Identifying Abuse
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5 Ways to Recognize Religious Abuse
Is your abuser using your spiritual beliefs to control you? | In The Handmaid’s Tale, a trending drama on the streaming service Hulu based on the 1985 Margaret A... read more
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Spotting the Enemy
How the Marine Corps trains soldiers to identify threats overseas can save your life here at home | Patrick Van Horne is used to spotting people with dangerous inte... read more
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Forbidden Food
When abuse includes forced starvation and malnutrition | One of the great things about being an adult versus a kid is we get to make our own choices. We can wear wh... read more
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What Are Grey Rape and Stealthing?
They have sinister definitions and dangerous consequences | There are two new concerning buzzwords you may hear surrounding violence against women. One, argue many,... read more
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Technology and Teen Dating Violence Are Unfortunately Linked
Dating abuse is easier than ever thanks to cell phones and social media | On March 14 of this year, a young girl’s prank had unimaginable consequences. Tysen Benz, ... read more
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Sexual Assault Is More Than Rape
How to recognize if you’re a victim | There’s a misconception out there that sexual assault is simply another way to describe rape or attempted rape. Every other ty... read more
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Withholding Intimacy Can Be Abusive, Too
Another type of sexual abuse includes using sex to taunt, control a victim | Michele Weston describes herself as “a smart girl with a college degree” who, for a whi... read more
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The Big Deal about Belittling
When abuse takes the form of insults and other disparaging words and actions | Emotional and psychological abuse can take many forms, including belittling, which ca... read more
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Why We Blame Victims for Domestic Violence
And how to respond to victim-blaming when it’s directed at you | How many times have you read a news story about a woman accusing someone of abuse only to scroll down... read more
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Domestic Violence in the Transgender Community
Rates of intimate partner violence are high and barriers stand in the way of getting help | Domestic violence affects people with any gender identity, and transgender... read more
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Abuse Cannot Be Blamed on Mental Illness
Research shows abusers are no more likely to be mentally ill than others | Abusers love excuses. They only yelled at you because they were drunk. They only hit you be... read more
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Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part IV
Narcissists enjoy making malicious remarks at a survivor's expense | In Parts I, II and III of Shahida Arabi's piece on toxic people, we learned 15 ways abusiv... read more
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When Abuse Goes from Shouting to Striking
Verbal abuse often turns to physical abuse. Here’s how to see the signs | There’s no medical report. No bruises or black eye or broken bone to signal what’s happeni... read more
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Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part III
Toxic partners tend to insult and devalue their exes, which is a warning sign for your future | In Parts I and II of Shahida Arabi's piece on diversion tactics tox... read more
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Ways Manipulative Narcissists Silence You: Part II
Does your abuser shift blame, change the subject, name-call or nitpick? | In Part I of Shahida Arabi's piece, we learned about four ways toxic people such as malign... read more
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