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No need to forget that anyone can be a victim
On March 1, 2013 the @washingtonpost published an article about survivors of clergy abuse. Here's the image the newspaper lead with. It represented all survivors.There's no need to forget that anyone can be a victim and anyone a perpetrator. pic.twitter.com/Ja8NqrOQIG — MaleSurvivor (@MaleSurvivorORG) October 4, 2018
How Abusive Relationships Take Root
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/11/health/domestic-violence-abusive-relationships.html “It often starts in a very insidious way,” said Patricia Pape, a psychologist in private practice in New York. “He says, ‘Don’t put Sweet-and-Low in your coffee, it’s poisonous.’ “Then, ‘When you wear that nail polish, it makes you look like a fallen woman,’ and ‘That skirt is too short, it’s too revealing.’ Or,…
Outrage after the Tanzanian president said there is no need for birth control.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/11/no-need-for-birth-control-tanzanian-presidents-views-cause-outrage Women’s rights campaigners have expressed outrage after the Tanzanian president said there is no need for birth control. The president, John Magufuli, told a rally in Meatu, in the Simiyu region, that outsiders who promote birth control are giving bad advice, and that people who use contraceptives are lazy, according to local media. “You…