The most common stalker situations that we hear of usually involve women with psychotic ex partners who cannot come to terms with the fact that the relationship has ended. They try to assert control over their ex partner by financial restraint, stalking them, use their children as leverage and can even try to get their ex partner sectioned. In many cases of domestic violence this is the norm. Events like White Ribbon day and awareness campaigns about domestic violence have helped educate the general public to make them aware of the possible signs of domestic violence. Women who claim they have been stalked by their ex partners are being taken (a little) more seriously, but I still think we have a long way to go.. Some of the true stories I have heard about stalking are truly jaw dropping and more often than not the sagas have gone on for years and years. I admit that I was quite shocked by some of the things I've heard. Particularly by how the stalker's obsession begins an
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Whenever I see a well known person or celebrity who died of cancer the common text surrounding the death will usually include sentences such as ‘they lost their battle with cancer.’ I’ve had family members pass away from this disease but I know that I am not alone. Around 1 in 3 people will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. My issue with the phrase is that cancer is not a battle one can control. By categorising a cancer death with ‘losing the battle’ implies that there is an element of control by the person suffering from the disease. The success rate will depend on the stage of cancer, how far it has spread and how aggressive the cancer is. Even after a cancer battle is ‘won’ (meaning remission) it is still an on going burden. Cancer treatment today involves chemotherapy but the important thing to remember is that chemotherapy is not a cure. It is a treatment. That individual will still need to monitor their cancer for years to come.
Anyone who has dated anyone post 2004 most likely has had access to social media. Social media has worked to enhance our connection with people, this constant connection to other people can have its pitfalls, particularly when you break up with your boyfriend or partner. So lets take a common scenario. You start dating a guy (or girl) you meet their friends and get along very well. You add them on Facebook. Then the chain of connections begin as all the other friends follow suit by adding you as a friend as well. You take many pictures together, you go out to restaurants and bars together. You like your partner's friends. Everything is going well....or so it seems. Then one dreaded day, you decide (or worse its decided for you) that the relationship has come to an end. You are devastated. Or if you were the dumper you may be having second thoughts about your decision. The dilemma? you still have your ex on Facebook and their friends and are contemplating whether or not
It could have been one of his defining moments as prime minister but Malcolm Turnbull is yet to change Australia's laws on gay marriage. Instead he implemented a plebiSHITE plebiscite which in effect does not change the laws merely got the opinion of the Australians, which had already been done by previous researchers. It was previously shown that the majority of Australians were in support of gay marriage well before the plebiscite. It was a costly procrastination of the Australian Government. I thought about it from the Prime Minister's perspective. Usually you only get one shot at the top job. So if you were in Malcolm Turnbull's shoes, wouldn't you want to start making the changes and right away? I then started to think about other various leaders globally or not who have implemented or threatened to change something. Lets look at some of them and how that worked out. Pope John Paul I The previous pope, Paul VI (before Pope John Paul I) was ultra conserv