Super Bowl Weekend – Where Sex Traffickers Win
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This weekend, as fans gather for the Super Bowl to enjoy the game, others will be present–not to enjoy, but to be enjoyed. These are the unseen girls and women in the commercial sex trade.
What do a Scientist and a Journalist Have in Common? #HerToo
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“What if I just keep inching away, will he take the hint? Why am I more concerned with offending him than being offended myself?”
Military
Drugs and Abusive Father Drove Her Into Military Life
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Like so many female veterans, Rhiannon Duncan suffered parental sexual abuse as a child. For three years, the Army offered a way out. But then she ran into problems that led to her discharge and the start of a very tough chapter. The first of two stories.
child abuse
An Open Letter to Woody Allen: Say ‘I’m Sorry’
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The director and actor’s “fantasy” defense against abuse allegations from his adoptive daughter only make him sound like all the others, says Wendy Murphy. Little girls fantasize about becoming princesses and doctors, not sexual abuse.
BBC
Women’s Groups Press BBC on Savile Sex Scandal
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Five U.K. women’s groups are pressing for an examination of gender bias at the BBC in the wake of two child sex-abuse scandals and growing allegations of misconduct at the broadcaster.
Arts & Culture
Vatican Attack on Nuns Reopens My Brother’s Wounds
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Caryl Rivers has not yet forgiven the Vatican for the sexual molestation suffered by her deceased brother. Male church leaders should be seeking forgiveness, she says, not reprimanding nuns who truly do God’s work.
Politics
‘Whistleblower’ Screening Disturbs Peace at U.N.
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A “Whistleblower” screening at U.N. headquarters recently turned heated. When the secretary-general cast the problem of peacekeeper abuse as a “dark period” in the past, the movie’s director took issue, saying more movies are to be made.
Commentary
Catholic Church Evades Sex Charges in South Dakota
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Native Americans who attended Jesuit schools in the Northwest and Alaska just learned they will share in a $166.1 million settlement for offenses including childhood sexual abuse. But plaintiffs in South Dakota–nearly half of whom are women–face a legal barrier.