Domestic Violence Victims Have a New Friend

Domestic Violence Victims Have A New Friend In a survey conducted by the Allstate Foundation National Poll On Domestic Violence, three-quarters of respondents admit  knowing someone who was a victim of domestic abuse. General statistics tell us a full 92% of women say that reducing domestic violence and sexual assault should be at the [...]

What you Must Know When Seeking Help for Domestic Abuse

The last thing an abused woman needs to hear while seeking safety from domestic violence is that she’s crazy. Unfortunately, however, this may be one of first things she learns from the evaluating mental health professional. The Battered Women’s Movement and Clinical Psychology are as far apart as the North and South Pole. [...]

Gender Based Hat Crimes

Women are the predominant victims in this historical problem that has existed for a long time. In the US gender crimes were first categorized as hate crimes by the 1998 act on hate crimes prevention. This federal act on Hate crimes statistics does not however collect data on heterosexual gender crimes. It only collects [...]

Self Defense While Walking

Self defense starts with self awareness. You should always be conscious of what’s happening around you. Let’s say you are out for your daily exercise walk. I try to walk for twenty minutes during my lunch break from work. I work for a large medical center that advocates this activity by mapping out indoor [...]

Police Force – Stabbed in the Back

Police force – Have you ever heard that saying -Take the law into your own hands – well how very true are those words that are spoken especially if you are looking to nail a criminal. Here in the UK, and what with today`s society as it is, we are advised not to [...]

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