Discipline
Queer Girls Are 95 Percent More Likely to Be Punished at School Than Straight Girls, Study Finds
A new study examines the differences in school discipline for queer and straight students. While the study is not representative of the entire US population, it gives some new insight into the educational experience of queer girls today.
No Good Comes From Being Spanked as a Kid
“The difference between spanking and abuse is kind of a grey zone."
Should teachers use corporal punishment on students?
A majority of Americans believe in a parent’s right to spank a child, according to a recent survey, though most would never dream of granting that right to an educator. But in almost half the country, corporal punishment is legal in schools.
The Satanic Temple Wants to Save Kids from Abusive Teachers
The Temple plans to erect billboards in areas that still allow corporal punishment in public schools and notify school boards of children's civil rights.
Throwback Thursday: The Ump Who Got Suspended For Spitting On A Player, And The Problem Of Discipline
Umpire George Magerkurth and second baseman Billy Jurges both spit on each other during an argument. The strange part was that both of them got suspended for it.
Throwback Thursday: The Year Babe Ruth Lost It, And Grew Up
Fresh off two of the most dominant seasons in history, Babe Ruth spent 1922 getting in trouble, getting suspended, and generally messing up. It changed everything.
The Japanese Boy Who Was Left in a Forest Has Been Found Alive
A massive manhunt has found seven-year-old Yamato, who was abandoned by his parents for being naughty on a family road trip.
The Most Embarrassing Thing I've Ever Had to Tell My Parents
"At age seven, I ran home crying and told my mother I was pregnant."
Club Cheval Are the Most Unpredictable Party-Starters in Paris
Brodinski's stable of game-changing producers open up about their upcoming full-length: "It's a mix of Soviet and Liberal thinking applied to dance music. Plus, 100 percent friendship."
Let’s Not Let the Jian Ghomeshi Scandal Give BDSM a Bad Name
BDSM lovers are particularly pissed off about Ghomeshi's Facebook post, because if the allegations against him are true, he was engaged in assault, not BDSM.