"Trudeau’s fake feminism exposed yet again" OTTAWA, March 21 -- Caesar-Chavannes had challenged Justin Trudeau on Twitter, calling him out after he tried to claim he was about “listening.” ‘“I believe real leadership is about listening, learning & compassion…central to my leadership is fostering an environment where my Ministers, caucus & staff feel comfortable coming to me when they have concerns” I did come to you recently. Twice. Remember your reactions?” She letter said that Justin Trudeau yelled at her and said she didn’t “appreciate him.” After the PMO denied the account, Caesar-Chavannes’ husband backed her up, saying that the yelling was so loud that he could hear it through the phone while his Celina and Justin were talking. The MP for Whitby will now sit as an independent MP. She has previously confirmed that she won’t be seeking re-election. As we see yet again, Justin Trudeau does everything he can to help out his corrupt buddies, while screaming and yelling at women who disagree with him.
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SEOUL, March 21 -- South Korean police have arrested two men for using illegal spy cameras at motels to film and livestream videos of about 1,600 guests, raking in roughly 7 million won ($6,200) over the past three months, police said on Wednesday. Illicit filming has surged with growing use of mobile devices and South Korea’s pop music industry is reeling from a scandal over singer and television celebrity Jung Joon-young, accused of having shared videos he took secretly during sex. Police said the men, and two others, posed as customers to secretly install the cameras, obtained online from overseas, in 42 rooms at 30 places around the country since last August. The footage from the cameras, hidden in television boxes, sockets and hair dryer holders, was broadcast live on a website, police added. “It was the first case we caught where videos were broadcast live online,” they said in a statement. More than 6,600 cases of illicit filming were reported to police last year, or about a fifth of all sexual abuse cases investigated, up from 3.6 percent in 2008, prosecutors have said. Last year, tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Seoul, the capital, to protest against the practice and other sexual violence, and demanded stricter punishment. The law was amended last November to toughen penalties not only for illegal filming but also distributing images without consent, which could bring jail terms of up to five years or fines of up to 30 million won. The K-pop scandal also involved Lee Seung-hyun, a member of boy band BIGBANG who is better known by his stage name, Seungri. The 28-year-old is suspected of paying for prostitutes for foreign businessmen to drum up investment in his business. OTTAWA, March 19 -- There's inglorious pleasure to be had in witnessing the shine being knocked off Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. When the six-foot-two, eyes of blue, baby-balancing PM came to power in 2015, promising a transparent, liberal and feminist agenda, I disliked him immediately. He was a busy family man who somehow found the time to maintain dramatic core strength; something couldn't possibly be right. His perfectness irked me. But in the first stages of our love affair with Trudeau, we gazed at him and his perfectly gender-balanced cabinet and his commitment to the rights of indigenous people and saw nothing but loveliness - right down to his socks. No thanks, I thought. Give me a dour Gordon Brown or a what-you-see-isn't-what-you-get Bertie Ahern any day. So now, having tap-danced his way to the top, Trudeau is fronting allegations of having interfered inappropriately in a corruption and fraud prosecution made by a company which employs thousands of Canadians. Earlier this month, the Canadian justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from his cabinet in protest against Trudeau, and a second female cabinet member has followed suit. Do Canadians care if their PM isn't afraid to get personal (he has spoken candidly about both his wife's eating disorders and his mother's bipolar diagnosis) when, years after taking office, he is no closer to realising his promised national child-care programme or funding a solution to his country's urban housing crisis? Do they care about his promises to raise his sons as feminists, when electoral reform pushed for by women's organisations has halted, as has a promised inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women? As the old adage goes, when something looks too good to be true, it usually is. Or as one sage put it - this is what you get when you elect a drama teacher as prime minister. Sometimes all the hard work doesn't add up"What's your talent?" The 10-year-old wants to know - as if finding one is the secret to success. "Hard work," I retort, passing her a broom and the boring old advice that no one is born with a talent, they only acquire the illusion of it through pure graft. Which is why the idea of "maths anxiety" fuelling a national crisis in children in Britain irritates me no end. Cambridge University researchers have said that one in 10 children suffers from "despair and rage" when they approach the subject. Part of the problem is we tell ourselves you're either born with an aptitude for maths or you're not. And if not, well, you'll struggle. Children think maths is hard because they're no good at it, when actually, maths is hard because maths is hard - which also makes it exciting. At home I adopt a policy of "Oh, fractions! How thrilling!" when the homework comes out. I enthuse that everything is informed by maths - from music to nature. Do they believe me? Perversely, more than three-quarters of the children in the study who had high levels of maths anxiety were normal to high achievers. This resonates with me, having suffered acute maths anxiety, especially after being streamed into the top set for maths at secondary school. The class gave me plenty of scope to discover my "talent", because the fear of being outed as the class dummy meant I worked harder at maths than any other subject. I left my maths Leaving Cert exam certain I had an A. Then I opened my brain and let all the maths run out. Today, I couldn't balance a simple equation and thank goodness I don't need to. Because maths is really hard, you know. OTTAWA, March 9 -- Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes says she was met with hostility and anger from Justin Trudeau when she told him she was leaving politics, prompting her to speak out about the Prime Minister’s behaviour. Ms. Caesar-Chavannes sent out a tweet earlier this week after Mr. Trudeau spoke about his leadership style during a news conference to address allegations of political interference between his office and former attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould on SNC-Lavalin. “I did come to you recently. Twice. Remember your reactions?” wrote Ms. Caesar-Chavannes, who worked closely with Mr. Trudeau as his parliamentary secretary from December, 2015, to January, 2017. Speaking for the first time in an interview with The Globe and Mail about what she meant by her post, Ms. Caesar-Chavannes outlined a series of interactions with Mr. Trudeau in recent weeks, including one witnessed by members of the House, that she says left her feeling unsupported. She turned to social media after Mr. Trudeau stated that real leadership is about listening, showing compassion and fostering an environment in which caucus is comfortable coming to him with concerns. Ms. Caesar-Chavannes, who has repeatedly offered public support for Ms. Wilson-Raybould, said she felt he did not show those qualities in their personal discussions in recent weeks. In response to detailed questions from The Globe, Matt Pascuzzo, a spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office, said, “The Prime Minister has deep respect for Celina Caesar-Chavannes. There’s no question the conversations in February were emotional, but there was absolutely no hostility. As the Prime Minister said yesterday, he is committed to fostering an environment where ministers, caucus, and staff feel comfortable approaching him when they have concerns or disagreements – that happened here.” Ms. Caesar-Chavannes, a first-term MP from the Toronto area, said she had told Mr. Trudeau in a phone call on Feb. 12 that she would be announcing her decision not to run again in the October election. She said Mr. Trudeau told her to wait, because Ms. Wilson-Raybould had quit cabinet that day. She felt that he was worried about “the optics of having two women of colour leaving,” Ms. Caesar-Chavannes said. A source with the PMO who was not authorized to discuss details on the record said Mr. Trudeau was concerned that her decision would be associated with the SNC-Lavalin affair, but did not raise any concerns about race. Ms. Caesar-Chavannes said she had told him that she hoped he could one day understand the impact that political life has had on her family. She said threats to her safety have been made against her in the past. “He was yelling. He was yelling that I didn’t appreciate him, that he’d given me so much,” Ms. Caesar-Chavannes said. She said she yelled back at him, and Mr. Trudeau eventually apologized. She said she agreed to his request the next day to hold off on making her announcement until early March. A week later after a caucus meeting, Ms. Caesar-Chavannes said she had approached Mr. Trudeau to talk about their previous interaction. “I went to him, I said, ‘Look I know our last conversation wasn’t the greatest but …,’ and at that point I stopped talking because I realized he was angry,” she said. “Again, I was met with hostility. This stare-down … then him stomping out of the room without a word.” The PMO said the two posed for a photo together and their interaction was brief. She said Mr. Trudeau had apologized again later that day, prior to a vote on a Conservative motion in the House of Commons. Opposition MPs have told The Globe she appeared visibly upset. “He came back in and said ‘I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that,'" she said. “I was upset and I left. I was angry. I was angry, because this guy holds a lot of power and in the first conversation I asked him to consider the impact on my family, and he didn’t do that.” She said she had decided to share her experience with Mr. Trudeau because her responsibility is to represent the 130,000 constituents in her Toronto-area riding of Whitby, who she says expect her to act with integrity and civility. She said she still considers herself a Liberal and will continue to support the party. She was first elected in 2015 and became Mr. Trudeau’s parliamentary secretary, representing him in the Commons when he was absent. She later moved to the same role in international development before stepping down at the end of August. “I didn’t drink the Kool-Aid and then sign my name in blood to this party-politics thing. Maybe politics is not for me because I clearly don’t follow what the handbook says I’m supposed to do,” she said. “I hope that when we talk about changing politics, we do it from a foundation of not everybody who is outside of your red, blue, or orange structure is the enemy, and not everything within the red, blue or orange has to be exactly the way you want it to be.” The girl had fallen pregnant after being raped by her grandmother’s boyfriend. A practitioner who assisted in the procedure told the Guardian there were thousands of such cases in Argentina. Last week, the Guardian reported the story of Lucía – not her real name – who was raped by her grandmother’s 65-year-old partner. She was denied an abortion, despite the law allowing terminations in cases of rape or when the woman’s life is at risk. Despite Lucía qualifying on both accounts, local authorities in the northern province of Tucumán, where she lives, delayed a decision until 23 weeks into her pregnancy. By that time Lucía was not physically able to undergo a normal, vaginal abortion. Instead she had to undergo what is called a hysterotomy abortion, in which the foetus is removed via a small incision in the abdomen, similar to a caesarean section. Rescued by hospital staff, the foetus survived the procedure but is not expected to live.
Cecilia Ousset, who assisted her husband, Jorge Gijena, in carrying out the procedure, said she was “horrified” by the outcome of the case. “At no moment was it our intention to force the girl to give [a] live birth,” said Ousset in a phone interview punctuated with tears. Ousset and her husband are pro-choice private practitioners, called in by the government when the public hospital staff refused to carry out the court-ordered procedure. Ousset feels they were tricked by a deliberate and ultimately successful ploy by provincial officials to delay the procedure long enough to force the delivery of a live newborn. LOS ANGELES, March 4 -- Corey Feldman has defended the late Michael Jackson after viewing documentary Leaving Neverland, and is considering releasing a tape of the late star showing “the innocence” of their relationship. Former child star Feldman was prompted to speak out in defence of the late King of Pop after watching the much talked about HBO documentary in which director Dan Reed details Jackson’s alleged sexual molestation of James Safechuck and Wade Robson. Like them, Feldman also enjoyed a close relationship with Jackson as a teenager, but he insists he was never once the victim of any form of abuse. “#Neverland OK i watched it all i know is what i experienced, & yes every experience was the same....right up 2 the sex part! that is where it becomes lala land, instead of neverland 4 me. we never spoke about sex other than a few warnings about how sex was scary, & dangerous,” he began a series of tweets. “mj never once swore in my presence, never touched me inappropriately, & never ever suggested we should be lovers in any way! i feel like if ppl could hear our convos they would hear the innocence in them. no hint of perversion. i hav a tape, im thinkin about releasing, which could “giv ppl a real look @ what a 30 yr old man/child & a 13 yr old boy would discuss, so every1 could hear the innocence of r relationship (sic).” The Goonies actor went on to reiterate that he wasn’t present when Safechuck and Robson claim their abuse took place, but he did enjoy spending time at Jackson’s Neverland ranch in California, where the singer would sleep in a bedroom with young boys, at the same time as Safechuck. Feldman, who is in the process of exposing alleged paedophiles in Hollywood who he claims sexually abused him and others, concedes that the pair deserve to have their voice heard, but their versions of events don’t match up with the Jackson he knew. “most pedos r serial offenders. they dont hav self control. so given the opportunity which he certainly had w me & others, being alone, w no parents around, how did he control those urges so well, while so blatantly sexual w those 2 boys? it doesnt really fit the profile. but what motive besides $ do they hav? abandonment is a strong 1 (sic),” he wrote, adding he takes issue that Jackson, who died in 2009, has no way to defend himself. “i only hav my memories. and thank god 4 me, my memories of mj were mostly fond, aside from r 1 & only fight because he incorrectly feared i would turn on him, & make up lies. i never did. i never would! i pray those boys can sleep w that same clarity of consciousness! let god b thy judge!” These accusations, which were published in a number of investigative pieces in October 2017 by the New York Times and New Yorker, laid the groundwork for #MeToo to gain momentum in Hollywood. Barr, however, doesn't see eye-to-eye with some of these allegations.
SHANGHAI, February 12 -- In the summer of 2014, Zhou Xiaoxuan, then a 21-year-old living in Beijing, filed a report with the local police. She described what had happened the previous day when she had delivered a basket of fruit to one of China’s most prominent news anchors, Zhu Jun, in his dressing room. Zhou told the police that after she entered the room, the anchor had kissed her and groped her against her will. Two days later, the police contacted Zhou’s parents and persuaded them not to pursue action against Zhu and to not speak about the incident publicly. Zhou told friends what had happened to her, but the encounter—as do so many like it—remained a private matter, something for Zhou to contend with on her own. Four year later, the series of public sexual assault revelations that became the #MeToo movement in the U.S. in 2017 changed Zhou’s story. After seeing that an old friend living abroad had written a public post about being raped, Zhou decided to go public about her encounter with Zhu, posting her story on WeChat. An environmental activist named Xu Chao publicly shared Zhou’s 3,000-word post on the social media platform Weibo, and in two hours it went viral. The term “Zhu Jun” appeared on Weibo’s hot search list, which represents the most frequently searched key words on the platform, and was censored within hours. Zhou found herself catapulted into national prominence. Zhu (who has denied Zhou’s allegations) quickly sued her for defamation. Simultaneously, emboldened by an outpouring of support from other victims, Zhou sued Zhu for infringement of her right to personal dignity. Photographer Zhou Na spent time with Zhou, who goes by the nickname Xianzi, this past October to December, as she prepared for her court cases, managed media requests, corresponded with admirers and detractors, and grappled with both the symbolic and practical consequences of her decision to speak out. SEOUL, January 25 -- South Korea will steer away from medal-driven elite sports and pursue healthy sports values in the wake of a series of allegations of sexual abuse in the country's competitive and hierarchical sports. "We will not associate sporting success with national pride," Do said at a briefing in Seoul, announcing measures to prevent physical abuse and sexual assault in sports. The ministry will launch a nationwide investigation with the state human rights commission and the gender ministry to uncover sexual assault and human rights abuse in sports. It will meet some 63,000 young athletes across the country during a year-long probe on the country's closed and competitive sports community. The South Korean sports community has been hit by sexual assault and harassment revelations by female athletes against coaches and powerful figures in sports. "The government will also review the current system that rewards athletes who won at Olympic Games or world championships to see whether it instigates too much competition for international sporting success," he said. South Korea offers prize money to athletes who win gold medals at international games and exempts male winners from the country's mandatory military service. "We can't push athletes to extreme competition under the goal of advancing national pride and let human rights violations happen in the course. We will work to change the way we view sports," said Do. The government will consider closing the junior national sports competition, which they say encourages fierce competition at a young age. "The way young athletes train at a young age and develop their skills has exposed them to violence in the competitive training environment. We will review the current system thoroughly," said Education Minister Yoo Eun-hye, at the briefing. The government will also seek to revise the sports law within the first half of this year to strengthen punishment for sexual assault offenders, as well as those who attempt to conceal sexual abuse. It will also conduct a probe on the faculty of the Korea National Sport University, the nation's prestigious school in sport, which has been mired in allegations of sexual abuse and assault involving coaches and athletes from the school. TOKYO, January 10 -- A Japanese university student on Wednesday rejected an apology by a magazine over a report on how easy it was to coax female undergraduates into having sex after her online petition objecting to the article went viral. The weekly tabloid magazine, Spa!, caused outrage with an article in late December ranking five Japanese universities on how easy it was to persuade female students to have sex at drinking parties. Kazuna Yamamoto, an international relations student at the International Christian University in Tokyo, posted an online petition protesting about the article that received over 40,000 signatures in six days. The magazine apologised in the Japanese media over its "sensational language" but Yamamoto, 21, said she did not accept the gesture and wanted the article to be retracted. "They are missing the point," Yamamoto told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Tokyo. "They are saying sorry for using misleading words but they are not apologising for the main idea itself ... how they are treating women and objectifying women," she said. "In Japan objectifying and sexualising women is still so normal that people don't really understand why it is a problem." Yamamoto said she has now joined forces with five others to press for fair portrayal of women in Japanese media. The magazine, which has a weekly circulation of about 108,000, said it was trying to highlight a trend where men pay female students to take part in drinking parties. A representative from publisher Fusosha Publishing, owned by Fuji Media Holdings, said the magazine has "expressed apology" and was ready to meet with Yamamoto. The latest controversy underscores Japan's record on gender equality, which it lags well behind other developed nations, ranking 110 out of 149 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2018 Global Gender Gap report. An investigation last year found a leading medical school in Japan cut women's entrance test scores to keep them out and boost the number of male doctors, sparking protests. |
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