Sentences with phrase «of a sexual nature which»

The Equality Act of 2010 defines it as: «unwanted conduct of a sexual nature which has the purpose or effect of violating someone's dignity, or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them.»

Sexual violence is any behaviour of a sexual nature which is unwanted or occurs without consent.

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Indeed, this Enlightenment view of nature and human nature is foundational for the industrial west (and now for everything from the global economy to the sexual revolution), in which the over-riding objective is, in the words of C. S. Lewis, «to subdue reality to the wishes of [human beings].»

But, as I say, much more needs to be included about the nature of the human body and the reasons why the marital context is the morallycorrect context within which sexual intimacy is expressed.

Less persuasive, to me at least, is the claim that this probably continued until 1931, the year in which Lewis converted to Christianity (and would now think a relation with a married woman to be wrong) Wilson's way of making this point is, however, an instance of a very undesirable trait in his writing: the tendency to assert indirectly and to be glib while seeming to eschew it: «It would be far too glib to suggest that he consciously made the second change, to adopt Christianity, merely to give himself an excuse to abandon sexual relations with Mrs. Moore, whatever the nature of those relations had been.»

Ever since the quarrel over artificial birth control in the 1960s, wayward Catholic theologians have led the way in dismissing Catholic sexual morality as mere «physicalism», this [dismissal] being an attitude which ignores the dual character of human nature as a union of body and soul.

Somewhat logically, given the wording and nature of the Bill, this guidance contains elements for Key Stage 2 (age 7 - 11) which are in serious tension with Catholic teaching (e.g. teaching this age group about sexual intercourse, contraception and homosexuality), and for Key Stage 3 (age 11 - 14) which directly contradict it.

The older teleological view measured morality against man's rational - animal nature; in the sexual realm, this meant evaluating sex acts by reference to the common good of marriage, which integrated spousal union and the bearing and rearing of children.

The question is, once this sexual - orientation structure collapses, what will come to replace it: the queer theorists» nihilistic anything - goes ethic, or the classical Christian view from which all of this is a departure, the view that takes the marital - procreative as its end and organizing principle, evaluating passions against nature rather than vice versa?

We have noted that we are witnessing today a violent revulsion from traditional sexual morality which it is felt did not do justice to the nature of man.

But maturity demands sexual behavior that is motivated by respect for persons, even in psychoanalytic terms, a significant testimony to the purpose of sex as it is rooted in the nature of man, which is in turn grounded in the reality of creation.10

Fresh insights from feminist theologians, gay Christians, and those secular scholars who frequently manifest God's «common grace» in the world remind us of the numerous ways in which our particular sexual conditions color our perceptions of God's nature and presence among us.

I wrote in the January 2009 issue of this magazine about a previous John Jay report into this subject, their 2004 report The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States, which was carried out in 2004 for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

For whatever reason, I acknowledged and embraced the sexual, flirty side of me that I love but foolishly believed had to be in check when I was married — channeling Vice President Pence here — and when I was in some relationships, the ones in which my flirtatious nature was seen as a threat and not a playful interaction with an equally flirtatious partner but trusted and openly talked about.

The finding, which appears in the April edition of «Nature Neuroscience,» demonstrates how men and women process visual sexual stimuli differently, and it may explain gender variations in reproductive behavior.

Simply put this code is a set of rules in which both parties have mutually agreed to a non-committed relationship of a sexual nature.

For example, given the nature of festival culture, particular worries could be raised in relation to issues like sexual health and user safety — both of which continue to be areas of concern with the dating industry.

The game includes event scenes in which a character sedates / drugs players» character and performs unknown acts on them; it is implied that some of these acts may be of a sexual nature.

The controversial nature of the show, which extends to a work by Jake and Dinos Chapman, of girlish mannequins with phalluses for noses and sexual orifices in all the wrong places, pleased many of the gallery - going public.

Might Chicago's effervescent car hoods, which were criticized by her teachers for rejecting the tenets of hard - edged minimalism, as well as Prince's evocations of the precarious nature of Americana, be partners in dismantling gendered or sexual norms?

The judge concluded that the celebrity's own ongoing civil claims of sexual assault in a separate proceeding posed a possible bias in the case at hand, which involves serious criminal charges of a sexual nature.

In Kentucky, nursing home abuse can also occur in the form of sexual abuse, which is contact of sexual nature with a resident without consent.

Another notable change contemplated by Bill 132 is an amendment to the Limitations Act which would eliminate the limitation period for a person to commence a proceeding based on a sexual assault or, in specified circumstances, on other misconduct of a sexual nature or on assault.

Sexual assault which may fall within your criteria of «serious» and all other offences of a sexual nature carry an extreme life - changing stigma and consequSexual assault which may fall within your criteria of «serious» and all other offences of a sexual nature carry an extreme life - changing stigma and consequsexual nature carry an extreme life - changing stigma and consequences.

«Mental incapacity» means that condition of the complaining witness existing at the time of an offense under this article which prevents the complaining witness from understanding the nature or consequences of the sexual act involved in such offense and about which the accused knew or should have known.

The judge or justice must also take the following factors into consideration when making their determination; the extent to which the records are required for the accused to make a full and complete defense, the probative value of the records, the nature and extent of the reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to the personal information contained in the record, whether production of the record is based on a discriminatory belief or bias, the potential prejudice to personal dignity the complainant or witness will experience if the record is produced, society's interest in encouraging individuals to obtain treatment after being sexually assaulted, society's interest in encouraging sexual assault victims to report the assault and the effect of the determination on the integrity of the trial process.

Also sometimes referred to as a drug - facilitated sexual assault since it involves cases in which drugs or alcohol are used to rape an individual, date rape is doubly abhorrent to prosecutors and jurors because of the highly personal nature of the assault.

The judge shall take the following factors into consideration: the probative value of the records, the extent to which the records are needed for the accused to make a full defense, whether production of the record is based on a discriminatory belief or bias, the nature and extent of the reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to the information contained in the record, the potential prejudice to personal dignity the complainant or witness would suffer if the record was produced, society's interest in encouraging sexual assault victims to come forward, society's interest in encouraging individuals to obtain treatment after being sexually assaulted and the effect of the determination on the integrity of the trial process.

In fact, the explicit absence of any time - bar in which to sue has been expanded in Ontario beyond «sexual assault» (i.e., where there has been actual physical contact of a sexual nature) to «any other misconduct of a sexual nature» if it involved a minor or occurred in a relationship of inequality or dependency.

It is part of the role of this Court to denounce this kind of language, unfortunately still used today, which not only perpetuates archaic myths and stereotypes about the nature of sexual assaults but also ignores the law.

This type of sex - related harassment has to be distinguished from sexual harassment which is harassment which has a sexual nature and which, of course, was outlawed under SDA 1975 regardless of whether or not it was actually directed at the complainant.

The decision follows a high court judgment in March, which found the essentially public nature of adoption services meant respect for religious views could not be a justification for discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation.

There are a number of different charges in the Criminal Code that cover different types of specific conduct, but at its core a sexual assault, in law, is an assault (usually touching of some kind) that is sexual in nature and to which the complainant did not consent.

The immediate nature of the Australian Government's response reflects the very first recommendation of the Little Children are Sacred report into the protection of Aboriginal children from child abuse in the Northern Territory which said: «That Aboriginal child sexual abuse in the Northern territory be designated as an issue of urgent national significance by both the Australian and Northern Territory Governments...» [7]