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Domestic Violence Myth
A lot of extreme feminist groups would have you believe that most domestic violence is perpetrated by men. Speaking as a woman who has seen it from both sides, been thrown around and seen the guys get smacked around too - not hardly. Women tend to start it. And regardless of who is bleeding, regardless of who started it, the cops arrest the man ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by Leaquila on September 4, 2008
Sibling keeper -- Emotional "incest"?
There's a kind of inappropriate emotional closeness, it can be subtle sexualization, substitution of a child for a partner, or emotional intimacy inappropriate to a child.. Anyway, it seems that the woman writing about when she was ten and her mother confided her husband's affair to her and then expected her to simply ''forget'' it or ''get over ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by bobethomas on July 17, 2008
Re: abusive mother
For both mordechai and Motherless Mother-to-Be, I suggest you check out the book, ''Understanding the Borderline Mother.'' Pay particular attention to the section on the witch mother. I've struggled with a mother and grandmother who have borderline personality disorder, and I suffered much abuse growing up. The scary part is that borderline ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by Aghast79 on June 19, 2008