Sentences with phrase «of abuse of women»

«Events like these don't just raise much - needed funds for the shelter, but also allow us to raise more awareness on the issue of the abuse of women.

Option House resulted from a broad - base of services under the Coalition for Prevention of Abuse of Women and Children.

This never stopped her from continuing to try new things, however, and she always embedded an unapologetically feminist agenda within them: from using male pseudonyms to write about her work when no one else would to her investigation of the abuse of women's images through new media.

This type of abuse of women is not unusual.

All others continue / d those on top of abuse of women and children until the Christian West halted it all forcibly.

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Melinda Gates told The New Yorker men who «demean, degrade, or disrespect women» have been able to operate in industries like tech and venture capital, and that «the asymmetry of power is ripe for abuse.»

«So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue.

He's on a crusade to rescue 35 - to 55 - year - old women and men from the perils of pinching their long - abused feet into ill - fitting shoes.

With the dam broken and decades worth of accusations of sexual harassment and abuse finally flooding out, we're hearing more and more apologies from powerful creeps who took advantage of and dehumanized the women around them.

Women of late are speaking up more loudly than ever before about the experiences they've had with men who have abused their privilege and their power.

The women note that while they «fully endorse the conversation around abuse of power in the workplace,» they would like to share their own experiences of working with Brokaw.

As powerful men across an array of industries have been accused of harassing and abusing women, both parties have had to deal with misconduct allegations in their ranks.

After looking at what has been reported in many publications over the last couple of days, I'm appalled and commend the courage of the women who've stepped forward to report sexual abuse or rape.

We demand investigations into R. Kelly's abuse allegations made by women of color + their families for two decades.

Stories like Dar's are newly resonant as a wide swath of industries are confronting the powerful men who harass and abuse women at work.

In a panel discussion following a Saturday screening of the film in New York, Sarkeesian — a San Francisco entrepreneur who with her team of four creates the video series Feminist Frequency — addressed possible responses to the online abuse women face from gamers, ex-boyfriends and other venomous sources.

She's also an inspirational figure, having overcome poverty and abuse to become one of the most powerful women in the entertainment industry.

Untold numbers of women endure horrific threats and abuse online.

The illegitimate daughter of a Mississippi sharecropper, she overcame poverty, parental neglect, sexual abuse and racism to become one of the richest and most powerful women in the entertainment industry.

None of the women Mr. Greenberg is said to have abused were employed by Morgan Stanley.

Jennifer Willoughby, one of the two women who leveled accusations of domestic and emotional abuse against the former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, says she lived in a state of «low - grade, constant terror» with him.

When it's so common to write off the hatred and abuse of women as «locker room banter,» of course many women believe that lie, too — that boys are just being boys, that men don't really mean what they say.

It's also unclear that the increased marijuana use by pregnant women represents drug abuse; for instance, nausea and anxiety (both common among pregnancy) are among the most common symptoms of medical marijuana users, which may in part explain the increase in usage.

«Just because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up of domestic abuse by players and just this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.»

Stories have poured forth of powerful men using their influence to coerce, exploit and abuse the women around them.

Because without real, genuine penalties on the line, without generations of men fearing that if they abuse their power, if they treat women like s — t, they'll be out of jobs, shamed, their families devastated — without that actual, electric, dangerous possibility: Nothing.

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman recently added her voice to the chorus of women coming forward with stories of sexual abuse.

Perkins's description of Weinstein's advances match the testimonies of other women who have accused him of harassment, sexual abuse, and rape.

Many recent mass shooters, including Orlando shooter Omar Mateen, Texas shooter Devin Patrick Kelley, 2014 Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger, and others had histories of abusing women or feeling spurned by women in their love lives.

The petition, created by an anonymous person on Tuesday, reads: «If you believe The Weinstein Company should completely dissolve after 30 years of sexual abuse against innocent women please join me in signing this petition to honor the victims and their bravery.»

Several women accusing former USA Gymnastics team and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar of abuse spoke in court on Tuesday before his sentencing.

Daniels — an Oscar - nominated writer and director, as well as the co-creator of Empire, a hit series that airs on Fox — reportedly accused Penn of domestic violence while discussing Empire star Terrence Howard's history of physical abuse toward women.

There were also rumors of abuse against women and children on the compound.

The change made it «that much harder for women» who had suffered abuse, says Natalia Pankova, the director of a state - run domestic violence organization called Sail of Hope.

Time's Up is a brand new alliance of over 300 women who work in the entertainment industry, who have joined forces to address sexual abuse and correct the widespread imbalance of power for women in entertainment and beyond.

The topics were thrust onto the national stage in October when news broke that Hollywood boss Harvey Weinstein had allegedly sexually harassed and abused dozens of women for decades, using his power in the industry to threaten their careers...

Who would have guessed that women speaking out on sexual harassment would trigger such a sweeping denouncement of the abuse of power?

In a statement, Nick Denton, the founder of Gawker Media, who was also personally named in the Hogan suit, said: «Just because Peter Thiel is a Silicon Valley billionaire, his opinion does not trump our millions of readers who know us for routinely driving big news stories including Hillary Clinton's secret email account, Bill Cosby's history with women, the mayor of Toronto as a crack smoker, Tom Cruise's role within Scientology, the N.F.L. cover - up of domestic abuse by players and just this month the hidden power of Facebook to determine the news you see.»

He is the first truly shameless president, the first porn president, and that is why it is Stormy Daniels — more than the FBI or the IRS or the string of women who have claimed sexual harassment or abuse by him — who just might take him down.

«We call on people everywhere to join with us to insist on a world in which women of all kinds can pursue their dreams free from sexual assault, abuse and predatory behavior.

Former Thinx employees, many of them women in their 20s and 30s, allege some very un-feminist practices, including substandard pay, verbal abuse and sexual harassment.

The Times seemed the right place for such a gathering: The Newspaper of Record was soon to be awarded three Pulitzer Prizes on April 16, one for public service that it shared with The New Yorker for documenting stories of sexual harassment from multiple women who claimed they were abused by disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

If we could just do a quick change of the world and flipped it around, I believe women would be abusing.

But she apparently missed all the cautionary tales of abuse heaped on beauty brands such as SheaMoisture, Dove, L'Oreal's Elvive and more in social media the past year over slights against women of color — either real or highly enhanced by the outrage machine.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has said Trump should resign over the abuse allegations against him, said through a spokesman that Trump «has shown through words and actions that he doesn't value women.»

«The inaccessibility of the legal system results in women staying in situations that are unhealthy and sometimes dangerous, while women fleeing abuse without legal help are often re-victimized by their abuser and by the court system.»

Two young women are using the power of social media to warn teenagers about sexual abuse they suffered at the hands of a Montreal tattoo artist who used his boutique as a hangout for troubled girls when he sexually abused them.

Life: A story Oct. 12 about allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein mischaracterized the nature of discussions around Louis C.K.'s behavior toward women.

Nassar, a former faculty member and physician at an on - campus clinic at Michigan State University was sentenced in February to up to 125 years in prison after some 200 young women testified about decades of abuse at his hands.

The company gave Alexa a woman's voice and name in the first place, and then set it up for ire and abuse by giving Alexa the impossible task of responding accurately to an infinity of requests and commands.