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Hold pornography to account – not education programs – for children's harmful sexual behaviour

  • Written by Gemma McKibbin, PhD Candidate in Social Work, University of Melbourne
imageYoung people who had sexually abused others said if they had received more help managing pornography, then they would have been less likely to develop the abusive behaviour.shutterstock

Pornography has many negative impacts on children and young people. And increased sexual violence among children is only the tip of the iceberg.

Evidence suggests...

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These are the characteristics of people most likely to cut corners at work

  • Written by Peter O'Connor, Senior Lecturer, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology
imageCutting corners can be a sign of Machiavellianism.Shutterstock

In a newly published study, we found that employees who “cut corners” tend to be morally compromised, low in conscientiousness, self-focused and impulsive. This in addition to the potential for corner-cutting to increase risks.

Surveying more than 1,000 Australians and...

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The off-topic Conversation #113

  • Written by Cory Zanoni, Community Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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  2. Turnbull government rules out an emissions intensity scheme
  3. Pavlov's plants: new study shows plants can learn from experience
  4. FactCheck: Is Australia’s use of antibiotics in general practice 20% above the OECD average?
  5. Regional Australia is crying out for equitable access to broadband
  6. Laughs, cries and deception: birds' emotional lives are just as complicated as ours
  7. It will take years to know whether New South Wales' shark nets are working
  8. Twitter influences investor behaviour whether companies intend it to or not: new research
  9. Remembering Peter Corrigan: a life of movement, energy and integrity
  10. We don't need greater access to Nembutal to achieve good end-of-life care
  11. Australia’s human rights debate has always been political
  12. PISA results don’t look good, but before we panic let’s look at what we can learn from the latest test
  13. Five ways to spend with more social purpose this Christmas
  14. Hanson thinks Culleton has swollen head
  15. Wings of desire, demise and adaptation: birds in Australian art
  16. First the word, then the deed: how an 'ethnocracy' like Australia works
  17. Traditional hunting gets headlines, but is not the big threat to turtles and dugongs
  18. What’s next for Italy?
  19. Does medical research funding need a paradigm shift?
  20. When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements
  21. Drugs for delirium don't work, and may in fact harm
  22. Why OPEC's squeeze on oil prices is getting weaker all the time
  23. Great Barrier Reef needs far more help than Australia claims in its latest report to UNESCO
  24. Australians can have zero-emission electricity, without blowing the bill
  25. 'We lost the house, we lost everything': what dealing with financial stress looks like
  26. The limits of empathy: Matthew Flinders' encounters with Indigenous Australians
  27. Listen up: running sounds contain clues for injury prevention
  28. Australia's political elites are fiddling while Rome burns
  29. Our ideas about vertebrate evolution challenged by a new tree of life
  30. The Christmas Film Recommendables - Part 4
  31. The 'no' vote in Italy's referendum triggers economic and political uncertainty
  32. Tipping the scales on Christmas Island: wasps and bugs use other species, so why can’t we?
  33. Your smartphone knows a lot about you, but what about your mental health?
  34. Why we should no longer consider Last Tango in Paris 'a classic'
  35. Introducing competition to the health sector should be treated with caution
  36. Abbott 'dismayed' by report of end of his Green Army
  37. Australia's 'great green boom' of 2010-11 has been undone by drought
  38. John Key quits while he's ahead – so what's next for New Zealand politics?
  39. Goodbye, Dolly, the magazine that helped so many young women grow up
  40. Financial wizardry alone won't stave off a Chinese debt crisis
  41. Could a cannabis pill reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting? Here's how we find out
  42. Health Check: do home remedies for common warts really work?
  43. Why don't more people volunteer? Misconceptions don't help
  44. Governments need to look beyond education rankings and focus on inequities in the system
  45. Neighbours' fears about affordable housing are worse than any impacts
  46. From 'fascists' to 'feminazis': how both sides of politics are biased in their political thinking
  47. The worst year for mosquitoes ever? Here's how we find out
  48. Can we blame climate change for thunderstorm asthma?
  49. The Business Council of Australia and its new head need a reality check
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