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'Feminists attacked a cathedral in Argentina Monday as a line of men defending it were being grossly assaulted.
The disturbing scene is part of Argentina's National Women's Encounter, a festival of shameless feminism sponsored every year by the state's Department of Culture as a "social interest" event.
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Men stood in prayer in front of the Cathedral of Mar del Plata while unruly feminists possessed with rage cursed and assaulted them, throwing bottles and feces and even starting a small fire.
That's when the police finally intervened and made an effort to tame the rioting crowd of hysterical women. The attempt to restore order was met with petty acts of defiance. Many of the girls, several of whom were topless, threw anything they could find at the police, who didn't use much force to gain control of the situation.
'A Gridley Street man has been charged with paying a woman to falsely report a sexual assault against another man.
David Hernandez, 29, of 96 Gridley St., is facing charges of conspiracy to commit second-degree falsely report an incident, conspiracy to commit second-degree providing a false statement, criminal liability of for acts of another for second-degree falsely reporting an incident and criminal liability for acts of another for second-degree providing a false statement.
He allegedly paid a woman $100 in June to tell police she was raped in RockwellPark, according to the warrant. Hernandez gave the woman a description of the phony suspect with the intent of it matching the man who was dating his ex-girlfriend, the warrant continued.
Police allege he was trying to break up the relationship so Hernandez would have a chance at getting back with his ex.'
'A new book claims that male office workers are now so afraid of being on the receiving end of a sexual harassment case, they are reluctant to mentor, assist, befriend and even hold open doors for female colleagues.
Crushingly, Sex & The Office suggests men now view such ordinary, decent behaviours as “too risky” – and, in what will be a bitter irony for equality campaigners – claims that, as a direct consequence, women are now failing to advance at work.
This terror of being accused of sexual harassment is now so common it has its own term, “backlash stress”. It sounds like something straight out of a Claims Direct ad – where the only victims are men.'
'Rebecca Wald's father had to perform circumcisions during his medical training. It was awful. Her husband, also a physician, wasn't a fan of the procedure either. He understood the medical complications. So when the Walds' son was born in 2005, the family decided not to circumcise the newborn. But they are Jewish.
“My husband and I are Jewish, but we couldn't see putting our newborn through the trauma and exposing him to the complications,” Wald explains. “Every circumcision has complications, by the way, because of the lifelong damage it does to the organ.”
'Judges across the country are saying “no” to the “yes means yes” standard of affirmative consent for date rape.
The legality of the standard – adopted on California and New York campuses by state legislatures and in effect on numerous other colleges throughout the country – is in question following a series of recent rulings that cite a lack of due process.
"These decisions are harbingers,” said John Banzhaf, a professor at George Washington University Law School and a public interest lawyer. “It does take time for new ideas to percolate through the system.”
Under the standard, the accused, typically a male, has to prove he obtained consent, even if neither party remembers what happened. The standard forces the accused to prove his innocence, rather than be proven guilty.'
'A new UN report claims that “73 percent of women have been exposed to online violence.” To combat this alleged epidemic of sexist mayhem on the web, it calls for draconian measures—including more government supervision and censorship of the internet. Before anyone acts on these UN recommendations, let’s check out a few facts.'
'The American Law Institute works to promote the clarification and simplification of United States common law. In 2012, a Prospectuswas issued proposing to update the ALI Model Penal Code (MPC) on Sexual Assault, last revised in 1962. The Prospectus highlighted several anachronisms of the 1962 version such as the gendered character of the offense and the broad marital exemption.
Two years later, Tentative Draft No. 1 was released. A review of the draft Model Penal Code reveals that it enormously expands criminal liability at a time when the American Bar Association, lawmakers, and the American public have come to the realization that our country faces a serious problem with over-criminalization. ...'
We at SAVE know that male domestic violence victims do exist, and it's important that our national leaders take time to acknowledge them so that they receive critical resources and attention.
'The Army needs more female recruiters over the next several years as it gears up for the end of the ban on women serving in tens of thousands of combat-related jobs, according to a top recruiting official.
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, in an Oct. 4 memo to the top Army personnel officer, has requested an annual boost in the percentage of women recruiters by 1% per year until 2018 "to improve the recruitment of females for Army service."
Women, Snow said, are 23% better at recruiting women than men. "Increasing the number of females on recruiting duty will improve the effectiveness of recruiting women," he wrote.
'In South Australia women are no longer able to care for their young children in prison, whereas other Australian state models show that it is in the best interest and wellbeing of the child and the mother/child relationship to allow young children to be cared for by their mothers.
The project focuses on the theme of Social and Global Transformation and in particular the question of individualisation, citizenship and human rights. It also examines the parenting needs of diverse groups of women including Indigenous women and teenage mothers. International organisations such as the Human Rights and EO Commissions have called attention to this social issue.
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The student should have one of the following disciplinary backgrounds, social policy, gender studies, social and cultural geography, sociology, law, social work or psychology and have a strong interest in social policy. The successful candidate will be required to work closely with industry partner, the South Australian Council of Social Services (SACOSS) and will be embedded in the organisation up to 2 days per week.'
'There was the time when, 19 and naive, I was guilt-tripped into entirely unwanted physical intimacies with a much older married man. And the time, three or four years later, when I went to visit an on-and-off long-distance boyfriend and quickly realized that it was over for me — but he assumed we were still on, and I didn’t have the nerve to say no. And the time I told a man, “Look, I’m not going to sleep with you,” and it was taken as, “Try again in a couple of hours.” He did, and it worked.
When they happened, my views of these encounters ranged from “it was a mistake” to “it’s complicated.” They still do — even though, these days, we are encouraged to reinterpret such experiences as sexual violations. To many feminists, stories like these are evidence of a pervasive, misogynistic rape culture. “Kids see movies where there’s an aggressor who gets pushed away, but keeps trying until the girl relents,” advocate, author and filmmaker Kelly Kend writes. “. . . This is a rape dynamic that has been played off countless times as just how it works.” Canadian feminist author Anne Thériault laments “the still-pervasive and very flawed idea that if she doesn’t say no, it’s not rape” — clearly referring not just to attacks involving violence or incapacitation (for which few would demand a verbal “no” as proof of rape), but encounters in which a woman yields to unwanted overtures, like I did.
'Whether it's body image, lad culture, fatherhood or masculinity, men are lacking support and direction as they struggle with the multi-faceted expectations around being a man.
Many are at breaking point.
One symptom of this is the biggest cause of male deaths under the age of 35: suicide. Mental health issues such as depression and anxiety often go untreated and without discussion.
This crisis prompted the launch of the Southbank Centre's Being A Man festival last year, which returns at the end of November to explore the challenges and pressures surrounding masculine identity in the 21st century.
The event, which HuffPost UK are proud to partner with, takes place one week after International Men’s Day (19 November) and will feature a three-day programme packed with talks, debates, performances and workshops from over 150 speakers, including Akala, Frankie Boyle, David Baddiel and Kellie Maloney.'
'National fraternity and sorority groups have hired former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to lobby for legislation that would prevent colleges from punishing certain students accused of sexual assault.
Lott is among a group of lobbyists who have collected $140,000 from the "Safe Campus Coalition" so far this year, according to congressional disclosure filings. The coalition is made up of the National Panhellenic Conference, North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), Kappa Alpha Order, the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the Sigma Nu fraternity.
The lobbyists are helping the groups push for the Safe Campus Act, which would restrict colleges from punishing students for sexual assault unless the police are also involved. Other illegal behaviors -- such as theft or physical assault -- would not be held to this requirement. The proposal is uniformly opposed by advocacy and activist groups that work with rape victims.'
'College students can't miss the warnings these days about the risk of campus sexual assault, but increasingly, some students are also taking note of what some perceive as a different danger.
"Once you are accused, you're guilty," says Parker Oaks, one of several Boston University students stopped randomly by NPR between classes. "We're living in a society where you're guilty before innocent now."
Xavier Adsera, another BU student, sounds a similar theme. "We used to not be fair to women on this issue," he says. "Now were on the other extreme, not being fair to guys."
As colleges crack down on sexual assault, some students complain that the schools are going too far and trampling the rights of the accused in the process. In recent months, courts around the nation have offered some of those students significant victories, slamming schools for systems that are stacked against the accused.'
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