Argues that men—not only mothers—must model respect for women, using the Cornell allegations to examine boys’ learned behavior.
Boys learn by watching how the men they respect treat their partners, female colleagues, women on the street. Now is the time for those men to step up There were seven men in all, and it lasted almost seven hours. What followed, according to the woman at the heart of the Cornell University case that has gripped student campuses around the world, was less a sexual encounter than a grim pack-bonding exercise fuelled by booze and ketamine, in which she was passed around like a blow-up doll. Gaby H…
Readers’ letters on clearing a deceased parent’s possessions may help families facing grief and inherited belongings.
Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article about disposing of her late mother’s possessions Reading Polly Hudson’s account of clearing her mother’s house ( My mum has died – and every decision I make about her belongings feels wrong, 20 September ) made me think about my experience of doing the same. I sort of enjoyed the task, viewing it as the last thing that I could do for my mother, and seeing myself as a curator in reverse. I was determined to recycle as much as possible, feeding the good t…
The Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 may actively damage brain blood vessels and sabotage the cellular systems that remove harmful proteins. Researchers were able to reverse some of these effects in experiments, revealing promising new targets for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases.