In January, Olga Craig wrote an op-ed for the Daily Telegraph favorably comparing the declining rate of teen pregnancies in the United States with the rate in Great Britain, which has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any country in Europe. But in doing so, Craig left readers with a distorted view of the […]
Category Archives: Great Britain
Great Britain Opens First Shelter for Male Victims of Domestic Violence
January 27, 2004 – 1:00 am
The Observer reported in December that the first shelter for male victims of domestic violence in Great Britain would open in early 2004, with another shelter planned for later in the year.
The Observer noted that the most recent British Crime Survey found that about 4 percent of both men and women said they had […]
Men Sentenced to Jail for Honor Killing in Great Britain
January 16, 2004 – 1:00 am
In October, the BBC reported that two men who murdered their cousin in an apparent honor killing in Great Britain were convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Tafarak Hussain and Rafaqat Hussain were convicted of stabbing their 21-year-old cousin Sahjda Bibi 22 times on January 11, 2003. The cousins killed her with a […]
Woman in UK Appeals Murder Conviction Citing Recovered Memories
October 11, 2003 – 12:00 am
Jane Andrews, a former dresser to the Duchess of York, recently filed an appeal of her murder conviction claiming that she has recovered memories of early childhood sexual abuse that diminished her responsibility for killing her boyfriend.
Andrews, 35, was convicted in 2001 of murdering her lover, Tom Cressman. She hit Cressman with a bat […]
Controversy Over Sexuality Materials for Schools in Great Britain and Scotland
October 11, 2003 – 12:00 am
Controversy erupted in Great Britain and Scotland in September over materials related to same-sex relationships targeted at primary school children.
In Scotland, Catholic groups and others were angered by a project that uses dolls to teach tolerance for, among other groups, homosexual couples.
The so-called Persona Dolls were funded by Lesbian Mothers Scotland. According to a […]
Debate Over Kenyan Rape Allegations
October 11, 2003 – 12:00 am
There has been much controversy in recent weeks over a planned lawsuit on behalf of 650 Kenyan women who claim to have been raped by British soldiers. The crux of the debate is whether or not the rape charges are genuine or are being invented out of thin air in order to pursue the […]
Jon Holbrook on Domestic Violence in Great Britain
October 6, 2003 – 12:00 am
Jon Holbrook recently wrote an interesting analysis (The law and the ‘one in four’) about British government claims that 1 in 4 women in Great Britain have been the victims of domestic violence. According to Holbrook, the government figures intentionally exaggerate domestic violence incidence in order to recast how domestic violence is perceived in […]
British Gov’t Workers Required to Report Inter-Office Sexual Liasions
August 25, 2003 – 12:00 am
UK newspaper The Observer reports that fears of sexual harassment lawsuits have prompted many government agencies in Great Britain to require employees to report any sexual relationships they are having with their colleagues to their respective human resources department.
And such fears appear to be well-founded. According to The Observer,
Research by academics at the University […]
Great Britain Proposes Outlawing Secret DNA Paternity Tests
June 25, 2003 – 12:00 am
In response to a handful of bizarre cases, the United Kingdom is proposing outlawing DNA tests without the consent of all parties involved, which could make it very difficult for men who are suspicious about the paternity of their children.
This seems like an extreme position to take and the Human Genetics Commission chair Baroness […]
Requiring Men to Wear Ties Is Sex Discrimination?
April 28, 2003 – 12:00 am
The Daily Telegraph reported in March that a 32-year-old civil servant had won his sexual discrimination complaint against his employer after a new dress code required men at the company to wear ties.
The actual dress code required employees at a JobCenter office to dress in a “professional and businesslike manner” and went on to […]