Sentences with phrase «back against sexual»

Elderly adults who have been weakened by an illness or dementia or younger adults with a mental disability or mental illness may not understand what is happening to them or be able to fight back against sexual abuse.

Since the spring release of Wonder Woman, in which Gal Gadot starred as the titular character, the actress has continued to play a real - life superhero when it comes to fighting back against sexual harassment and assault.

The campaign has already raised $ 15 million to cover legal fees to help people from all walks of life fight back against sexual abuse, harassment, and inequality.

James Franco was wearing a Times Up pin, in reference to an organization recently formed by hundreds of powerful women in Hollywood to fight back against sexual misconduct.

Not exact matches

Sexual harassment allegations against the Olympian, which first arose in 2016, have also come back into the spotlight during the winter games.

In particular, many notable Hollywood figures including the actors Kevin Spacey and Ed Westwick have been accused of sexual misconduct ranging from harassment to rape since an October 5 Times exposé detailed allegations going back decades against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Back in 2014, Nathaniel Morales, a former youth leader at SGM's flagship Covenant Life Church in Maryland, was convicted on five counts of sexual abuse against three underage male victims between 1983 and 1991.

Putting the focus back on chastity might help us remember that repentance and redemption are always possible, as well as encourage us to view sexual behavior in a wider context of self - control, bodily respect, and patience, rather than as a simple prohibition against a particular physical action.»

Confessing with some agitation that he too found one gay advocate to be «kind, winsome, insightful and reasonable,» Anyabwile concludes that the best way to turn the tide back against gay marriage is to «return the discussion to sexual behavior in all its yuckiest gag - inducing truth.»

A former Church of England priest has been convicted of a string of sexual offences against two boys dating back to the late 1980s.

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Domenech looks back wistfully on the way Hefner's magazine asserted, against the consensus of today's gender studies literati, that sexual differences matter.

Nolan also defended women in the Assembly for not pushing back against Silver's much - criticized efforts to keep quiet the sexual harassment allegations made against Lopez.

Now she's empowering other students of color to fight back against campus sexual assault.

NYC might give landmark status to the famed Stonewall Inn, which often called the cradle of the gay rights movement since patrons in 1969 fought back against police raids targeting the bar based on the sexual orientation of its customers.

Gillibrand's supporters have defended her long history of speaking out on behalf of women against sexual assault, noting how she clashed with former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin (D., Mich.) back in 2013 over the issue of prosecuting sexual assaults in the military.

«Take Back The Night» started in 1976 in Brussels, Belgium as a candlelight protest against worldwide sexual violence against women.

(WBEN / AP) The University at Buffalo has begun the process of taking back movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's honorary degree, in light of the mounting number of sexual harassment allegations being made against the Hollywood Titan.

Block backed off charges that Rick Perry's campaign was behind leaks about sexual harassment accusations against Cain.

The New York State Republican Party is turning a familiar Democratic Party accusation back against the Assembly Democrats, who are involved in a sexual harassment scandal.

The state's Republican Party is turning a familiar Democratic Party accusation back against the Assembly Democrats, who are involved in a sexual harassment scandal.

The city teachers union pushed back against comments Mayor Bill de Blasio made that seemed to undercut the validity of some sexual - harassment complaints made by Department of Education employees.

Dr. Alan Chartock discusses sexual misconduct allegations against Charlie Rose, the possible passage of the GOP tax bill, and adding North Korea back to the list of state sponsored terrorism.

Back then, there was no same - sex marriage, and there was not even a law against discriminating against New Yorkers based on their sexual orientation.

About an hour before the start of the debate, Trump struck back against mounting condemnation by holding a news conference with women who have accused Clinton's husband of sexual harassment.

The sanctions, backed by the Assembly Ethics Committee earlier this month, stem from a 2016 sexual harassment complaint leveled against the lawmaker by a female staffer.

Accusations of sexual assault leveled against President Donald Trump may have been forgotten about after the election, but a defamation suit could put the issue back into the spotlight.

California Democratic congressional candidate Gil Cisneros pushed back Friday against sexual harassment allegations waged against him a day earlier by Melissa Fazli, a Democratic candidate for California Assembly District 55.

Walcott ordered a review of D.O.E. investigations going back to 2000, after a recent spate of sexual - abuse allegations against teachers.

These go back as far as 1996 when there is evidence that a young artist called Anna - Karin Bylund contacted the then permanent secretary Sture Allén (confusingly, the permanent secretary actually holds the office for a limited term which varies) with allegations of sexual harassment against Arnault.

Both dressed in black, the pair who recently celebrated their 21st anniversary, stood in support for the Time's Up campaign - backing the movement against sexual harassment in Hollywood.

In support: Both dressed in black, the pair who recently celebrated their 21st anniversary, stood in support for the Time's Up campaign - backing the movement against sexual harassment in Hollywood

In light of the #MeToo movement and the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against high - profile Hollywood men like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K. and many more, though, the Golden Globes are set to be more than just a frothy, champagne - fueled, back - patting party this year.

This year, as Europe and the U.S. retreat from each other politically, cinephiles seem to have cut back on Hollywood fare, leaving us with a wealth of decidedly left - field film fodder that address topics such as discrimination against refugees, an adolescent Karl Marx, and all kinds of sexual diversity.

This Week: Against his wishes, Kevin is dragged back into the sexual misconduct quagmire by Aziz Ansari and neo-feminist writers on a Babe site.

As previously reported, the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards were more than just a frothy, champagne - fueled, back - patting party in the wake of the #MeToo movement and the sexual misconduct allegations leveled against high - profile Hollywood men like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K. and many more.

In late October, Spacey was accused of making sexual advances against a 14 - year - old boy back in the 1980s.

Women who fought back against wage discrimination and sexual harassment.

When poor children are more likely to get sick and die than children in wealthier neighborhoods just across town; when rural families are more likely to go without clean water; when ethnic and religious minorities, or people with disabilities, or people of different sexual orientations are discriminated against or can't access education and opportunity — that holds all of us back.