Articles tagged with: abuse
Internet Pornography and Domestic Violence
There are conflicting interpretations about what constitutes pornography. Perhaps we should consider how former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart defined obscenity, “…I know it when I see it.” The same can be said of pornography, whether it is soft porn or hard-core. And like it or not, it is pervasive on the Internet. Pornography has now become a complex and …
School Bullies and Suicide of Victims
For this situation to end in the desperate act of suicide is achingly painful to think about. Children driving other children to end their lives so the taunting will stop is unacceptable.
Survival of the Unlovely
Through my childhood years, both parents became alcoholics and abusive to me verbally and physically. By default, I became their caretaker and my brother’s. “They give us crumbs for love,” my brother would say, and I would hug him through his stuttering speech brought about by the trauma of parents in the bottle.
