The world was built on ‘machismo’ when it was said that God was a man. A concept from which Bogota never escaped: a warped city until it became a metropolis without a beginning or end, of which the Spanish conquistador arbitrarily changed the name, from Bacatá to Bogotá.
Tag: violence
Mental health: Redefined to enforce conformity to liberalism?
Adolf Eichmann was a model of sparkling mental health, from a Nazi perspective. He did what any mature and sensible person would have done, to remove dangerous vermin that were destroying the health of the nation. Nigel Pocock Chemical therapies were applied to Soviet dissidents, who were self-evidently ill if […]
The components of personal success in a secular democracy
In my last article I looked at the components of ‘success’ in a collective sense, examining some classical psychological techniques that might help to achieve ethnic minority ‘success’. Nigel Pocock This time I want to look at personal qualities. What kind of personal qualities contribute to minority […]
Brexit: What does it mean for us?
So far we have seen an increase in the demand for legal advisors, doubts and instability among workers and volunteers, and an increase in hate crimes against immigrants. In other words, Brexit has presented a challenge for migrant communities. Nahir de la Silva The result of the UK […]
Abused men: invisible and also forgotten in this century
The media silence on men affected by domestic violence is the greatest difficulty facing a problem that has some countries showing statistics of abuse against men almost as high as the instance of violence against women. _ Miriam Valero In recent years society has taken great steps towards recognising […]