ANDREW HAMILTON: Suicide is the new leprosy | Rape ambiguity in India

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THURSDAY 17 MAY 2012 Suicide is the new leprosy ANDREW HAMILTON A common public response to suicide is very similar to earlier attitudes to leprosy. The latter makes invisible people who need to be seen. The former makes silent people who need to speak. A recently published collection of writing by relatives and friends of people who had taken their own lives breaks that silence. Read more | Listen

FILM Rape ambiguity in India TIM KROENERT It remains unclear whether the encounter was consensual, although the power imbalance in the relationship makes such an encounter ethically dubious even if it was not strictly rape. If it was rape, it is inconceivable that she later becomes her assailant's willing lover. Read more | Listen EUREKA STREET is published daily by Jesuit Communications Australia at www.eurekastreet.com.au. It's free to subscribe, but please support our advertisers. If you would prefer to receive a weekly email, go to www.eurekastreet.com.au/subscribe.aspx. If this email does not display correctly, go to www.eurekastreet.com.au/archive.aspx. Subscribe to audio in iTunes or similar: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/eurekastreet_podcasts.xml

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