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Nov302020 by Tianhua YunNo Comments

Covid: Trapped students are turning to selling sex

Adults, Covid-19, Education, Student, UK news, Women

Many students have put themselves at risk to get enough money to help pay for university. More and more students are turning into sex work. Survey conducted by Student Money Survey 2020, reveal 10 percent students consider adult work in a cash emergency, the number has doubled from 2019. Source: Student Money Survey 2020 76% of students rely on part-time work to bring in extra income, due to the economic crisis caused by Covid-19, many students are unable to continue their part-time jobs, their support from student finance, parents and universities are also falls. Most of them cannot afford the high rent cost and tuition fees, thus over a half of student who work in the sex industry state that, their motivation to do...

Menstrual Leave: Should we be more accomodating?

Adults, Gender, Health, Women

Scotland has become the first nation to offer free sanitary products for all women. Photo credited by Halima Ahcene Djaballah Scotland has offered free access to period products for all women. Should England be this accommodating to menstruating women as well? What is Menstruation? Menstruation is a natural monthly process for females which at times may be accompanied with pain and discomfort. It is usually accompanied with painful muscle cramps in the stomach, back and thighs. As well as free sanitary products, the question arises of whether the nation should do more to cater for menstruating females. Menstrual leave has since been a topic of debate and has already been legalised in some countries such as Japan, Indonesia and Taiwan. Are period cramps really tha...

Dec92019 by Devyn MolinaNo Comments

Virginity testing: ‘a women’s virginity has nothing to do with anyone but herself’

Adults, Gender, Women

Recent controversial statements made by T.I. have people questioning the validity of the medical practice of ‘virginity testing’ and whether or not it can tell if a woman is still a virgin purely based on how intact her hymen is. After an interview with rapper, T.I. admitted that he takes his daughter, Deyjah, 18, to the gynecologist every year to check if her hymen is still intact. When asked why, he explained that if his daughter’s hymen is “intact” then she must still be a virgin. His confession ultimately sparked controversy and conversation as to whether or not virginity tests were ethically sound and scientifically proven to tell whether or a woman is a virgin. The virginity test or the “two-finger test” is administered by a doctor in which they insert their fingers into a

Dec92019 by Kuheli BiswasNo Comments

Joseph McCann: ‘Classic psychopath’ gets 33 life sentences

Breaking News, crime, crime, Law, London, tragedy, Women, youth

Joseph McCann, 34, gets 33 life sentences with a minimum term of 30 years after being found guilty of a series of rape committed over two weeks in April and May of this year. Mr. Justice Edis, the judge, said: “This was a campaign of rape, violence and abduction.” He also said that McCann had “never expressed a word of regret” during his trial. McCann raped eight people including a 11 year-old boy and a lady aged 71. The 37 charges against him included seven counts of rape and kidnap as well as one count of child rape. It has been reported that on arrest McCann had told the officers: "If you had caught me for the first two, the rest of this wouldn't have happened." Prosecution lauded the bravery of the victims for coming forward and helping others escape McCann. The prosecuti