Tag: sexism
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Unis warn against putting victims’ rights above alleged perpetrators in campus safety overhaul
The universities’ lobby has warned any move to prioritise the rights of sexual assault complainants above those of alleged perpetrators in overhauling campus culture would be legally unsound, while cautioning that a national student watchdog could be hijacked by students settling scores with their providers. “An effective national code would need to adequately address these…
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Pope Francis calls for ban on ‘deplorable’ act of surrogacy
Pope Francis has called births by surrogacy “deplorable”, saying there should be a worldwide ban on the practice. “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs,” the Pope said…
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Unsealed documents name associates of Jeffrey Epstein but offer few revelations
Epstein, a registered sex offender who killed himself in a Manhattan jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, was accused by prosecutors and dozens of women of having operated a yearslong sex-trafficking ring in which he sexually abused underage girls. All of the men associated with Epstein have denied participating in his…