on privacy in public, and violence not asked for...

Attention, Space Cadets: Do Not Proposition Women in the Elevator | Focal Point | Big Think:

If a female stranger is wary around you, it is not because she suspects you are a rapist, or that all men are rapists. It’s because a general level of circumspection is what vigilance requires. Don’t take it personally.

If this frustrates you, try to remember that women are blamed for lapsed vigilance. If a woman does get raped, everyone rushes to see where she let her guard down. Was she drinking? Was she alone? Was she wearing a short skirt? Did she go to a strange man’s room for coffee at 4am?

A woman must be seen to be vigilant as well as be vigilant. If she is deemed insufficiently vigilant, she will be at least partly blamed for any sexual violence that befalls her. If she’s regarded as downright reckless, that “evidence” can be used to completely exonerate her rapist. If it comes down to a he said/she said dispute over whether sex was consensual, as so many rape cases do, the dispute becomes a referendum on whether the woman seems like the sort of reckless person who would have sex with a stranger.

on psychics who "find" missing persons...(or don't, as is always the case)

Why 'Psychics' Need to Stop Pretending They Can Solve Crimes | Cracked.com:

To truly understand how completely soulless the practice is, consider the reasons why any human being would turn this into a lucrative opportunity: Either they genuinely believe they can save the victim or at least find the body --in which case it's deplorable that they would charge money for information that could save a life-- or they are lying about their ability in order to exploit families at their weakest moment. Either way it's the moral equivalent of stumbling across a car accident and taking money out of the victims' wallets before performing CPR.