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For sex workers, the Nordic model still falls short
Laws and policies premised on the Nordic model, which outlaws the purchase of sex or the profiting from its sale, will continue to undermine sex workers’ physical and psychological integrity. Involvement in the sex trade would continue to carry stigma. It would also mean continuing to work in the most clandestine circumstances, leading all too easily to exploitation and violence… the Nordic model is entirely consistent with a moralistic agenda and tough-on-crime ethos.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, rights, women
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What if race is more than a social construct?
Since the sequencing of the human genome in 2003, evidence of subtle genetic differences has been piling up. As our ancestors branched out of Africa, different groups of people evolved in slightly different ways to adapt to local conditions. The most successful of those people passed on their adaptations to their offspring. The variations in human DNA correspond quite precisely to what we think of as the major races.
Tags: globalization, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism
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Autism advocates should promote acceptance, not fear
Autism encompasses a spectrum wider than the Grand Canyon. Yes, there are those who struggle at the low end. But many autistic adults are smart, capable thinkers who — given the proper supports — can excel. Autistic people don’t need your pity. What they need is to not be stigmatized as social lepers and burdens on society… How about a campaign that says differences should be celebrated, not demonized.
Tags: disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation
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Life on the autism spectrum
Left untreated, the prognosis for kids with ASD is grim. They are far more likely to be unemployed, alone and on the margins of society… even with high or normal intelligence, social communication disorders left adults with ASD severely impaired… 80% suffered from a secondary disorder, including depression, psychosis, anxiety and addiction.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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‘Angry Kids & Stressed Out Parents’
The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain that governs impulse control, attention span and decision-making, and learning self-control affects a child’s ability to learn everything else. The study found that the brain impact of poverty is comparable to that of deliberate abuse. The slower development appears to be caused by the lack of undivided attention children get from caregivers in time-starved homes.
Tags: child care, disabilities, mental Health, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Toronto research centre takes a deeper look at domestic violence
… Agencies serving victims of domestic violence often fail to work together, leaving women to run from place to place to rebuild their lives… aboriginal women are four times more likely to experience domestic violence than their non-aboriginal counterparts… ethnic and cultural factors… accounted for only half the discrepancy. The rest was explained by poverty, poor education and deleterious forms of self-medication (alcohol and drugs).
Tags: crime prevention, housing, Indigenous, mental Health, multiculturalism, poverty, women
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Legalizing All Drugs: What If Mexico’s Ex-Prez Is Right?
… they do it with tobacco, and they run lotteries after generations of opposing gambling… The revenue stream would simply go into government accounts, not those of the cartels. But those revenues would still have to pay for cops and paramedics and social workers. Some dealers would sell cheaper, untaxed drugs, and would find a ready market… The jails wouldn’t empty, and people would still die from drug misuse or abuse.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, globalization, Health, ideology, mental Health, poverty, standard of living, tax
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The Motherload sheds light on the unfinished business of feminism
Mothers in North America are suffering from higher levels of depression, anxiety, weight gain and high blood pressure. Studies have also suggested that educated, upper middle class, professional mothers are drinking more to cope with anxiety and guilt… The struggles facing working mothers and the health consequences that flow from them are the unfinished business of feminism… Broader social attitudes that continue to see raising children as something without value, something that is not real work continue to hurt us all.
Tags: child care, economy, ideology, participation, standard of living, women
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Poor kids benefit [all-day kindergarten]
There are developmental benefits for the child, but there are also measurable benefits for parents and government coffers… Investments such as these will save all taxpayers in the long term… For children living in poverty, full-day kindergarten can accelerate early development through stimulating experiences that may be unavailable at home due to poverty’s daily stresses. For poor families, full-day kindergarten may allow a second parent to work.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Canadians should have a guaranteed annual income
We need a new concept of economic social justice based on human need and equality rather than on the accumulation of huge amounts of wealth by individuals. In our system, the production of death-causing cigarettes and military equipment is considered make a positive contribution to the Canadian economy whereas raising children or volunteering in a hospital or food bank counts for nothing. We need a rethinking of constitutes the real world and what is just.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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