Love is not Supposed to Hurt

All over the world, one of the most common forms of violence against women is abuse by their husbands. It is often referred to as “wife-beating,” “battering,” “partner abuse,” “domestic violence” or, in a broader and technical sense, “gender-based violence.” In nearly 50 population-based surveys from all over the world, it has been found [...]

When to Report Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a serious problem in our society. No one has the right to intentionally inflict harm upon another person. Domestic violence is any type of abusive behavior by one partner that attempts to manipulate, dominate, and gain and maintain control over the other partner. Abuse can occur in any type of relationship [...]

Healing Emotional Abuse – Signs, Symptoms & Help For Relationship Problems

It’s the cycle of abuse.  Abusers always have a history of childhood abuse.  They don’t mean to pass it on and they would do better if they knew how.  Whether you are the abuse victim or perpetrator, you must make a decision to stop the cycle of dysfunction now. Yes, the spider web of [...]

Something I Said-Domestic Abuse Against Men — It Happens

Something I Said Domestic Abuse Against Men – It Happens Dwight Hobbes MN Spokesman-Recorder Domestic abuse against men – it happens. You’re going to have a hard finding statistics, because reluctant as many women are to report abusive husbands or boyfriends to the authorities, out of fear of his retaliation or because they’ve been [...]

Custodial Death

INTRODUCTION[1]  The word custody implies guardianship and protective care. Even when applied to indicate arrest or incarceration, it does not carry any sinister symptoms of violence during custody. No civilized law postulates custodial cruelty – an inhuman trait that springs out of a perverse desire to cause suffering when there is no possibility of [...]

Road Rage and Men

Road rage and men, why not title this article road rage and women, or simply road rage? I’ll get to that in a minute, but I think it’s pretty safe to assume we all know what road rage is. It is when men, women, teenagers or anyone driving a motor vehicle gets extremely angry [...]