Women's Issues

I should point out that release partway though a sentence is done for good reason, if you don't do it then the police can't impose any limits on a person after they've let go. Parol conditions can only be imposed because the person's sentence isn't up, once the sentence is up they're legally free and aren't on parol.

Otherwise you end up with cons walking out of prison free as a bird, able to do whatever any other law abiding citizen can do.

And that's such a bad thing?

Because when a con is released they're suffering a massive environment change and could easily slip back into crime instantly without proper guidance.

Going from prison to freedom is a big jump, it goes a lot smoother if a person is eased into it via parol.

I had the impression that the goal of parole is to watch ex-cons (and reassure the rest of society) rather than help them reintegrate society. In effect, parolees are under surveillance and can be sent back to prison for violations, something that definitely doesn't help them reintegrate. The fact that many potential employers will reject ex-cons also makes it harder for them to find a job (which is why there are organizations dedicated to that).

A group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa declaring honour killings as against Islam.

Good on them, although I'm not terribly optimistic on this accomplishing more than previous Pakistani government declarations.

Well, it really depends on how much influence these particular clerics have (I understand that islam is pretty decentralized as a religion, somewhat like protestantism), and what other clerics say on the matter.

Re: consent that was discussed earlier.

Many debates were made. And then Thames Valley Police released an absolutely perfect explanation on how one should behave.

I've seen the "Sexual Consent and Tea" comparison before but it's nice to have it in video form now.

There's way too many things that really should be common sense but apparently aren't.

edited 15th Jun '16 3:14:57 PM by Corvidae

That video has been around for a couple of years at least, but it's still a great video.

The House of Commons just passed the final version of the Bill that aims to make O Canada gender neutral. Now it goes to the Senate; where it should pass but probably not before Parliament goes on its summer recess.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/belanger-o-canada-gender-lyrics-bill-1.3636348

So I took a look at a comment section for a female gamer youtuber (on a joke video that was clearly not meant to be taken seriously).

....And my god I take everything I said earlier back. Yes there is a lot of misogynist fuckwits in the gamer community judging by these idiotic comments that are indeed aimed towards her gender (and anyone using their brain is called a whiteknight of course). Kind of sad when I thought that maybe just maybe that some people would just actually use there brain for once....

But I digress, onto the topic of that recent rape case. Apparently the judge for that recent rape case got called in for another one...and then was tossed off the case by someone higher up and a few jurors refused to work with him.

So yeah.....lightening the sentence ended up seriously backfiring in the Judge's face.....

Using youtube comment section for anything. Just don't.

Even cat videos can turn into complete shitfests there.

Oh god why would you ever look at You Tube comments?... They are worse than 4chan on the shitmeter.

Some YouTubers actually turn their comments off because of the amount of crap that gets shoveled around them and most I know that do that arnt even female. The big channels pay for moderators IIRC.

Bile Fascination is literally the only reason I look at Youtube comments nowadays. And yeah I am aware of the youtubers that turn off the comments like Total Biscuit (he has an actual stress disorder that was caused by the comments).

edited 17th Jun '16 2:30:16 PM by Ecrivan

From an analytical standpoint, You Tube comments - like most online platforms that are not heavily moderated - are completely useless. I mean, what are we even supposed to learn from them? That people are dicks when posting comments anonymously?

edited 17th Jun '16 6:06:16 PM by DrunkenNordmann

The sad fact is facebook and youtube prove it does not even have to be anonomous.

Though at least it results in laughs when some variety of bigot gets fired/divorced/a visit from the authorities when it gets out.

It's less about it being anonymous and more about it being disconnected from any consequences. We're anonymous here but we still fall in line, because there are consequences if we don't, many people on social media are assholes because even though they're not anonymous they face no consequences for their actions.

I came across this image◊, with the caption "20% of women lie".

Are there more and greater detailed on a topic I don't really want to Google?

Which topic? How frequent masturbation is among women?

Yes.

What a shitty caption. TBH I'm more surprised there isn't any men who said no.

edited 18th Jun '16 3:21:16 PM by MrAHR

Shouldn't it be obvious that instead of being the result of any kind of actual study, it's just a joke/troll image from the beginning? (Anything that gives a statistical percentage of 100% on anything is extremely suspect at absolute perfect best.)

A history of abortion and anti-abortion.

So the 19th century medical industry in the U.S. played a significant role in getting abortion banned, and justifications about having more children (both religious and racial) were presented after the fact? Way to go, guys.