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Domestic Violence is one of the most common of all crimes.
It is defined as a pattern of coercive tactics, which can include psychological and emotional, social, financial, physical and sexual abuse, perpetrated by a family or household member, a boyfriend or significant other, with the goal of establishing or maintaining power and control over the victim.
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011 23:08 |
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There are many myths surrounding domestic violence, most of which minimalize the prevalence of it and contribute to the victim-is-at fault attitudes. Here is what years of research tells us:
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Saturday, 26 March 2011 17:31 |
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"At the beginning I thought, 'How could cutting and gluing my
thoughts on paper be helpful?' However, by the end of the session, I was in
tears - healing tears. I could see how my abuser beat the sunrays out of my
life. Just as the sunrays break through on a stormy day, I too will break
through my storm and shine again.”
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Sunday, 20 March 2011 21:02 |
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I recently worked with Kim Abeles on the
installation of her major exhibition entitled “Pearls of Wisdom,” a two-year
project that involved working with 800 survivors of domestic violence and the
outstanding organization, A Window between Worlds, one of my favorite
organizations, (awbw.org.) This art exhibit is based on the powerful metaphor
of pearls, essentially grains of sand that are irritants to the oyster that
become things of beauty.
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