This is a recording of the lecture by Cathy Young delivered at St. Paul's University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on September 25, 2015. The lecture was sponsored and hosted by the Canadian Association For Equality.
From the CAFE website: "The politics of victimization have placed a stranglehold on reasoned debate and evidence-based policy making. Nowhere is this more true than at the intersection of gender and victimhood.In many areas, progressive rhetoric has focused on the victimization of women — whether it’s sexual violence, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace, or cyberbullying. Oftentimes issues that should focus on supporting all victims, regardless of gender, are instead turned into women’s rights issues. We see this with our approach to domestic violence, as well as cyberbullying and cyber-harassment as in the current Gregory Elliott trial or the ongoing gamergate controversy. Meanwhile there is a tendency to disregard not only male victimization in these areas, but other areas in which ..."
http://equalitycanada.com/event/cathyyoung/
Cathy Young is a respected writer and journalist http://www.cathyyoung.net/
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Links and References:
Cathy Young refers to this case at 35:00 -
Teens Charged With Torturing Boy Who Is Mentally Disabled
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/12/teen-girls-charged-with-torture-boy-mentally-disabled_n_4947988.html
150925 Lecture 720p
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