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NICE GUYS CAN BE ABUSERS, TOO

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According to press accounts, new court documents released by Johnny Depp’s former managers indicated that not only did he abuse his ex-wife, he got his former assistant to cover it up. This does not stop people from loudly declaring that Johnny Depp is innocent because he never beat Winona Ryder 25 years ago—it also does not stop him […]

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Serena Williams: There’s more to domestic violence than physical abuse

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How can society prevent and fight domestic or intimate partner abuse? Traditionally, solutions tend to center on helping communities promote healthy communication and relationships. But far less discussed is the topic of money — and how finances can complicate abusive relationships, be used to abuse and terrorize their partners. and make it harder for victims to leave. Tennis […]

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Having An NBA Star Dad Didn’t Shield Me From Trauma

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My dad is the shortest player ever drafted into the NBA the year I was born: 1987. Tyrone Bogues had been a star at Wake Forest University before joining the NBA Charlotte Hornets. The nation knew him as “Muggsy” or one of the stars of “Space Jam.” I just knew him as my dad. But even […]

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Indian women wear cow masks to ask: are sacred cattle safer than us?

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  Indian women are posing in cow masks as part of a provocative photographic series that asks: is it safer to be a sacred animal in India than a woman? The gang-rape and murder of a Delhi student in 2012 sparked a national conversation about violence against women but, more than four years later, police statistics show reported rapes and […]

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Behind The Photos That Changed How America Saw Domestic Violence

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https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/10153736017456491/ It was 1981 and Donna Ferrato wanted to photograph people in love. More precisely, she was interested in swingers who frequented New York’s sex clubs. And so, she found the perfect polyamorous couple to focus her lens on. They were happy, wealthy and fashionable, and welcomed her into their New Jersey home for weeks […]

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Student who was blinded by her ex-husband graduates from UBC

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When she returned to Vancouver from a disastrous trip to Bangladesh in 2011, Rumana Monzur looked beaten. She spoke to reporters at Vancouver International Airport from a wheelchair, her eyes – blinded in an attack by her then-husband – hidden behind dark glasses and her head bowed, tears streaming down her cheeks. But Monzur, 38, persevered, […]