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Stoning adulterers to impart moral virtue misses the mark

In what way does the stoning of females assure moral virtue when the nature of her crime may be nebulous at best, or even utterly unsubstantiated?...
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Delusional jealousy is often accompanied by domestic violence

Jealousy is a “normal” human emotion. From an evolutionary standpoint, the role of the sexually jealous male is to assure that no rival...
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Misogyny, sex, fear, and loathing in the desert

In many Middle Eastern societies, human sexuality is concealed and repressed, tightly bound within the cultural parameters of religious rites,...
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More lesbian confessions from the second closet

Newly published author, Kelly A. Truman, reveals her own true story of lesbian domestic violence in A Beautiful Mess: Confessions from the Second...
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The only "rule-of-thumb" is to get out now

Once there was a little boy who asked his father, "if dogs chase cats, and cats chase birds, and birds chase worms, what do worms chase?&rdquo...
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Male victims of domestic violence live in pain, fear, and quiet shame

Women are not the only victims of domestic abuse; it can happen in any intimate relationship: male-on-female, female-on-male, gay, lesbian, mother...
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