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Sexual Violence Is Not Inherent in Men

Marko Sijan | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada
Read More: Misogyny, Horizontal Society, Daniel Siegel, Seth MacFarlane, Steubenville Rape, India Rape, Plato, Rape, Jodie Foster, Aristotle, Sexism, Seth Macfarlane We Saw Your Boobs, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Democracy, Democratization, Video, Canada News
Marko Sijan

One of the reasons behind why the media focused on the "ruined" lives of the Steubenville rapists and ignored the suffering of their victim is this: we think she asked for it and doesn't deserve our empathy. She should have known better than to get drunk and lose consciousness at a party full of boys who, being victims of their inherent need for sexual violence, can't be blamed for being male.

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Finding Tony 2012

Vac Verikaitis | Posted 09.08.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Italy, Immigration, Socrates, Plato, Lithuania, Immigration Reports, Jason Kenney, European Culture in Canada, Canadian Culture, Canadian Heritage, Canada, Culture, Canada Living News
Vac Verikaitis

So I'm standing outside "The Barn" restaurant ("It's called The Barn because all the animals go there" I was once told), having a smoke, and some hapless soul walks up and asks me for a cigarette. That'll teach me to open up a full pack on Queen Street. As I hand this guy his smoke, he looks at me, and in all sincerity asks "Do you know Tony?".

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Rafael Nadal's Platonic Courage

Marko Sijan | Posted 11.20.2011 | Canada
Read More: Sports, Rafael Nadal, Socrates, Plato, Philosophy, Novak Djokovic, Nadal Djokovic, U.S. Open, Men's Finals, Tennis, Video, Canada News
Marko Sijan

Like an ocean tide, the court lifted Nadal higher toward who knows where. His defeat took on the grandeur of a victory that outstripped the baser limitation of our terminal obsession with "winning."

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