Admin on December 30th, 2009

Can you believe him when he says he is serious about changing his behavior?
Abusive men make all kinds of promises about changing their abusive behavior but rarely do. Statistically, even the ones involved with Abuser Programs don’t change (estimated to be 2-3%).
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS HONESTLY TO FIND OUT (YES OR NO)
Has he learned [...]

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We high-functioning women run the risk of convincing ourselves we can manage anything! No matter what the situation, we’re strong enough, smart enough, brave enough — even when it comes to living with cruelty. Yes, granted, our marriage approaches nightmarish. But wait — aren’t we clever enough to cover it up? [...]

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Admin on October 5th, 2009

Dr. Sam Vaknin
Most everything you want to know about abusers and emotional, verbal and psychological abuse.  Abuse in relationships, abuse in the family and how to cope with stalkers.
- What is Abuse?
- The Gradations of Abuse
- The Guilt of the Abused - Pathologizing the Victim
- Coping with Your Abuser
- The Abuser in Denial
- Avoiding Your [...]

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Come kick start BYU’s Voices of Courage and sign the online pledge to stand up to abuse.
Voices of Courage is a campaign to encourage students to have the courage to speak up when they observe disrespectful or abusive behavior among their peers. We want students to understand that abuse is more than just a physical [...]

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Admin on May 15th, 2009

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BBC Interview with author Leslie Morgan Steiner - Click Here

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New Afghan law does not allow marital rape… but lets men refuse to feed wives who deny them sex, says cleric
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 1:00 AM on 17th April 2009

Afghan cleric Ayatollah Mohammed Asef Mohseni claimed the law he devised did not condone marital rape

A new Afghan law that has drawn Western [...]

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Panel Discussion at Istanbul Bilgi University. Conference on ‘Culture’, Women and Violence. No Excuses For Violence Against Women.
The woman speaking is Frances Kissling. (Writer and advocate for women’s rights in Catholic contexts; founding member of ‘Catholics for a Free Choice. She is also a 2007/8 Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced [...]

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Admin on April 1st, 2009

Personality Disorder: Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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Admin on March 30th, 2009

From the mother:
This is my daughter. At the time she was filming this I was being arrested for fleeing the state to protect my children. An amber alert had been issued out of the state of Missouri because an attorney I had fired (who was angry at me for firing her) called the police and [...]

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