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Duterte quip about maid reflects widespread abuse servants cop in Filipino households

December 31, 2018 benign0 21 Comments

I’m not here to make excuses for a head of state making light of possible abuse of household help in his youth. That’s just not on. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should really put a stop to making comments like that as it only makes him less effective as a leader. At the same time, however,…

Education, Lifestyle, Society

We should include the bullied in the conversation about bullies

December 24, 2018 benign0 15 Comments

You know who are the most likely victims of bullying? If you answered “the less fortunate”, the “marginalised”, the “powerless”, or the underdogs”, you answered wrong. Because these types of “victims” are no more than the traditional poster children put up by “activists” who are driven more by a political agenda than by any real…

Culture, Society