Half of Texas' nurses experience workplace violence. A Texas lawmaker says it’s time to protect them.

TEXAS TRIBUNE

State Rep. Donna Howard was working as an intensive care unit nurse in the 1970s when a patient pulled an intravenous drip out of his arm and walked toward her. She rushed to help him — but didn’t see the metal urinal he was clutching behind his back until it was too late. He smacked her in the jaw with it, knocking her across the room. read more »

New bill from San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez would require youth organizations to have child abuse prevention policies

CBS-8

Youth organizations in California hoping for the security blanket of an insurance policy would be required to adopt and implement child abuse prevention strategies to receive insurance under new legislation introduced Tuesday by state Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego).  read more »

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

After sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein ignited the #MeToo movement on social media, Hollywood producers began hiring more female film writers than they did before the scandal, new research finds. read more »

French government seeks to set age for sexual consent at 15

AP

France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse, amid growing public pressure and a wave of online testimonies about rape and other sexual violence by parents and authority figures. read more »