violence campaigns targeting perpetrators can be effective, particularly when they focus on motivators such as the impact on children. There is also evidence that campaigns targeting discrete communities, such as university campuses, have been…
The price of shame
And the problem is growing worse every year since this happened to her. She reports that from 2012 to 2013, there was an 87 percent increase in calls and emails related to cyberbullying in the UK. And of those recipients how many were shamed to the point of depression, fear and even suicide? Our ever…
Dilworth survivor left feeling ‘like dirt that could be washed down the drain’
The psychological effects of abuse are often the worst. By joining a survivor group you can talk with others who understand. “impossible not to be moved by the statements from the survivors” https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300800642/dilworth-survivor-left-feeling-like-dirt-that-could-be-washed-down-the-drain
#Article 19 #International #Covenant #Civil #Political #Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through…