The NY Times has published an article about the ways in which various US States have reviewed and refined the laws on teenagers sending sexual images by text messaging, or “sexting”. It’s up to around 130 Comments in the debating crawl after the article which is just as insightful to read as the main piece.
Catch the article here.
– CBG
Last night UK newspaper The Guardian filed an article about Rape and Abuse in the US Military, including two survivors talking in the newspaper’s online-only filmed video reports. 25 women and three men are suing the US Army in a lawsuit, which seems to be the general way to bring about change whenever the abuse…
“As a nation, Pakistan has not paid nearly enough attention to dealing with the issue. Meanwhile, thousands of innocent lives have fallen prey to various types of abuse — including physical, psychological and even sexual.” It’s true of most countries, but it seems as if Pakistan is seeing the effects of not paying attention to…
Top 10 Psychology and Mental Health Topics of 2011 tags: CA Female sexual abuse: The untold story of society’s last taboo tags: CA Recovery from Trauma tags: CA 4 Things You Should Stop Joking About Online [Opinion] tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
With all of the celebrity suicides in the news recently, John Grohol took advantage of the uptick in people looking for information about suicide and untreated depression to give a brief glimpse into the risk among young adults, and some of the warning signs to look for in this post today. I’m copying the important…
How often, as children, did we decide to “fly under the radar” and not draw attention to something that brought us happiness because that just created a target? How many of us, as adults, still live with the fear that identifying something that makes us happy only invites someone to hurt us by taking it away? Even when there is no one there to take it, we live with that fear and don’t get too attached to anything.
My hope for all of us is to find a safe place to overcome that and enjoy the things that make us happy.
This look from the Guardian at SHOUT, a text service based in the UK should help you get a feel for what they are doing: “We hear from hundreds of people across the UK each day who are vulnerable and isolated and don’t feel they have anyone they can reach out to,” Pienaar said. “Many…
