When harassment is directed at women politicians, staffers, activists and journalists because they are women, it poses a threat to democracy.
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It’s clear the current workplace health and safety framework isn’t stopping people from getting bullied. It’s time to treat bullying as a public health issue and address the problem more effectively.
The incident at St. Xavier’s University in Kolkata amounts to gendered harassment.
We asked participants about why they think people (mostly men) harass others in public space. Their answers were revealing.
Abusers are exploiting all manner of smart tech and software to extend their capacity for coercive control.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech are not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
A higher quality discussion emerged among commenters allowed to use personas instead of their real names.
Politics has become a low-trust, high-blame environment that has left public servants under near constant threat of attack.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech is not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
Half of LGBTQ participants in a recent study experienced discrimination, insults, bullying or abuse while playing, watching or talking about sports.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, hate crimes targeting Asian Americans have gotten increased media and public attention. New data shows these events are in fact happening more often.
New research shows while most taxi and rideshare journeys are completed safely, there is still an unacceptable level of harassment and intimidation.
Allegations of abuse and harassment are not uncommon in Canadian sport. The closure of the Montréal site for Canada’s artistic swimming team is in part due to a lack of oversight for young athletes.
Tinder and similar apps fail to properly address issues of online harm. A lack of policy is to blame, as well as app design features and society’s general attitudes towards more minor cases of abuse.
Many also openly admit to spying on or stalking their partners, suggesting that they may not know that there’s anything wrong with the behaviors.
The CMHR has released an interim report confirming incidents of censorship and discrimination. The crisis should be understood in the context of the CMHR’s institutional history and governance.
Canadian sport is still allowed to police itself when it comes to dealing with abuse and harassment.
Dating app Tinder has come under increasing scrutiny over harassment facilitated by the platform. But its new safety measures, while undoubtedly an improvement, are unlikely to prevent abuse.
Marginalized groups said that they had experienced discrimination at the workplace, at the doctor and with the police.
Scholars weigh in on what sex education should look like for Indonesian schools. To this day the subject does not have a formal curriculum.
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Game Studies, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Resource Development, Villanova University
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Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst
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Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Associate Professor of the Practice of Engineering, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Villanova University
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Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Syracuse University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Political Theory, University of York
