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‘Sextortion’ Leads To Financial Losses And Psychological Trauma – What To Look Out For
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SEX & RELATIONSHIPS, TOP FOUR

‘Sextortion’ Leads To Financial Losses And Psychological Trauma – What To Look Out For

When malicious internet users gain people’s trust to obtain sexually explicit photos or videos, and then use these materials – specifically the threat of sharing them – to coerce them for sexual, personal or financial gain, this is called “sextortion”. Recent incidents of sextortion are not entirely surprising given the increase in social interactions online during lockdowns, particularly by way of online dating. But they are concerning. Being a victim of sextortion is associated with significant financial losses (sextortion cost Americans US$8 million over the first seven months of 2021, for example) as well as trauma. Perpetrators of sextortion could be strangers who want to exploit vulnerable young children or adolescents. They could be former romantic partners or members of organised...
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Here’s What To Look Out For On Dating Apps – ‘Sextortion’ Leads To Financial Losses And Psychological Trauma
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Here’s What To Look Out For On Dating Apps – ‘Sextortion’ Leads To Financial Losses And Psychological Trauma

When malicious internet users gain people’s trust to obtain sexually explicit photos or videos, and then use these materials – specifically the threat of sharing them – to coerce them for sexual, personal or financial gain, this is called “sextortion”. Recent incidents of sextortion are not entirely surprising given the increase in social interactions online during lockdowns, particularly by way of online dating. But they are concerning. Being a victim of sextortion is associated with significant financial losses (sextortion cost Americans US$8 million over the first seven months of 2021, for example) as well as trauma. Perpetrators of sextortion could be strangers who want to exploit vulnerable young children or adolescents. They could be former romantic partners or members of organised...
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Trauma On Top Of Trauma: Why More Women Are Dying In Jails
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Trauma On Top Of Trauma: Why More Women Are Dying In Jails

Jails, especially small and rural facilities, struggle to provide adequate physical and mental health care for women, experts say. Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th Six years ago today, 28-year-old Sandra Bland was found hanged in her Texas jail cell three days after she was pulled over for a traffic violation and subsequently arrested. Bland’s death sparked national outcry over the abuses of the criminal justice system against Black women. Her story is also part of a larger trend of women experiencing rising incarceration rates and deaths inside jail facilities. Women are the country’s fastest growing incarcerated group, concentrated in rural counties. From 2008 to 2018, the women’s jail population grew by 15 percent while men’s decreased by 9 percent, according to fed...
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Chicago teachers’ strike: Educators want trauma care for students

Strike is about more than pay; teachers demand counsellors for every school to help students deal with daily trauma. Thousands of demonstrators take to the streets, stopping traffic and circling City Hall in a show support for the ongoing teachers strike [Scott Heins/Getty Images/AFP] Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Public School social worker Cathy Mizicko hasn't had a "normal day" in her 17 years at Jordan Elementary Community School in Rogers Park, a school on the far north side of the city. "My day is always different," Mizicko said. "Our school has a high poverty level, and it's very diverse ... There will be a shooting near one of the student's apartments, so they come in having to deal with that," she told Al Jazeera. Mizicko is one of the more than 30,...
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Research Shows Entire Black Communities Suffer Trauma After Police Shootings
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Research Shows Entire Black Communities Suffer Trauma After Police Shootings

Police killings of unarmed African Americans have created a mental health crisis of enormous proportions. Following several nationally publicized police killings of unarmed Black Americans in the United States, Eva L., a fitness instructor who identifies as Black, started to experience what she describes as “immense paranoia.” She would often call in sick, because she feared risking an encounter with police upon leaving her house. She also started to second-guess her and her husband’s decision to have children. “Seeing Black bodies murdered and physical/emotional violence online and on the news” was a trauma she could no longer bear, Eva says. “I was terrified of bringing a child into the world we live in and experience as Black people. I thought not having kids was a truer sign of l...
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Trauma counseling is a proven way to relieve pain immediately
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SOCIAL JUSTICE

Trauma counseling is a proven way to relieve pain immediately

There are many situations in life when you are gripped with severe pain such as relationship breakup, huge loss in business, failure in the exam or the most impacting one – the loss of someone close. It is emotional pain and that is why it can better be treated by providing the right counseling immediately. As the pain is caused not due to the physical damage, one suffering from the pain needs to be provided with sympathy and solace. An intimate relationship coupled with the right advice is thought to work wonders in helping you relieve the pain. If you are gripped with bereavement just because you have lost your dear one or failed in the exam or suffered a huge damage to your business, companion of good people who show intimate behavior toward to you will be like an elixir to your pain.To...
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