London Conference Next Month: A New Category of Child Abuse

20 February 2012
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London Conference Next Month: A New Category of Child Abuse

Is corporate and commercial targeting of children and young people a new form of child abuse? Has western society reached a critical point in the way it targets children and young people which leads them towards addictive hybrid consumer orientated lives? We have 24 hour bombardment of their minds to eat, purchase, imitate, possess or conform. Much of the targeting of children and young people is on the basis that there is no objective consent or informed knowledge. On the 22nd and 23rd March 2012 two groundbreaking  events take place in London to explore critical issues in relation to child protection, child welfare and child development. The events are supported by KIDS COMPANY, OBJECT, BASW, BASPCAN, The Safeguarding Children e-Academy Speakers include: Susie Orbach,...

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Emma winter edition: The dream of being a porn star – Part I: The road to porn

16 February 2012
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Emma winter edition: The dream of being a porn star – Part I: The road to porn

Warning: this article contains descriptions and/or references to violence and/or sexual assault In the Winter 2011 edition of EMMA (Germany’s leading feminist magazine in Germany, and the only political magazine in Europe entirely run by women) a large part of the magazine was dedicated to pornography. We’ve translated them into English. Below is the first of three parts we will be publishing of The dream of being a porn star, a detailed account from...

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Australian teachers urged to address porn in sex education

13 February 2012
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Australian teachers urged to address porn in sex education

Below is an article from today’s Sydney Morning Herald about the findings of two Australian researchers who have examined the influence that porn is having on the sexuality and sexual behaviour of teenagers. Porn industry ‘veterans’ who took part in the research noted that there had been a shift from ”lovey-dovey sex” to Gonzo sex, a cinematic style where a hand-held camera is used to film what is often a violent scene. They also...

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Blame the industries, not the people who follow them

09 February 2012
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Blame the industries, not the people who follow them

No matter how many news articles one reads, there will always be one that takes one by surprise – not necessarily in a good way. I know I shouldn’t give the Daily Mail any attention, but I read their featured article “Since when did women’s lib mean dressing like...

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Report on ECCR debate: Vulnerable Workers, Trafficking, Pornography and the Economics of Exploitation

07 February 2012
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Report on ECCR debate: Vulnerable Workers, Trafficking, Pornography and the Economics of Exploitation

Back in November an open debate was held by the ECCR (Eucomenical Council for Corporate Responsibility) on Vulnerable Workers, Trafficking, Pornography and the Economics of Exploitation: London 2012 and beyond. Speakers included Dr Stella Creasy MP, Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention, D.I. Kevin Hyland, Metropolitan Police Trafficking & Prostitution Unit,...

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Emma winter edition: A large-scale human experiment

03 February 2012
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Emma winter edition: A large-scale human experiment

In the Winter 2011 edition of EMMA (Germany’s leading feminist magazine in Germany, and the only political magazine in Europe entirely run by women) a large part of the magazine was dedicated to pornography. We felt that a couple of articles in that edition of EMMA would be of...

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