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11/14/2011
Evil Absolved ..."My" sperm donor left my mother for his secretary when I was 3. My mother, feeling rejected, was swept off her feet by a child predator. This man saw my picture on her desk and said, "I'm going to marry you!" More >>

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11/11/2011
Lived in the Crevices of My Mind Where No One Could Hurt Me I am my kids' mom, I am my husband's wife, and I WAS abused as a child. My sperm donor and my Mother divorced when I was only months old. I didn't know my sperm donor, he wasn't interested, and he chose a different family. More >>

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11/11/2011
Child Abuse: It's Awful, Painful, Shameful and More If you haven't been through it, there is no way to describe it. It's awful, it's painful, it's shameful - I can't think of enough "ful" words... For me, it was my father - yes, my biological father, who is now known only as "my sperm donor". More >>

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11/11/2011
Joe Paterno and the Penn State Child Abuse Horror It is my never-to-be-humble opinion that coach Joe Paterno from Penn State ought to be in jail. Fired wasn't enough. Let's see, endangering the welfare of minors, knowing kids were being molested and not reporting it to the police? I don't know, I think that should be actionable. More >>

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11/09/2011
Male Victims of Domestic Violence I really appreciated your show about male victims of domestic violence. This is a problem not many in the domestic violence industry want to admit exists. They try to pass this off as a gender specific issue. It is not. More >>

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11/03/2011
Strength ...I just wanted to let you know that your response and healing that you gave to Lindsey was outstanding therapy. Being a type A personality when it comes to righting a wrong I so had the desire to want to kick some rapist's butt. More >>

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11/03/2011
Honor From Tragedy I suspect that Lindsay's husband is attracted to the strength she has developed from her experience (rape) at 17. More >>

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10/11/2011
The Strength to Leave I raised my kids in a home with a man, who for 17 years kept us in fear. He wouldn't allow me to have any friends at all, nor even go with my mom to lunch for fear I would tell someone about our lives. More >>

Tags: AbuseCharacter, Courage, ConscienceCharacter-Courage-Consciencespousal abuseValues
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10/10/2011
'Men Don't Tell' I very much appreciated your interview on Friday with the gentleman, Dr. Ned Holstein talking about how women initiate at least as much violence against their partners and how hard it is for men to find help in politics, the media, the courts, etc. More >>

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09/08/2011
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I really wanted to comment on your FB question: "Do you know of any woman who falsely accused a guy of 'date rape' or some kind of sexual assault? What happened to the guy?" but this is too close to home and I did not want my name used. 

My son was accused of rape by a girl when he was in school...

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