As a teenager, I volunteered in medical settings and noticed that my squeamishness held me back at times. When I was given an opportunity to see a patient with cervical dystonia receive a ...

Squeamishness is too often confused with humanity, but the consequence of squeamishness can be needless suffering and needless deaths. Many a cold-blooded murderer has had his life spared because ...

Here are the points I would make. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. From our morning news briefing to a ...

The Government’s “squeamishness” over tackling obesity will lead to higher taxes and lower productivity, a think tank has warned. The Institute for Government (IfG) said every government ...

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In my mind, we have to be able to talk about women’s bodies without the sort of squeamishness that all too often prevails. I can’t quite understand why the term ‘sports bra’ should cause ...