Sexual Exploitation
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How to read Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ for understanding consent, satisfaction and exploitation
‘Sometimes sex work is degrading, sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes it is illegal, often it’s legally complex; but why is sex work not understood to be work?’
Tamara MacLeod, Aeon
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Cambridge University got 173 sexual misconduct complaints in 9 months, thanks to its anoymous tool
Staff and students have come forward after the institute launched the reporting tool in May 2017.
Graham Virgo, The Conversation
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The troubling similarities between Harvey Weinstein and his idol Charlie Chaplin
The biggest name in the era of silent movies was also a serial sexual predator whose fame as the Tramp kept him immune.
Richard Carr, The Conversation
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As India is battered by severe Covid-19 second wave, where is Narendra Modi and his government?
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A century after Nikola Tesla’s failed experiment, 5G may realise his dream of wireless electricity
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‘Ajeeb Daastaans’ review: One episode in the Netflix anthology film is worth the price of the rest
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The Covid-19 pandemic is raging like never before. Why can’t India suspend the Kumbh?
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India played down new mutant Covid strains to avoid panic – but this may have backfired
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UN receives 31 cases of alleged sexual abuse and exploitation against its officials in three months
Twelve cases involve military personnel from peacekeeping operations deployed in places like the Central African Republic and Mali.
Scroll Staff
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BBC turned blind eye to sexual abuse by two TV personalities: Report
An independent inquiry by a former High Court judge said Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall sexually assaulted nearly 100 people, and the organisation missed five opportunities to stop their misconduct.
Scroll Staff
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Minor girls and women chief targets in India's surging human-trafficking trade
Data released by the NCRB shows a frightening surge in the trafficking of minor girls in the last year.
Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com
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‘Better start walking’: White US Army officer assaults Black man, demands he leaves neighbourhood
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