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aswanson

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6. It's not her fault

Reply to retrowire (Original post)

Sun Feb 7, 2016, 09:58 PM

Feb 2016

I think first of all, you have to be careful not to blame the woman. Bev Gooden has a lot of interesting information on this topic--she created the movement #WhyIStayed. You can find her articles by googling her.

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Fellow feminists... what the fuck do I do? [View all] retrowire Nov 2015 OP

I HIGHLY recommend getting copies of Lundy Bancroft's 1st & 2nd books and get thee to Al-Anon mtg zazen Nov 2015 #1

so in short retrowire Nov 2015 #2

I know it's hard, but you already can't control her--you're just going further & admitting it zazen Nov 2015 #3

As a person who formerly manned a hotline for abused women, I heartily Nay Nov 2015 #4

Absolutely nothing, imo. Oneironaut Nov 2015 #5

It's not her fault aswanson Feb 2016 #6