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NFL quarterback banned for six games after 24 women accused him of sexual harassment or assault

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been suspended for six games after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments. Key points: NFL disciplinary officers find Watson engaging in “conduct that qualifies as sexual assault” Judge Sue L Robinson said there was a “lack of expressed regret” on Watson’s part League says it wants to suspend Watson for over a year The sentence was handed out by the game’s disciplinary officer, former federal judge Sue L Robinson, who said Watson’s behavior was “more egregious than it was before the NFL review”. But the ban doesn’t live up to what the NFL reports: an open suspension of at least one year for violating the league’s privacy policy. Watson, who played four seasons with the Houston Texans before being traded to Cleveland in March, recently settled 23 of 24 lawsuits filed by women alleging sexual harassment and assault during treat...

Wendy Whiteley's second gift: 'The time has come to give women a little attention'

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Binns once recalled that the young women studying at East Sydney Tech weren’t as promising as some of the boys. Whiteley said it was a common idea in the late 1950s that women should be models or inspiration. Then, as it is now, NAS attracted a very large group of women for small studio-based model classes and intensive tutoring. It was at art school that Wendy was introduced to Brett Whiteley, who worked as a commercial artist for an advertising agency and attended the sketch club and life drawing classes at the Julian Ashton School of the Arts. Shortly after their meeting, Wendy ran away from home and moved into a flat in Kirribilli with a boyfriend to live the “bohemian life”. “I will sew this loose dress, and mine will be covered in paint. I will go barefoot and march through City Hall. It’s all harmless.” East Sydney Technical College in the 1960s at the site of Old Darlinghurst Goal before its name changed. Credit: National Art School From high s...

Bluey highlights being childless is not by choice. This is what women tell me about life with no accidental children

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In Bluey’s latest episode, Onesies, six-year-old Bluey asks his mother, Chilli, what’s wrong with Aunt Brandy, who comes to visit for the first time in four years. “Is he sad?” Blue asked. “And why do we only see it once in our lives?” This is indicated by the impressions of Brandy who has not been able to have children. “Sorry it took so long,” Brandy then said to her sister. “It’s hard to see all of you, you know?” “I know,” Chilli replied, taking her sister’s hand. This is another example of the hit program’s gentle and insightful exploration of a complex issue, which sparked a flood of positive responses from viewers. As one person commented on the event’s Facebook page, “thank you Bluey, for showing infertility and childlessness not because of the community of choice”. Nearly one in six couples have experienced infertility. Those who have never known someone – family members, colleagues or frie...