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China’s Teenagers are Now Sentenced to Military Training for Bullying
Young people in Beijing convicted of bullying can now be given sentences involving hard labour ... Fourteen girls aged 15 to 17 are currently involved in the five-to-seven day trial programme which began on Monday, and is run by the Tongzhou District People's Court with local schools ... During the programme, young offenders take part... Continue Reading →
Shortcomings of Interpretations of Scholarly Texts
Analysis and criticism of art and literature has stopped limiting itself to biographical criticism[i] and embraced many additional, alternatives approaches[ii] since at least the early 20th century; with the result being a far richer and deeper understanding of art and literature than could be provided by biographical criticism alone. Embarrassingly enough, all other intellectual/scholarly pursuits,... Continue Reading →
Feminist Claim: Sexualisation of Women by the Media
Feminists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries frequently claimed that women were being ‘sexualized’/’sexually objectified’ by the mass media. Given the political roots and objectives (discussed below) of this claim, it is not surprising that it was poorly conceptualized/defined. However, the idea was based on the observation that some images of women used... Continue Reading →
Social/Political Values, Personality Traits, and Political, Commercial and other Interest Groups and Organizations in Western Countries in the late 20th/early 21st Centuries
In Western countries, in the late 20th/early 21st century, left wing political ideology was heavily based on the social/political values of individual equality and, to somewhat lesser extent, individual freedom and independence. Consequently, left wing politicians and interest groups of that era, gathered public support by greatly exaggerating the prevalence, or inventing the existence of... Continue Reading →
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