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more about #domesticdisturbances more comments → AndPreciousLittleofThat: I would have liked to be a fly on the wall during the conversation between the advertisers and apartment owners. "Wait, you want to put up what now? ... more » BeckySharper: I am THISCLOSE to breaking Godwin's Law right now. more » bowleserised: Notice the slogan is in English... more » Penny: I think that copy is the most brilliant part. Simple, and it drives the point home. Hard. more » BytheSea: Are they going to provide housing and income for the women they target as victims, too? Keep their stalker boyfriends and husbands away, and convince ... more » whynotshesaid: A screening of this sort would not have helped me. Had a doctor of mine asked me about one of my bruises and whether I was being abused or not, I wou... more » curiousgeorgiana: Way back in college, I went to my student health center 4 times in 6 months following beatings from my ex. Twice with broken ribs, once with a broken... more » lilbobbytables: ...it's legal in 8 states and D.C. to deny insurance coverage based on the "pre-existing condition" of domestic violence, could a doctor's suspicion o... more » wtfox?!: Urgh. How about raising boys and teaching men to see women as human beings and not walking, talking punching bags who need to get in the kitchen and m... more » Highsmith: I've said this before. I think men should pay higher taxes than women. Male violence & male criminal activity cost societies a bundle. more » Plum-Pie: I read an article in the British Medical Journal today about some research which analysed 3 safe sex education programmes (atleast one was from the US... more » I believe in peace, bitch: When when when are we going to change the wording of these studies to "Studies show X in Y boys has committed an act of violence in a relationship". P... more » LoganChicken: I think it's great that we want parents to learn how to protect their children. However, it smacks of blame the victim mentality - should there not b... more » Agumen: England has a lot of social problems. This doesn't surprise me too much. Amazing that 90% of teenagers have been in intimate relationships though. No ... more » Asmo: One in 16 girls and one in 17 boys saying they've been raped is way closer than I would have expected. more » -
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"Looking Away Supports Violence"
A German ad agency recently put up a series of fake scenes of violence in windows of high visibility apartments to raise awareness about domestic abuse. Like the Keira Knightley clip, it is brutal, but effective. [Copyranter] -
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Should More Women Be Screened For Domestic Violence?
15 years after the Violence Against Women Act, what's the next step toward helping the 1.5 million women assaulted by domestic partners every year? Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert at Newsweek explore that question, but the answer remains unclear. More » -
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1 In 3 British Girls Has Suffered Sexual Abuse In A Relationship
On the same day British glamour girl Jordan is first speaking publicly about being raped when she was younger, a new study's been published showing that 1 in 3 girls in the UK has suffered sexual abuse in a relationship. More » -
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Oldies But (Not So) Goodies
If you have 15¢ and a time machine, you can send for this "rollicking" vintage pamphlet titled "Why You Should Beat Your Wife," which apparently is a "manly art." Click to enlarge. [Vintage Ads] -
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How To Talk About Domestic Violence
Former sex-crimes prosecutor and novelist Linda Fairstein has written an essay for the Daily Beast called "Next Time, He'll Kill You, directed to Rihanna. The problem? She uses Nicole Brown Simpson as a cautionary tale. More » -
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Hazard Warning
Lawmakers in the UK are considering legislation that would require police to monitor repeat abusers in the same way that they do pedophiles - which includes informing future girlfriends of possible risk. [Guardian] -
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The Many Sad Truths About Domestic Violence
Leslie Morgan Steiner's memoir details how she was assaulted 20 times before leaving her abusive marriage. In a Q&A with Newsweek she says: "I thought it only happened to poor women with children and without options." More » -
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What Will Happen To Chris Brown & Rihanna?
Right now, the latest on Chris Brown is that he was booked for making criminal threats, not domestic abuse. The reason?
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Domestic Violence Allegations: An "Unpleasant Piece of Status Quo for the NFL"
At Slate, Robert Weintraub notes some unfortunate Super Bowl trivia: "The big game's two biggest stars, [Santonio] Holmes and [Larry] Fitzgerald, have both been accused of domestic assault." So why aren't we talking about it? More » -
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Patterns Of Abuse
A recent study published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery has found a new way to identify victims of domestic violence through the presence of fractures around the eye or upper face. More »
