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How to Identify Child Sexual Abuse

admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:22:11 +0000

Child abuse is a phenomenon which occurs globally but has always been under reported and still is unacceptable to a society. It happens in many forms and could be simply spanking the child for bad behavior to gruesome sexual exploitation.

Child abuse is happening all around us but somehow we miss to recognize it most of the time. All we need is to have a High Index of Suspicion. Remember that if we only become aware of these subtle changes in the child’s behavior we may be able to pick up abuse in any form.

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admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:51:29 +0000

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Divorce

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:06:07 +0000

A divorce can be one of the most damaging and disastrous episode in a woman’s life. Besides the emotional trauma of separation there are various other practical day-to-day stresses that a woman may have to deal with. She will have to learn to handle life alone, reorganizing her daily life, dealing with the loss of a relationship and the social pressure to establish a new identity for herself among her friends, colleagues and peers.

All this can take an immense toll on her and can be very stressful.

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Transexualism

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:04:14 +0000

What is transexualism?

Transexualism is a gender identity disorder in which a person assumes the characteristics and permanently acts the part of the gender opposite to his or her biological sex. It is an intense disturbance of a person’s sense of sexual identity, where there is a deep desire to be the opposite sex. The person may also believe that he or she is “trapped” in a body of the wrong sex. Transexualism affects men to a greater degree than it affects women.

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AIDS

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:01:37 +0000

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, life-threatening disease caused by a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The virus and the infection are known as HIV. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a term used to refer to the later stages of the infection.

Your body’s Immune System protects you from diseases. But when the HIV virus attacks your body’s Immune System it damages and/or destroys the Cells of your Immune System making you easily prone to various infections.

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Harassment Laws

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:59:24 +0000

Sexual harassment is nothing less than the showcasing of male dominance. Given an opportunity, such men (those committing sexual harassment) would try fulfilling their desire.

However, it is also not true that all cases of sexual harassment are such—where the accused is guilty of conceiving the intention of a sexual intercourse. But it also depends on each individual case and circumstances, because it may well be the case that the woman may also be at fault.

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Fighting Harassment

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:36:57 +0000

Is it really sexual harassment?
As a general rule, people have different levels of sensitivity—conduct that does not offend most reasonable men might offend most reasonable women.

Differing levels of sensitivity have led some courts to adopt a ‘reasonable woman’ standard for judging cases of sexual harassment. Under the standard, if a reasonable woman would fell harassed, harassment may have occurred even if a reasonable man might not see it that way.

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Sexual Harassment

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:32:31 +0000

Sexual harassment affects all women in some form or the other. Lewd remarks, touching, wolf-whistles, looks are part of any woman’s life, so much so that it is dismissed as normal.

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Rape

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:29:54 +0000

Rape is an act of violence perpetrated against another person. The topic of rape is not a pleasant one, but it is a subject that women of all ages, races and nationalities should take serious enough to find out about.

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Sexual Violence

bharti — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:27:41 +0000

Sexual violence is defined as sexual relations without the consent and against the will of another person. Any sexual behavior into which one is forced, tricked or coerced is sexual violence. Both men and women can be the victims of sexual violence, although the majority of victims are often females.

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