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| Police in China’s capital urge women to cover up on public transport Posted: 05 Jun 2013 04:41 AM PDT
Women should also shield themselves with bags or newspapers, and sit or stand in lower areas rather than in raised seats to avoid being surreptitiously photographed, according to guidelines issued by the traffic department of the Beijing Public Security Bureau and cited by the official China Daily. Women often complain of groping and other harassment in Beijing's crowded buses and subways. Most buses in the capital do not have security cameras so it is difficult for authorities to collect evidence of harassment, police officer Xing Wei was quoted as saying. The heaviest penalty for sexual harassment is 15 days in detention, according to Xing. Women have been guaranteed broad equal treatment under Chinese law since Mao Zedong, the founder of communist China, declared that women "hold up half the sky". But despite that, women in China still face old-fashioned attitudes among many men and few women hold op jobs in government or business. — Reuters |
| Most parents aren’t stressed by kids’ screentime, says study Posted: 05 Jun 2013 04:34 AM PDT
A study of more than 2,300 parents of children up to age eight found that 78 per cent report that their children's media use is not a source of conflict or concern. Nearly 60 per cent said that they aren't concerned about their kids becoming addicted to media. "Today's parents grew up with technology as a central part of their lives, so they think about it differently than earlier generations of parents," says lead author Ellen Wartella, director of Northwestern University's Centre on Media and Human Development. "Instead of a battle with kids on one side and parents on the other, the use of media and technology has become a family affair." The researchers found that children in what they call "media-centric" households spend three more hours every day with screen media, such as TV, computers, video games, smartphones and tablets, than those in "media-light" homes. About 39 per cent of families were rated as media-centric, while 45 per cent were considered media-moderate, with parents in this group spending an average of just under five hours a day using screen media. Their children spent just under three hours a day using some form of media. The study was released June 4 at the Pew Charitable Trusts Conference Centre in Washington DC. Findings also showed that 70 per cent of parents say smartphones and tablets do not make parenting any easier. Parents say they are most likely to turn to toys or activities (88 per cent), books (79 per cent), or TV (78 per cent) when trying to keep their children occupied. Of those with smartphones or iPads, 37 per cent say they were more likely to turn to those devices. Even when trying to calm an upset child, parents say they are still more likely to turn to a toy or activity (65 per cent) or to a book (58 per cent) than to media; of those who have them, only 17 per cent say the same about letting the child play with mobile devices like a smartphone or tablet. While parents feel positively about the impact of most forms of media on their children's reading and math skills and creativity, they felt video games did more harm than good. Parents rated video games as more likely to have a negative influence on their child's academic skills, attention span, creativity, sleep, and social skills than other forms of media, such as TV or computers. — AFP/Relaxnews |
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