UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: WITHHOLDING SEX, DISCOUNTING FEELINGS ARE ‘SEXUAL VIOLENCE’
An excerpt from this article: http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/19448/ Examples of abuse listed on the University of Michigan’s domestic violence awareness website say “sexual violence” includes “withholding sex and affection” and “discounting the partner’s feelings regarding sex” – definitions that have come under fire by some men’s rights activists. The terms, found under the heading “definitions,” also suggest verbal…
Read moreWe’ve gone too far with ‘trigger warnings’
If someone carries a level of trauma and sensitivity, they can utilize student services and have proper accommodations made for them in private. There are resources available to those people. Indulging in the general philosophy, however, of avoiding issues simply because they are uncomfortable or offensive, these people are never going to survive in the…
Read moreOzymandias – Breaking Bad
Spoiler Alert: I will be revealing a major portion of Breaking Bad’s final season. If you have not seen it or plan on seeing it, stop reading here and click on other links. For those who have seen the show, I have a little commentary on the episode called “Ozymandias.” In one of the final…
Read moreA Hidden Crime: Domestic Violence Against Men Is a Growing Problem
Domestic violence is not gender specific And yet, more than 200 survey-based studies show that domestic violence is just as likely to strike men as women. In fact, the overwhelming mass of evidence indicates that half of all domestic violence cases involve an exchange of blows and the remaining 50% is evenly split between men…
Read moreWomen Can Be Abusers Too
“Things started out pretty good the first couple of years. Then, she slowly changed. She always had a temper, but then we got into some money problems, and it got worse. She would get mad, and it would escalate all out of proportion. She’d start hitting. She’d slap at my face, and then keep slapping and try to scratch me. I’d…
Read moreDomestic Violence Against MEN?
Is she always blaming you for problems in your relationship? Do your conflicts really ever get resolved? Is she always controlling the relationship or you? Are you constantly confused or insecure about where the relationship is going? Does she run hot and cold, fly into rages out of the blue and blame you for them?…
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