Apparently, a couple of airlines from down under (Qantas and Air New Zealand) have policies that prohibit men from sitting next to unaccompanied children. The presumption, of course, is that the men might somehow endanger the children.
Now, it’s true that the vast majority of child molestations are committed by men (though you have to wonder how many of them happen on planes), but as the article below discusses, such a policy presumes all men to be potential child molestors and discriminates against them.
Airline seating policy may breach Human Rights Act – 30 Nov 2005 – National News
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San Leandro civil rights pioneer Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu died on Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at his daughter’s home in Larkspur, California at the age of 86. Korematsu became a symbol of opposition when he refused to report for internment and remained at his San Leandro home.
San Leandro Bytes: San Leandro Rights Pioneer Korematsu Dies
Reuters reports that Egyptian doctors removed a head from a baby whose congenital twin did not develop a body. The head had been capable of smiling and blinking, but couldn’t live independently
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