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Elephants in the Room — battered women are our sisters, mothers, friends, wives

Men as Advocates and Allies = Part One of Three: Aug, Sep, Oct!

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Paulo Kirk
Aug 25, 2023
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The most difficult aspect of writing about BWS — battered wife syndrome or intimate partner violence — is that as a man, I have to embrace reality: gender violence is not just fostered by the socialization of men to be more powerful than women, but for so many judges, lawyers, DAs and the public, this relationship is considered a two-way street with bot…

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