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'Paternity fraud, is when a mother names a man to be the father of their child, when she knows or suspects that he is not the biological father. This video addresses the issue of Paternity Fraud and the devastating effects it has (not only on men) but the women in their lives; their spouses, girlfriends, mothers, aunts, grandmothers, relatives, and especially on children.
In a world where divorce and separation have become the norm, it is more important than ever to make sure that children remain the center of our lives and the top of our priorities.
'It’s called composure, and Hope Solo’s never been overburdened with a lot of that, or grace either. The U.S. women’s soccer team had their temperaments tested by a savvy, conservative Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinals and lost. Solo has spent years undermining their collective equilibrium, and this one’s on her.
She’s a chronically rattled and rattling soul, the American goalkeeper. Let’s face it: For every shiny marketing moment and big victory she’s been a part of, she’s given the U.S. a nasty unwanted drama. The victories usually smoothed over her behavior. Not this time. This time she went pure loser and lout.
'Almost a decade ago I wrote that rape might as well be legal. I feel the same way today. In 2013-14 in England and Wales, about 16,000 rapes were recorded by police, but only a third of these cases were sent to the Crown Prosecution Service. Approximately 15% of the recorded offences resulted in a charge. The actual attrition rate – meaning from reporting to conviction – is estimated at about 6%.
'Earlier this week, the National Post's Jen Gerson suggested "setting men up to unrealistic standards of beauty" is "fair play." She called it "turnabout," which sounds harmless, but sexism would have been more accurate.
Gerson used the recent shirtless photographs of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to establish criteria, not unlike a judge in a beauty pageant, placing the PM in that category of men she calls "attractive in a stereotypically placid way. Baby-cheeked and fit without being distractingly muscular."
Maybe Gerson's detached assessment of the PM's physique wasn't as demeaning as measuring the gap between a woman's thighs, but in terms of objectification it was in the same ballpark.
'Concerns that the crusade against "rape culture" is creating an accusation-equals-guilt mindset in sexual assault cases have been mostly aimed at colleges. It's campuses that employ extralegal tribunals to settle rape disputes—tribunals where the accused often do not have the right to an attorney, to cross-examine their accusers, or to examine the evidence against them. But the latest contentious rape case comes from a real court—albeit in Canada, where feminist activism has been much more successful in influencing the justice system than in the United States.
On July 21, Mustafa Ururyar, a 29-year-old York University graduate student, was found guilty of sexually assaulting fellow grad student Mandi Gray, 28. The verdict was handed down by Ontario Court Judge Marvin Zuker in a non-jury trial. The alleged rape—and I say "alleged," because after reading the 180-page judgment I see no grounds for a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt—happened in the early morning hours of January 31, 2015.
'An organization dedicated to overturning and preventing wrongful convictions is calling on presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to denounce "victim-centered investigations."
The Center for Prosecutor Integrity works with prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement and the falsely accused to prevent wrongful convictions and over-criminalization. The group says victim-centered investigations have led and will lead to more wrongful convictions and false accusations.
"Victim-centered investigations emphasize the collection of evidence supportive of the complainant and discourage the collection of exculpatory evidence, thereby increasing the likelihood of a guilty verdict," the group wrote in a press release. "Victim-centered investigations represent a departure from ethical standards of investigative impartiality, neutrality and objectivity."'
Contact: Chris Perry
Telephone: 301-801-0608
Email: cperry@prosecutorintegrity.org
CPI Calls on Candidates Clinton and Trump to Renounce ‘Victim Centered Investigations’ as an Affront to Justice
WASHINGTON / August 11, 2016 – Today the Center for Prosecutor Integrity (CPI) is calling on presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to issue a call for the end of victim-centered investigations (VCI) in sexual assault cases. Victim-centered investigations represent an biased approach to sexual assault investigations that openly favors the accuser and eliminates the presumption of innocence, SAVE charges.
Both the Democratic and Republican political platforms, approved last month, specifically call for fairness in handling criminal offenses. The Democratic platform highlights the need to “ensure a fair process for all on-campus disciplinary proceedings and in the criminal justice system.” (1)
'The Trades Union Congress (TUC) report which claims workplace sexual harassment is on the rise was produced with “destructive” feminist campaign the Everyday Sexism Project, which critics say risks “making all sexual advances ‘misogynist'”.
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady and Laura Bates, founder of Everyday Sexism, have today hit the media circuit to publicise the report, which alleges that the majority of women have been sexually harassed at work.
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The main finding of the study, entitled “Still just a bit of banter?” was that 52 per cent of women reported having experienced sexist harassment while at work.
Employing a loose definition of sexual harassment, the report notes that respondents’ most common complaint was “hearing comments of a sexual nature about other women”. Thirty-five per cent of women reported having heard such comments.'
'One decries the way analysts focus on the appearance of female Olympians, not their athletic accomplishments. The other features a slideshow of mostly shirtless, nearly naked men, with an invitation to “Come, join us on the official horndog tour of Rio.”
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In sports, as in the workplace, men have been privileged, their athletic prowess not slighted in favor of commentary about their bodies. “When we objectify men, their economic and professional power isn’t reduced or threatened,” writes Daisy Buchanan in Marie Claire UK.
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After Cosmopolitan magazine found itself under fire in 2014, when they posted an Olympic bulge breakdown that drew criticism, it defended the compilation of not-safe-for-work images: “Athletes and performers’ bodies are their tools, so I’m not calling for everyone to suddenly stop judging them on their looks or physique. But it’s only fair that both sexes are objectified equally.”'
Guess you can file this one under "stereotype busters". Excerpt:
'It’s not exactly front-page news that when it comes to conflict, men and women usually behave very differently. The way they resolve those conflicts also tends to differ.
While men can be aggressive and combative, a new study shows that, from the tennis court to the boxing ring —modern equivalents of one-on-one conflict — men are more likely than women to make peace with their competitors after the competition ends.
Using videos of four sports in 44 countries, Joyce Benenson, an associate of Harvard’s Human Evolutionary Biology Department and a professor of psychology at Emmanuel College, and Richard Wrangham, the Ruth B. Moore Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, found that men are far more likely to engage in friendly physical contact — handshakes, back pats and even hugs — following competition than women are. The study is described in the journal Current Biology.
'Last month I looked at Hillary Clinton’s higher education proposals in this Clarion Call, and found nothing to praise in them. They merely deepen the already ruinous federal involvement in subsidizing college.
Now it’s time to take a look at the higher education ideas that have been advanced by Donald Trump and the Republicans.
I will start with the Republican Platform even though it’s not clear how much the nominee is committed to it. Several pages are devoted to higher education.
The first issue raised is the problem of Title IX and its abuse by federal bureaucrats. “We emphatically support the original, authentic meaning of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972,” the platform states.
That provision, it continues, was intended to ensure that girls and women would have the same educational opportunities as males, but has been perverted to “impose a social and cultural revolution upon the American people by wrongly defining sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and other categories.”'
'Vice President Joe Biden called on university presidents Monday to help “change the culture” on campuses in terms of responding to reports of sexual assault.
“That message starts from the president on down at the university,” Biden said in a conference call with university officials. “It really, really matters.”
Biden said there is no justification for students to be sexually assaulted on campus and that schools must do a better job of responding to sexual assault complaints. He said universities must gather their own information through surveys to understand the specific issues on their campus.'
'I told my son that he should include that warning in his speech to his oldest boy, who is heading to college as a highly recruited athlete. A prominent criminal attorney in his community, my son quickly agreed, having on occasion defended young clients against serious allegations of rape and assault stemming from too much partying.
'A former Augustana University student who was expelled after being charged with rape has filed a federal lawsuit against the school after prosecutors dismissed the case.
Koh Evan Tsuruta filed the lawsuit against the university seeking damages for loss of educational opportunities, emotional injury and future income. No specific amount of damages was listed.
The lawsuit states that the university employees handling his case weren’t properly trained in investigating and adjudicating allegations of rape.
This, he said, resulted in failing to consider factors he claims could have worked in his favor, including interviewing witnesses who could have balanced the account and the alleged victim, who threatened to make a false rape allegation against a former boyfriend.'
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