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Fact or fiction: Every third victim of intimate partner violence is a male
By The Sydney Morning Herald on 01/25/2018 “… A Men’s Rights Activist website, One in Three, recently updated their infographics with information from the latest Personal Safety Survey (PSS) and Australian homicide reports. They claim “the proportion of men experiencing current partner violence between 2005 and 2016, rose more than fivefold, a 552 per cent increase”. …”…
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Abuse of elderly man in Ottawa long-term care focus of Dr. Oz show
By Ottawa Citizen on 01/24/2018 “… Daniel Nassrallah, an Ottawa lawyer whose elderly grandfather was repeatedly struck in the face by a support worker at Garry J. Armstrong long-term care home, said video of the assault will air during an episode of the Dr. Oz Show Thursday afternoon. …” Read the entire article: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/abuse-of-elderly-man-in-ottawa-long-term-care-focus-of-dr-oz-show
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Seminar on elder abuse held
By The Hindu on 01/26/2018 “… Society should address problems confronting the elderly, said P. Kolandaivel, Vice-Chancellor, Periyar University. He was delivering inaugural address at a two-day seminar on ‘Elder abuse and social exclusion’ organised by the Department of Sociology here on Wednesday. …” Read the entire article: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/seminar-on-elder-abuse-held/article22526911.ece
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Jack Monroe: I was a victim of domestic abuse
By Pink News on 01/27/2018 “… “How do you say you were assaulted when it comes back to the idea of ‘that doesn’t count’? Well, it does count.”‘Sam’ also reveals an incident in which they were violently threatened, saying the girlfriend “produced what she told me was a knife and held it to my throat.” …”…
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Western Pennsylvania schools offer children tools to deal with bullying
By Triblive on 01/28/2018 “… Sixth- through eighth-graders were asked to respond to the prompts and offer solutions: Talk to a teacher, tell a parent, share the social media post with a coach. …” Read the enitre article: http://triblive.com/news/education/safety/13216432-74/western-pennsylvania-schools-offer-children-tools-to-deal-with-bullying
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Harvard Law Professor Says #MeToo Is A Danger To Consensual Relationships
By Daily Caller on 01/22/2018 “… Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Bartholet argues that the #MeToo movement, made popular on social media after numerous high-profile media men were exposed as sexual predators, ignores the “principles of basic fairness” because it presumes guilt. …” Read the entire article: http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/22/harvard-law-professor-says-metoo-is-a-danger-to-consensual-relationships
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Victim Support Malta – 1,257 reports of domestic abuse in 2017
By Malta Independent on 01/23/2018 “… There is quite an interesting percentage which represents crime against men. When males are victims of domestic violence it becomes tricky as there is this cultural component that males are meant to be stronger and some are even laughed at if a male states that he is a victim of…
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Being old is no crime
By My Republica on 01/20/2018 “… The way our society considers elderly is gradually changing. Elderly abuse is slowly increasing. That bothers me quite a bit, and one day the question ‘is being old a crime?’ popped up in my mind. Don’t be surprised. I have seen too many elderly people being abused. Many of them are…
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Staff-to-resident abuse in long-term care homes up 148% from 2011
By CBC on 01/18/2018 “… Marketplace compiled six years of data from Ontario’s long-term care facilities, including critical incidents involving abuse and neglect that each home reports to the government. The number of incidents was compared with the number of licensed beds in each home to calculate a rate of abuse. …” Read the entire article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/elderly-care-violence-marketplace-investigates-1.4493215
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If Aziz Ansari Were a College Student, He Could Have Been Expelled for Less
By Reason on 01/16/2018 “… And yet, boorish behavior similar to Ansari’s—behavior that most pundits say they consider gross but not criminal, at least in Ansari’s case—is routinely investigated as sexual misconduct on university campuses. Ansari is lucky he’s not a college student; otherwise he could have been accused months or a year after the incident,…