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#197834 - 01/14/10 01:57 PM
Re: Is It Everywhere?
[Re: Sandpiper]
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Registered: 06/03/04
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Sadly, this is so widespread today, that we need to be on the lookout to not turn our eyes away when we see it.
We can help by respecting each other and teaching our young ones right and wrong. DV is a learned behavior.
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#197842 - 01/14/10 02:33 PM
Re: Is It Everywhere?
[Re: Songbird]
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Also, those who abuse unfortunately have leverage. For instance, should the victim accuse the abuser and not have evidence, then the victim can be sued! Can you imagine. Our society has not only become litigious, but safeguards the abuser while revictimizing the victim!
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#197893 - 01/15/10 08:17 AM
Re: Is It Everywhere?
[Re: Sandpiper]
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Sandpiper I dont watch violence either.A good dectective story solving the incident is enough for me..In fact one episode of Midsommer Murders showed a woman who was pushed into a huge tumble drier and that was enough for me...so I live in a make believe land where I watch the dectective but not ever violence..
We had a peaceful growing up where music figured and family gatherings..and plenty exercise playing games and walking
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#198052 - 01/18/10 09:52 AM
Re: Is It Everywhere?
[Re: Mountain Ash]
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Registered: 05/05/09
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The statistics are staggering: 1 in 3 women are being abused and every NINE seconds a woman is assaulted. These are GLOBAL statistics (from the United Nations Report).
I don't have statistics on incest or rape; they have been with us since the beginning of time, also......
I survived a childhood of abuse and poverty.....in order to make a difference. I have been working so hard for so long......It is one of my passions to the message out there.
As the moderator of an abused survivors' group, I read the same, sad stories every day.
I've written a 25 page paper entitled: Society's Hidden Epidemic: Verbal Abuse: Precursor to Physical Violence and a Form of Biochemical Assault....may try to get it published.
One thing for sure. I will never....quit speaking up....and out....my goal is national tv.
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#198077 - 01/18/10 01:09 PM
Re: Is It Everywhere?
[Re: Dotsie]
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Registered: 05/05/09
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Hi, Dotsie: I am in the process of getting quotes to get my poetry book (Sanctuary of the Soul) printed. Is that what you mean by "publications?"
I haven't submitted my paper on abuse yet, to the ACA.
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#198104 - 01/18/10 09:09 PM
Re: Is It Everywhere?
[Re: Alice]
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Sandpiper, we did not talk about "it" and we kept our secrets for decades, and generations. It is good of you to listen to your friend and comfort her. The scars last forever. I have noticed an increase in conversations and information about domestic violence, child abuse etc since the internet and social networking sites. It's true that unless someone is convicted, you can't "name" him. The perpetrators of crime seem to have more rights than the victims.
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