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Australia: Sexual assaults increase for tenth year in a row

July 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

There were 31,118 sexual assaults in 2021, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is the most police have ever recorded in the 29 years that the ABS has been keeping track of crime data. More than a third of sexual assaults were linked to family and domestic violence. [...]

‘I’m not going to waste my time on prayers’: how secular teachers navigate working in religious schools

February 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, Monash University The recent case of a Christian school in Queensland asking parents to sign a contract, stating, among other things, homosexuality [...]

Why can’t some people admit defeat when they lose?

November 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

Evita March, Federation University Australia When US President-Elect Joe Biden and Deputy Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris gave their victory speeches on Saturday evening, [...]

Young men on sexting: it’s normal, but complicated

March 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

Signe Ravn, University of Melbourne and Steven Roberts, Monash University Concern about the popularity of “sexting” – the sending and receiving of sexually explicit [...]

Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future – Helping First Nations Australians to heal complex trauma as parents

December 14, 2019 // 0 Comments

Becoming a parent is a major change in life for anyone. It is filled with hope, joy, and fear — and this is the case if you have grown up in a stable and safe environment. [...]

What’s the value of your dog’s life, and why it matters

December 13, 2019 // 0 Comments

Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University; Deven Carlson, University of Oklahoma, and Joe Ripberger, University of Oklahoma Americans love their pets, spending more than [...]

Your body as a weapon: the rise of the ‘revenge body’ online

July 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

Mair Underwood, The University of Queensland Months after a public breakup with her husband, the politician Barnaby Joyce, Natalie Joyce made news when she displayed her [...]

The USA has a self perpetuating violent love affair with guns – media coverage leads to increase gun sales

April 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

The United States is in a dangerous, self perpetuating violent love affair with guns. The sad fact is, Gun violence in the United States constitutes a serious public health [...]

7.3 million migrants call Australia home

April 3, 2019 // 0 Comments

While there are many who wish to fight the diversity in Australia, who wish to fan hate and encourage violence against ethnic minorities, the reality is Australia truly is a [...]

The real problem with toxic masculinity is that it assumes there is only one way of being a man

February 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

Ashley Morgan, Cardiff Metropolitan University For centuries, male violence and acts of aggression were often the way that power was understood and patriarchy upheld. In [...]