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[Link] Japanese Schools Are Still Banning Ponytails Because They Could ‘Sexually Excite’ Men

Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com

From the length of students’ socks to the color of their underwear, Japanese schools are infamous for their strict requirements on what pupils can wear. But one rule has drawn criticism for not just its absurdity but also the reason behind it.

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[Link] Thailand Is Sweeping Sexual Abuse in Its Schools Under the Rug

Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com

Nalinrat Thuthubthim was in high school when the attack happened. She’d often stay on campus after school had ended, working on drafts of speeches with her male teacher for upcoming contests.

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[Link] What toxic men can learn from masculine women

Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Turn on the TV, watch kids’ cartoons or most films, and you won’t have to look hard for the message that nice guys finish last, while tough guys get the girl, and, more importantly, gain the respect of other men.

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[Link] Behind a Billboard of Bowe Bergdahl, Khost Maintains Anti-Taliban Ways

Read: 4/11/2021 coffeeordie.com

KHOST, Afghanistan — It’s one of few stretches of road among these winding hills and twisting valleys that remains paved and intact, untouched by the two-decade war that crippled most of Afghanistan’s land arteries.

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[Link] Inside the Facebook Group that Sexualises Pregnant Women

Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com

The group, whose name in Malay “Koleksi Mak Buyung Malaysia'' translates to “My Collection of Pregnant Women,” attracted at least 5,000 members before it was removed on Monday evening for “violating site policies”.

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[Link] Las Patronas: The Rise of Female Drug Bosses in Latin America

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

VICE World News brings you exclusive reporting from Latin America’s criminal underworld on the boss women you’ve never heard of. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — She told me her name was Brenda. When I met her, she had been in the Pavón prison on the outskirts of Guatemala City for 20 years.

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[Link] Intersex people undergo surgery when too young to give consent, inquiry told

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Intersex people have endured controversial surgeries and treatments, often when they were too young to provide consent, an inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found in a report that recommends new legislative protections for children.

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[Link] Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey

Read: 12/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Lego has announced it will work to remove gender stereotypes from its toys after a global survey the company commissioned found attitudes to play and future careers remain unequal and restrictive.

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[Link] Social networks struggle to crack down on ‘incel’ movement

Read: 18/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Despite years of strict moderation from major social networks, the “incel” community remains as influential as it was in 2014, when an English 22-year-old killed seven people on the streets of Isla Vista, California, motivated by his hatred of women.

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[Link] Being made redundant has turned me into a better dad

Read: 15/8/2021 www.sbs.com.au

In early March, I took a redundancy from my paid work. The whole process happened suddenly, and I experienced mixed emotions dealing with its effect on my life. On one level, I felt like absolute crap, feeling rejected with a palpable sense of professional defeat.

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[Link] Women often play support — does it really matter?

Read: 7/8/2021 www.destructoid.com

Can boys play support? Versions of this question headline Reddit posts from the past few years: “Do girls always play [Overwatch support character] Mercy?,” “Why do women usually play support?,” “Why is the support role considered ‘feminine’?”

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