Podcasts by 3 Women 3 Ways
3 Women 3 Ways radio shows feature world recognized experts and researchers to deliver current, objective and engaging information to raise awareness of social justice issues especially gendered violence and equality.
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Missing Indigenous Women from 2022-04-01T18:00
More than 100 indiginous people are missing in Washington State; other states are also plagued with high numbers. The Washington State Patrol has created a task force specifically to help locate an...
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GETTING WOMEN ELECTED from 2021-10-16T18:00
Women make up 51% of the US population, yet only 31% of elected officials are women. So why the disparity? Well, as any woman who has run for office can tell you, there are a number of barriers ...
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TEN MEN: A RHODE ISLAND ENGAGEMENT GROUP from 2021-07-31T18:00
TEN MEN: A RHODE ISLAND ENGAGEMENT GROUP The domestic violence movement has grown and changed over the last 30 years, and perhaps one of the more interesting developments over that time, has been ...
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WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH PERPETRATOR TREATMENT? from 2021-03-20T18:00
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH PERPETRATOR TREATMENT? After a domestic violence arrest, perpetrators are often ordered into treatment by the courts. Treatment? That implies there is a cure. Or does it? ...
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HOW ONE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE from 2021-03-13T19:00
HOW ONE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE You’ve seen it on the news, perhaps heard of friends or even experienced it yourself – the domestic incident call to police. We know bits an...
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COERCIVE CONTROL: NO BROKEN BONES BUT VIOLENCE, NEVERTHELESS from 2021-03-06T19:00
COERCIVE CONTROL: NO BROKEN BONES BUT VIOLENCE, NEVERTHELESS Isolation, entrapment, stalking, mind games, withholding, degrading…all are the strategies and the weapons of the perpetrator in debili...
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MURDER CHARGES AFTER A STILL BIRTH: A FIGHT ON BEHALF OF WOMEN from 2021-02-27T19:00
MURDER CHARGES AFTER A STILL BIRTH: A FIGHT ON BEHALF OF WOMEN How terrible to deliver a still born, full term baby. Imagine the grief. Now imagine that immediately after, police arrest you and yo...
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Spreading the word about DV services from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
People talk about domestic violence, but what resources are there for those who are living with it? And what is being done to help people understand what a big problem DV is? Join us with guest V...
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PETS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: WHAT REDROVER IS DOING from 2021-01-09T19:00
When a victime has to leave a domestic violence situation, that departure is often hindered because of abusers' threats to animals, or because the victim doesn't want to leave pets behind. It's a r...
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SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION OVER DECADES from 2020-11-07T19:00
SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION OVER DECADES COVID is causing upswings in domestic violence and sexual assault. True or false? How has the response to sexual assault changed? How do we view...
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A FAMILY COURT JUDGE TALKS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE COURTS from 2020-08-29T18:00
The horror stories about domestic violence, divorce, child custody and the too- often devastating decisions handed down in family court abound. This week's show features a retired judge who advocat...
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TRAFFICKING: PERSONAL STORY, PUBLIC PROBLEM from 2020-07-04T18:00
Human trafficking is a problem affecting women and girls throughout the world, but it is a woman right here in the United States who shares her experiences, her trauma and, significantly, her recov...
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE from 2020-06-27T18:00
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE We hear from lawyers, judges, victims, advocates and even ministers about domestic violence, but how often do we hear from police officers about their u...
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ABUSED MOTHERS AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES from 2020-06-20T18:00
ABUSED MOTHERS AND CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES It is no surprise that children suffer in intimate partner abuse situations. Neither is it a surprise that some of those children are taken into care b...
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CYBER VIOLENCE: MANY WAYS, MANY MOTIVES from 2020-05-23T18:00
CYBER VIOLENCE: MANY WAYS, MANY MOTIVES We have all heard of cyber bullying, but that is just one way trolls, misogynists, criminals and crazies can use the internet to target, harass, threaten, s...
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VICTIMS’ ADVOCATES: WHO, WHERE AND WHAT? from 2020-05-16T18:00
VICTIMS’ ADVOCATES: WHO, WHERE AND WHAT? Relatively unnoticed by the general population during the pandemic news and focus was the April observation of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Among t...
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“SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH HER” IS A RED FLAG FOR BRAIN DAMAGE Those who work with from 2020-05-09T18:00
“SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH HER” IS A RED FLAG FOR BRAIN DAMAGE Those who work with intimate partner violence victims know how frequently strangulation shows up as an issue. What has not been as well...
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A SURVIVOR, A MOTHER, AND A WOMEN’S COALITION from 2020-04-18T18:00
A SURVIVOR, A MOTHER, AND A WOMEN’S COALITION Cindy Dumas and her son Damon went through hell when Damon was court ordered into the custody of his father who was sexually abusing him. After fighti...
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WHAT’S A SHELTER TO DO? HELPING DURING A HEALTH CRISIS from 2020-04-11T18:00
WHAT’S A SHELTER TO DO? HELPING DURING A HEALTH CRISIS Everyone is inconvenienced by the restrictions due to the COVID-19 situation but there’s inconvenience and then there’s danger. When abuse is...
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC from 2020-04-04T18:00
GENDERED VIOLENCE IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC Intimate partner violence and abuse are bad enough but made so much worse by the world-wide pandemic and the restrictions everyone faces now. What is g...
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UC DENVER'S CENTER ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE from 2020-02-08T19:00
UC DENVER’S PROGRAM ON GENDERED VIOLENCE Once upon a time, a small group of women had a vision about how to change the world to make women safe from domestic violence so they got a grant and they ...
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REFORMING FAMILY COURTS from 2020-01-25T19:00
REFORMING FAMILY COURTS There are too many stories about dangerous and ridiculous custody determinations that occur in America’s family courts. From children who are sent to live with abusers to c...
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KAYDEN’S LAW: EFFORTS TO STOP CUSTODY DECISION DEATHS from 2019-12-28T19:00
KAYDEN’S LAW: EFFORTS TO STOP CUSTODY DECISION DEATHS Seven-year-old Kayden died at her father’s hands because a judge disregarded the father’s threats of violence against her mother. As is the ca...
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DOES THE U.S. JUSTICE SYSTEM FAVOR OF RAPISTS? from 2019-12-07T19:00
DOES THE U.S. JUSTICE SYSTEM FAVOR OF RAPISTS? According to a recent article being widely circulated on the internet, all signs point to the US response to sexual abuse as being dramatically le...
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CALIFORNIA PROTECTIVE PARENTS ASSOCIATION: EDUCATING AND ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN from 2019-11-09T19:00
CALIFORNIA PROTECTIVE PARENTS ASSOCIATION: EDUCATING AND ADVOCATING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES What started as a park bench conversation about protective parents losing their children to abusers in...
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SAFE AND TOGETHER INSTITUTE from 2019-11-02T18:00
SAFE AND TOGETHER INSTITUTE: The intersection of domestic violence and child maltreatment is easy to see for anyone who works with families, yet often judges or child protective services seem to i...
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ESCAPE, SANCTUARY, CONFUSION: AN UPDATE from 2019-10-05T18:00
When a mother flees her homeland for another country trying to escape abuse and ensure safety, the journey is not easy. Amid the pain of escaping home, friends, family and hopefully, danger, is the...
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COERCIVE CONTROL: ONE WOMAN'S JOURNEY from 2019-08-17T18:00
COERCIVE CONTROL: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY We hear the term “coercive control” but how many of us really understand what it means? How pervasive is it? How damaging is it to the victims? Min Grob is a...
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ABUSIVE DADS: HOW THEY PERCEIVE THEIR FATHERING from 2019-08-10T18:00
ABUSIVE DADS: HOW THEY PERCEIVE THEIR FATHERING When we talk about abusive dads, we talk about them in relation to how they treat their partners, how they make excuses, how the courts treat them. ...
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JUDGE ORDERS BOY INTO FATHER'S CUSTODY DESPITE "PENIS GAMES" from 2019-07-13T18:00
JUDGE ORDERS BOY INTO FATHER'S CUSTODY DESPITE "PENIS GAMES" If you were the one making the decision, would you order a small boy who told authorities that daddy played the “penis game” ...
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GUNS AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: THE FACTS from 2019-06-22T18:00
GUNS AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: THE FACTS A million women alive today have been shot or shot at in intimate partner violence situations. Gun ownership, gun rights, gun violence…all are differ...
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A TALK ABOUT GUNS, VIOLENCE, RIGHTS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE from 2019-06-01T18:00
Guns are evil and should be heavily controlled. US citizens have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Young people’s greatest fears right now ar...
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SAY SHE’S CRAZY AND WATCH THE COURTS IGNORE VIOLENCE AGAINST HER from 2019-05-11T18:00
SAY SHE’S CRAZY AND WATCH THE COURTS IGNORE VIOLENCE AGAINST HER “She’s crazy, delusional, mentally ill (now that she’s divorcing me, but before she was just fine).” Funny how that seems to be th...
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WHY DO PEOPLE BLAME THE VICTIM? from 2019-05-04T18:00
WHY DO PEOPLE BLAME THE VICTIM? We hear the expression. “blaming the victim,” but do we really know what that means? Or why we do it? Sherry Hamby, PhD, has made it her business to study victim ...
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FAMILY COURT FROM A SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE’S VIEW from 2019-03-30T18:00
FAMILY COURT FROM A SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE’S VIEW So how do family courts work and why are they often such a mess? What constitutional issues do they raise? Who’s to blame when the system runs ro...
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THE TRUTHS ABOUT CUSTODY AND FATHERS’ RIGHTS from 2019-03-23T18:00
THE TRUTHS ABOUT CUSTODY AND FATHERS’ RIGHTS What are the truths about child custody, fathers’ rights, and how did we get here? Guest Doreen Ludwig, author, advocate and researcher, focuses on th...
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CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT, ONE IDIOT FAMILY, AND ONE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TALE from 2019-03-09T19:00
CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT, ONE IDIOT FAMILY, AND ONE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TALE Kathy Picard was pleased when her step father started showing her some special attention – until that attention became twist...
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AMBITION OR TRAUMA? from 2019-03-02T19:00
AMBITIOUS OR TRAUMATIZED: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OVERWORK AND PAST TRAUMA Experiencing trauma can lead to all sorts of negative consequences but did you realize that it might lead to work addictio...
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RESEARCH, GEOGRAPHY AND IPV from 2019-02-23T19:00
RESEARCH, GOEGRAPHY AND IPV Research is important, but so is perfecting research. Especially in the areas of Intimate Partner Violence. We usually see geographic differences (if addressed at all)...
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WORKPLACE PESTS: IDIOPATHIC MUTUAL IRRITANTS from 2019-02-02T19:00
WORKPLACE PESTS: IDIOPATHIC MUTUAL IRRITANTS You probably know about those pesky people at work, but do you know about Idiopathic Mutual Irritation? Louise Penberthy does, and she can give advice...
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ZEN TALK AND TRAUMA: DOES IT HELP? from 2019-01-26T19:00
ZEN TALK AND TRAUMA: DOES IT HELP? Is Buddhism a philosophy? A religion? A way of life? Well, yes and no. But the bigger question is, does it have anything to offer victims of traumatic life event...
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RURAL WOMEN AND VIOLENCE from 2019-01-19T19:00
RURAL WOMEN AND VIOLENCE Is there a difference between the violence women in urban areas suffer and the violence that rural women encounter? Well, in a nutshell, Yes. There is a difference. Rural ...
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HOPE: WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT? from 2018-12-22T19:00
HOPE: WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT? If you hope the weather is better tomorrow, is it really hope? Or is it wishful thinking? What really makes hope what it is, and what makes up hope? Ca...
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STRENGTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN from 2018-12-15T19:00
STRENGTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN What keeps us strong as we go through life? What influences those factors, and is there anything we can do to promote strength? External influences, internal views, j...
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A CRITIQUE OF CNN COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT from 2018-12-01T19:00
A CRITIQUE OF CNN COVERAGE OF FAMILY COURT What’s worse than judges and guardians ad litem who don’t understand domestic violence and child custody? How about a major national media repo...
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CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT from 2018-11-10T19:00
CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT Did you know that as many as one in four women on American college campuses report unwanted sexual contact on campus? That includes everything from the annoying to the threa...
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COURT SECRECY AND RECALLS from 2018-11-03T18:00
COURT SECRECY AND RECALLS Do you know what a court of record is? Do you know how few family courts keep any record of what happens there? Or that many courts don’t allow recording of proceedings? ...
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FATAL FAMILIES from 2018-10-27T18:00
We see it all too often in the news - dad (once in awhile it's mom), goes nuts and kills mom, the kids, anyone who happens to be in the way, and then, often, himself. What is going on here? The m...
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COURTS, CUSTODY, KIDS, TRAUMA: THE TRAGEDY OF FAMILY COURTS from 2018-10-20T18:00
COURTS, CUSTODY, KIDS, TRAUMA: THE TRAGEDY OF FAMILY COURTS What happens when an infant is shuffled from one care giver to another? Research is pretty clear that kids without a stable pr...
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WHAT'S IN A NAME - WHEN IT'S HERS? from 2018-09-29T18:00
WHAT’S IN A NAME – WHEN IT’S HERS? For decades women, scholars, sociologists and feminists have been debating and advocating one way or the other for women to either take their husbands’ last name...
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TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING from 2018-09-15T18:00
TRUCKERS AGAINST TRAFFICKING: JUSTICE ON 18 WHEELS What do truck drivers know that you don’t? Probably a lot of things, but one thing for sure- they know how to spot suspicious trafficking and wha...
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THE HIGH COST OF FIGHTING FOR YOUR CHILD from 2018-09-01T18:00
THE HIGH COST OF FIGHTING FOR YOUR CHILD Imagine you have been the primary care taker for your child. You make sure they are clean and groomed, their homework gets done, they have all...
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ELECTRONIC ABUSE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE from 2018-08-25T18:00
ELECTRONIC ABUSE AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE Most of us are aware of the lack of privacy and possible criminal activity our myriad electronic devices can lead to. And many of us know a...
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WASHINGTON’S PROTECTIVE LEAVE LAW from 2018-08-18T18:00
WASHINGTON’S PROTECTIVE LEAVE LAW How often do we hear of a victim of intimate partner violence (or stalking or sexual assault) who loses her job because of the harassment, or because of taking to...
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PROSECUTED BUT NOT SILENCED: THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET from 2018-08-04T18:00
PROSECUTED BUT NOT SILENCED: THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET In Prosecuted but not Silenced, Maralee McLean exposes the dirty secret that most of the public is blissfully unaware of. The secret is that o...
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CONSEQUENCES OF IPV IN THE WORKPLACE from 2018-07-28T18:00
THE CONSEQUENCES OF IPV IN THE WORKPLACE It’s no secret that women who have experienced Intimate Partner Violence experience numerous problems because of it, from financial difficulties, to health...
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TRAUMA, RECOVERY AND MASSAGE from 2018-07-21T18:00
TRAUMA, RECOVERY AND MASSAGE Trauma is tough, and recovery is hard, but massage? What’s that got to do with anything? Turns out, it can play a big part in the process of getting back to normal – ...
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FEMINIST COUNSELING: THE WAY THE GIRLS DO IT from 2018-07-14T18:00
FEMINIST COUNSELING: THE WAY THE GIRLS DO IT Freud probably wouldn’t have seen a need for feminist psychology, but Robin Tracy (and quite a few other men and women) do. Robin Tracy is a Clinical ...
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CUSTODY COURTS: INTENTIONAL BIAS? from 2018-06-30T18:00
CUSTODY COURTS: INTENTIONAL BIAS? Study after study is showing perfectly good mothers losing custody of their kids, often to fathers who have been abusive or who don’t want to pay child support. S...
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BREAST CANCER: What’s the up side? from 2018-06-23T18:00
BREAST CANCER: What’s the up side? You’ve seen the pink ribbons (and mixers, and baseball bats, and on and on...), you’ve seen the fundraisers. You’ve heard the horror stories, and you’ve feared t...
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DIGITAL FEMINISM from 2018-06-16T18:00
DIGITAL FEMINISM The first wave of feminists marched, got arrested and staged hunger strikes for the right to vote in the 1920’s. The second wave demonstrated, allegedly burned their bras, and ...
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COMPLEX TRAUMA AND ADOPTION from 2018-06-02T18:00
COMPLEX TRAUMA AND ADOPTION Why does no one talk about kids who are traumatized being raised by parents who are traumatized? And if that’s not complicated enough, what if the kids are adopted? Wh...
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IS SPANKING TRAUMA? from 2018-05-26T18:00
You know you’ve at least wanted to – the swift swat on the bottom or a smack on the hand for that child who is just being awful! Surely that’s not going to cause life-long trauma like some sort...
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HASHTAG ME TOO: WHERE IT’S GOING, WHAT IT’S FROM from 2018-05-19T18:00
HASHTAG ME TOO: WHERE IT’S GOING, WHAT IT’S FROM It’s all over the news, and whether it has you cheering or tearing your hair out, there is no doubt that the “hashtag me too” movement is changing ...
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AMBITIOUS OR TRAUMATIZED: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OVERWORK AND PAST TRAUMA from 2018-05-12T18:00
AMBITIOUS OR TRAUMATIZED: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OVERWORK AND PAST TRAUMA Experiencing trauma can lead to all sorts of negative consequences but did you realize that it might lead to work addictio...
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SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL: DIVORCE, COURTS, AND CONTROL from 2018-04-28T18:00
SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL: DIVORCE, COURTS, AND CONTROL You’ve heard of doctor shopping, but have you heard of court shopping? How about finding a judge or venue that is likely to be sympathetic to ...
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HELPING ABUSE VICTIMS THE D.A.D WAY from 2018-04-14T18:00
HELPING ABUSE VICTIMS THE D.A.D WAY “Get a lawyer!” “Call the police!” “Just leave!” All reasonable advice for a woman who is living with abuse, but it’s usually a lot harder than it sounds. Sinc...
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THE STRUGGLE TO PASS LEGISLATION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT from 2018-04-07T18:00
THE STRUGGLE TO PASS LEGISLATION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT State laws regarding sexual assault matters are often a real help to victims and survivors. But why is it sometimes a real struggle to pass them?...
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PALLIATIVE CARE: WHY IT MATTERS TO WOMEN from 2018-03-31T18:00
PALLIATIVE CARE: WHY IT MATTERS TO WOMEN Palliative care has to do with treating the suffering of seriously ill patients. It involves the illness or old age, the patient, the medical folks and the...
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CRISIS HOTLINES: WHO, WHAT AND WHY? from 2018-03-24T18:00
CRISIS HOTLINES: WHO, WHAT AND WHY? Who calls a hotline? Maybe a better question is who doesn’t? Those phone numbers have offered advice, comfort, resources and a willing ear to untold numbers of...
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TRAUMATIC DIVORCE from 2018-03-17T18:00
TRAUMATIC DIVORCE Everyone who has gone through a divorce thinks theirs is the divorce from hell, and of course, not divorce is easy. But some are harder than others. In fact, some are truly traum...
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HEALTH CARE RESPONSE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE from 2018-03-10T19:00
HEALTH CARE RESPONSE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE Advocates and responders have been talking for years about the need for health care professionals to help screen patients for domestic violence. P...
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COURAGEOUS KIDS: KIDS TAKEN AWAY FROM PARENTS BY COURTS from 2018-03-03T19:00
COURAGEOUS KIDS: KIDS TAKEN AWAY FROM PARENTS BY COURTS You’ve seen news articles about it- the child being ripped out of mom’s arms after a court has decided to give custody to someone else. It h...
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THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA ON SURVIVORS from 2018-02-10T19:00
We all know trauma can be bad, but do you know how bad and for how long? Turns out the emotional aftermath of those bad things happening to us can change our lives. J. Gayle Beck, PhD., is a profe...
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DOCTORS, ACES AND TRAUMA INFORMED MEDICAL CARE from 2018-02-03T19:00
DOCTORS, ACES AND TRAUMA INFORMED MEDICAL CARE Doctors know medicine, but do they know people? More specifically, do they know that childhood trauma can create a difficult patient, or a high-risk ...
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THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS from 2018-01-06T19:00
THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS Whether it’s politics or religion, global warming or world peace, we’ve all encountered conversations that seem destined to drive people to shouting and hard feel...
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE from 2017-12-30T19:00
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH There’s a topic most people who work in the field of domestic violence don’t like to talk about too much, and perpetrators love to bring up. The conne...
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMILIATION from 2017-12-23T19:00
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMILIATION Think you know what humiliation is? Well, prepare for some enlightenment. Humiliation is not only personal, but also global. Consequences are huge, and it can affect...
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CHOKING? STRANGULATION? WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, IT HAPPENS WAY TOO OFTEN from 2017-12-16T19:00
CHOKING? STRANGULATION? WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, IT HAPPENS Victims often say, “he choked me,” but experts call it strangulation. But whatever you call it, it happens way too often, and it has really...
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TRAUMA, THE BRAIN, THE COURTS, AND THE PROBLEMS from 2017-12-09T19:00
TRAUMA, THE BRAIN, THE COURTS, AND THE PROBLEMS What’s the connection between complex trauma, ACEs study, neurobiology and family courts? It’s complicated, but that connection is there, and it’s ...
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WHAT HELPS KIDS EXPOSED TO TRAUMA? HOPE HELPS. from 2017-12-02T19:00
WHAT HELPS KIDS EXPOSED TO TRAUMA? HOPE HELPS. We’re learning more and more about how trauma in childhood impacts just about everything in adulthood. But it’s pretty much impossible to get through...
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WHAT’S NEW ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? from 2017-11-11T19:00
WHAT’S NEW ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? Is it domestic violence, or intimate partner violence, or gendered violence? Or is it domestic abuse? Is it just between partners or in sexual relationships? Wh...
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GENDER AND THE LAW from 2017-11-02T17:59:57
Katharine T. Bartlett, A. Kenneth Pye Professor of Law, served as Dean of Duke Law School from 2000-2007. She teaches family law, employment discrimination law, gender and law, and contracts, and p...
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HOW DOES A VICTIM MAKE THE DECISION TO LEAVE? from 2017-10-21T18:00
HOW DOES A VICTIM MAKE THE DECISION TO LEAVE? A lot of time and energy has been spent trying to figure out intimate partner violence, and one of the biggest questions we still have is: what prompt...
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FEMINISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY from 2017-10-14T18:00
FEMINISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY Feminists wore bustles, marched for the vote, burned their bras and demanded equality. So is it mission accomplished? Why are some women rejecting feminism? Why are so...
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INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IN A NOT-SO INTIMATE WORKPLACE from 2017-10-07T18:00
It’s no secret to those who experience or work with intimate partner violence, that the violence often creeps (or crashes) into the workplace, either directly or indirectly by affecting the envi...
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WHO'S LAUGHING NOW? SEXIST HUMOR from 2017-09-23T18:00
WHO’S LAUGHING AT THAT? SEXIST HUMOR We’ve all heard the sexist jokes, the (really!) rape jokes, the humor that has some laughing and some biting their tongues. If we don’t laugh, we have no sense...
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TREATING TRAUMATIZED KIDS: WHY YOU SHOULD CARE from 2017-09-16T18:00
TREATING TRAUMATIZED KIDS: WHY YOU SHOULD CARE Death, family violence, abuse, bullying…it’s all traumatic, and it will happen in one form or another to more than two-thirds of American kids by the...
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THE SAFE CHILD ACT from 2017-09-09T18:00
THE SAFE CHILD ACT Would you be surprised to know that there is no law that says a judge has to make a kid’s health and safety the first priority when determining custody in a divorce? Every day...
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EXPERT WITNESSES: HOW BIAS AND UNRELIABILITY CAN AFFECT YOUR COURT CASE from 2017-09-02T18:00
EXPERT WITNESSES: HOW BIAS AND UNRELIABILITY CAN AFFECT YOUR COURT CASE Anyone who watches TV, or goes through a custody battle, or knows someone who has tangled with the courts, knows what an exp...
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GRIEF, GRIEVING AND RITUALS: WHY WE ALL NEED THEM from 2017-08-26T18:00
GRIEF, GRIEVING AND RITUALS: WHY WE ALL NEED THEM We all know that grieving is something you do for a while after someone dies, and then you move on, right? Well, maybe not. What if grief has jus...
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FINANCIAL ABUSE: ONE WOMAN’S STORY from 2017-08-12T18:00
FINANCIAL ABUSE: ONE WOMAN’S STORY When most people hear the words “domestic violence,” they think of broken bones and bruises. Some people are aware that intimate partner abuse comes in many form...
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HOW FAMILY COURTS TREAT ABUSE AND ACCUSATIONS OF ALIENATION from 2017-08-05T18:00
HOW FAMILY COURTS TREAT ABUSE AND ACCUSATIONS OF ALIENATION Some divorcing fathers say family courts are prejudiced against them when it comes to deciding child custody. Some divorcing mothers ...
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WOMEN AND POVERTY: HOW BAD IS IT? from 2017-07-22T18:00
WOMEN AND POVERTY: HOW BAD IS IT? Does poverty have a gender? People are poor for a number of reasons, from bad luck to poor planning and everything in between. But it hits everyone about the sam...
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THIS ONE’S FOR THE DOGS: ASSITANCE, SERVICE, COMPANION AND THE DIFFERENCE THEY M from 2017-07-15T18:00
THIS ONE’S FOR THE DOGS: ASSITANCE, SERVICE, COMPANION AND THE DIFFERENCE THEY MAKE We’ve all seen the dog with the vest, and most of us appreciate how they help the disabled get along. But maybe ...
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BAD CUSTODY DECISION, BIG PAYOUT: WILL IT CHANGE ANYTHING? from 2017-07-08T18:00
Picture yourself a little girl whose parents are divorcing. Scary enough, right? But now picture that social workers accuse your mom of turning you against your dad, and you are ripped away from yo...
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ONLINE THERAPY- REALLY?! from 2017-07-01T18:00
ONLINE THERAPY- REALLY?! You see ads all over for online, texting, and other types of "modern" counseling and therapy. But how appropriate, effective and helpful is such therapy? C. Vail Wright, ...
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WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FAMILY COURTS? from 2017-06-17T18:00
WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR FAMILY COURTS? Abuse through the courts, revictimization, parental alienation, women lie, children given to abusers, judges who think that just because a woman is...
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WEST MEETS EAST IN PSYCHOLOGY CARE from 2017-06-10T18:00
WEST MEETS EAST IN PSYCHOLOGY CARE Depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, fertility issues…all call for a certain drugs and treatments, right? Well, not necessarily. Although most practitioners use t...
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OUTDOOR ADVENTURE WITHOUT THE PLANNING: TRAVEL GROUPS FOR WOMEN from 2017-05-27T18:00
OUTDOOR ADVENTURE WITHOUT THE PLANNING: TRAVEL GROUPS FOR WOMEN When women want adventure, they have some choices. They can sign up for a new class, they can learn a new skill, try baking somethin...
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PREGNANT ADOLESCENTS: VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS OF INTIMATE ABUSE from 2017-05-20T18:00
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FAMILY COURT ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN from 2017-05-13T18:00
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GENDER, PSYCHOLOGY, AND JUSTICE: WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Women who have contact with the criminal justice system often have experiences quite different from their male...
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WHEN ACES HIGH IS A BAD THING: ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES from 2017-04-22T18:00
WHEN ACES HIGH IS A BAD THING: ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES There was a time when people believed that children are resilient and that if something bad happened to them, they would just be able t...
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WOMEN AND POLITICS: VOTING, RUNNING, LEADING from 2017-04-15T18:00
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WHY DOESN’T HE HELP WITH HOUSEWORK? MAYBE IT’S YOU from 2017-04-08T18:00
WHY DOESN’T HE HELP WITH HOUSEWORK? MAYBE IT’S YOU It’s an age-old complaint: men don’t do their share of housework and child care. But maybe it’s not just because they won’t. Maybe it’s because w...
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IS IT THE TRUTH, A STRATEGY OR A DIRTY TRICK? The tactics abusers use in family from 2017-04-01T18:00
IS IT THE TRUTH, A STRATEGY OR A DIRTY TRICK? The tactics abusers use in family court. Anyone who watched TV knows that courts can be a nasty place for those involved in litigation. But those w...
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CYBER STALKING, CYBER HARRASSMENT- ILLEGAL? MAYBE from 2017-03-25T18:00
CYBER STALKING, CYBER HARRASSMENT- ILLEGAL? MAYBE Do you know the difference between cyber stalking and cyber harassment? Do you know how often it is used? Or the devastating effect it c...
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POWER AND CONTROL IN FAMILY COURTS from 2017-03-18T18:00
POWER AND CONTROL IN FAMILY COURTS Anyone who has ever gotten a divorce knows that courts are intimidating places. Anyone who has ever divorced an abuser knows courts can do a lot more than just i...
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SHE’S THE CRAZY ONE: HOW ABUSERS DANCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH from 2017-03-11T19:00
SHE’S THE CRAZY ONE: HOW ABUSERS DANCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH Mental health professionals are a valued and necessary part of our world and they can do a lot of good. But what happens when the idea of...
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EMOTIONAL ABUSE- WHAT DOES IT MEAN, HOW DOES IT MATTER? from 2017-03-04T19:00
EMOTIONAL ABUSE- WHAT DOES IT MEAN, HOW DOES IT MATTER? If your spouse says something to hurt your feelings, is that emotional abuse? It’s a phrase we hear often, but rarely hear exactly what it ...
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FORGIVENESS: DO WE NEED IT? from 2017-02-25T19:00
FORGIVENESS: DO WE NEED IT? You hurt my feelings, you feel bad, I forgive you and all’s right with the world again. At least that’s how we are led to believe it all works. Not only does the forg...
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SPIRITUALITY AND TRAUMA: THE LINK THAT MAY BE OVERLOOKED from 2017-02-18T19:00
SPIRITUALITY AND TRAUMA: THE LINK THAT MAY BE OVERLOOKED There are many ways to help survivors, from medication to visualization to just being there. But for those who have experienced trauma, man...
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THE FEMALE VETERAN: HOMELESS WITH A DIFFERENCE from 2017-02-11T19:00
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WHO NEEDS AN ADVOCATE AND HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM ONE? from 2017-02-04T19:00
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WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH FAMILY COURT? from 2017-01-28T19:00
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FUNNY WOMEN: HUMOR AND THE X CHROMOSOME from 2017-01-14T19:00
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GROWING AND THRIVING AFTER TRAUMA from 2016-12-17T19:00
Intimate Partner Abuse, shootings, war...all and more are the kinds of trauma that can be the undoing for some people. Yet some victims can grow from the experience, can thrive, and even come out b...
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS? OR SHELTER, CRISIS AND FEAR? from 2016-12-10T19:00
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS? OR SHELTER, CRISIS AND FEAR? We’ve all heard there is more domestic violence during the holidays, but is that really true? Is there more assault, more victimization, more s...
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HIS, HERS AND THEIRS: GENDER AND EDUCATION from 2016-11-26T19:00
HIS, HERS AND THEIRS: GENDER AND EDUCATION Girl’s schools; boy’s schools – are they a good idea allowing for an educational environment that caters to the way different students learn? Or a well-...
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WOMEN'S VOICES; WOMEN'S QUOTES from 2016-11-19T19:00
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WOMEN IN JAIL: OVERLOOKED AND EVER-GROWING from 2016-10-29T18:00
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GIRLS AND THEIR PERIODS: HELPING GIRLS IN POVERTY STAY PART OF THE WORLD from 2016-10-22T18:00
You probably don't think too much about sanitary supplies. If you are a woman, you get them when you need them, and if you are a man, you probably don't think of them at all. But girls in Third W...
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AUDRIE&DAISY: THE FILM AND THE STORY OF TEEN SEXUAL ASSAULT from 2016-10-15T18:00
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT, NATIVE AMERICANS AND SOVEREIGN RIGHTS from 2016-10-08T18:00
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WHAT ABOUT RACE, GENDER AND JUSTICE IN CHINA? from 2016-09-24T18:00
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CLEOPATRA AND YOU: MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU THINK? from 2016-09-10T18:00
CLEOPATRA AND YOU: MORE IN COMMON THAN YOU THINK? We’ve all seen the movies of Egyptian ancients and how they treated their women, and we all are thankful we live in an era that is kinder to us, r...
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SOCIAL NORMS AND BYSTANDER INTERVENTION: HOW WE FEEL ABOUT DOING RIGHT from 2016-09-03T18:00
SOCIAL NORMS AND BYSTANDER INTERVENTION: HOW WE FEEL ABOUT DOING RIGHT Bystander intervention, doing the right thing, all doing our part to prevent violence…it all sounds great, but maybe not so e...
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WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PREVENT VIOLENCE? from 2016-08-27T18:00
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POLICING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: ACLU REPORT from 2016-08-20T18:00
POLICING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT: ACLU REPORT Do police responders believe victims? Do they take reports of sexual violence seriously? If you call police will that trigger unwanted ...
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WHAT’S IN A NAME WHEN IT COMES TO ABUSE? It was domestic violence, then violence against women. Then came intimate terrorism, and then abuse. Sometimes intimate partner violence, and now it’s gen...
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VIRTUAL LEGAL CLINIC HELPS VICTIMS OF GENDERED VIOLENCE from 2016-08-06T18:00
Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse often struggle with the courts and legal systems as much as they do with their abusers. The cost, the availability, the misinformation and lack of understanding th...
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I'M SORRY: TALKING WHILE FEMALE from 2016-07-30T18:00
"I'm sorry," "I'm no expert, but...," "I think." You know you've used them. The qualifiers and minimizers women learn to use when talking so we don't sound bossy or pushy. While we may have come a ...
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WHAT'S HIGH TECH HAVE TO DO WITH ABUSE? from 2016-07-23T18:00
Many people are familiar with how technology can be used to perpetrate intimate partner abuse, whether a victim is stalked, tracked, or rarassed using phones and computers, or whether an abuser thr...
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CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: THE HISTORY,THE REALITY, AND THE HOPE from 2016-07-16T18:00
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: THE HISTORY,THE REALITY, AND THE HOPE Think child sexual abuse is something that only happens to once in a while? That it couldn’t affect your life? Think again. It’s time t...
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KIDS REFUSE TO SEE DAD? SEND ‘EM TO JAIL, ACCORDING TO ONE JUDGE from 2016-07-02T18:00
KIDS REFUSE TO SEE DAD? SEND ‘EM TO JAIL, ACCORDING TO ONE JUDGE Juvenile detention facilities are for the junior criminals in our society, right? A place to send the bad kids who are too young fo...
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PTSD, DISABILITIES AND THE COURTS: EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL? from 2016-06-25T18:00
PTSD, DISABILITIES AND THE COURTS: EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL? Did you know that as many as 85% of women who experience Intimate Partner Violence have PTSD? Some studies say a little less, but no matte...
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HOW DO MEN BENEFIT FROM RAPE? THE ANSWER ISN’T AS OBVIOUS AS YOU THINK from 2016-06-18T18:00
HOW DO MEN BENEFIT FROM RAPE? THE ANSWER ISN’T AS OBVIOUS AS YOU THINK Yes, there’s THAT, but is that really the reason men rape? Especially in an age when sex is pretty acceptable and available ...
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RAPE, ANOTHER SLAP ON THE WRIST An Olympic caliber swimmer, from 2016-06-11T18:00
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER RAPE, ANOTHER SLAP ON THE WRIST An Olympic caliber swimmer, a college student, a Stanford man…a rapist…a slap on the hand…all make for headlines and outrage. But maybe the ...
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THE POLITICS OF ANGER: THE HELP AND THE HINDRANCE from 2016-06-04T18:00
THE POLITICS OF ANGER: THE HELP AND THE HINDRANCE It seems that every campaign, every electoral contest, stirs up deep emotions on both sides. Often that emotion is anger, and often it s...
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GENDER AND JUDGING: WOMEN ON THE BENCH from 2016-05-21T18:00
GENDER AND JUDGING: WOMEN ON THE BENCH Does it matter if you go before a male or a female judge? Do they make different decisions? And here’s an easy one: are there more men judges or wo...
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WHY DOES HE DO THAT? HERE'S EXACTLY WHY! from 2016-05-14T18:00
WHY DOES HE DO THAT? HERE’S EXACTLY WHY! People who work in the field of domestic violence get frustrated whenever someone asks of a victim, “Why does she stay?” Why, they wonder, isn’t the q...
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MOTHERHOOD AND MOTHERING: THE FUN STUFF from 2016-05-07T18:00
MOTHERHOOD AND MOTHERING: THE FUN STUFF Humorist Erma Bombeck said, “When humor goes, there goes civilization.” That applies to motherhood as well. We all know the pain, the mess, the disapp...
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STRANGULATION: MORE COMMON THAN YOU MIGHT THINK from 2016-04-30T18:00
Strangulation is can be lethal within minutes, and can cause a victim to black out in seconds. It's also used a lot by domestic violence perpetrators. Sometimes it's not taken very seriously by co...
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HONOR CRIMES, AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN: THE COMMON FACTOR from 2016-04-23T18:00
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HONOR CRIMES, AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN: THE COMMON FACTOR Domestic violence in the US, honor crimes in those “other” countries: are they really so different? And what can this mean f...
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INCEST IN AMERICAN HISTORY: IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED HISTORY from 2016-04-16T18:00
When doctors discovered that gonorrhea affected all classes of girls back in the late 19th Century, they dismissed any evidence about the transmission of the disease from fathers to daughters, and ...
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REMEMBER WOMEN'S COMMISSIONS? DO WE CARE ABOUT THEM ANYMORE? from 2016-04-09T18:00
Remember women's commissions? There was a time when such groups were appointed internationally, nationally, and even locally, to study the status of women and the progress being made in gender equa...
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THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE: MERGERS AND ACCESS, A WOMEN'S ISSUE from 2016-04-02T18:00
A woman in San Francisco recently was scheduled to have a Cesarean section and decided she wanted to have a tubal ligation at the time of that surgery. Her doctor agreed. The problem? The hospital ...
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SO WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE CRISIS IN FAMILY COURTS? from 2016-03-26T18:00
Research has indicated that far too often, family courts make decisions that hurt women and children who are already victims of abuse. For the many victims who have tried to fight such decisions a...
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JUDGES AND LAWYERS AND SHRINKS, OH MY: THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN FAMILY COURT CONFL from 2016-03-19T18:00
There are judges, guardians, lawyers, arbitrators, psychologists, advocates, mediators, child protection services, social workers, and more who all can be involved when there is a divorce or litiga...
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CRISIS IN THE FAMILY COURTS: THE ROLE OF THE FATHERS' RIGHTS MOVEMENT from 2016-03-12T19:00
THE CRISIS IN THE FAMILY COURTS: THE ROLE OF THE FATHERS' RIGHTS MOVEMENT What is the Fathers' Rights Movement? What are the tenets of it, how did it get started, who are these people promoting it...
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WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR FAMILY COURTS? from 2016-03-05T19:00
WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR FAMILY COURTS? Abuse through the courts, revictimization, parental alienation, women lie, children given to abusers, judges who think that just because a woman is...
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GUNS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSERS from 2016-02-27T19:00
There are federal laws saying convicted domestic violence abusers can't buy guns, but what if they already own firearms? There's a good chance they can just keep them and no police or judges or ev...
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MATERNAL HEALTH IN POOR AND RURAL COMMUNITIES from 2016-02-20T22:00
Where can you find pregnant 12-year-olds, women pregnant again and again just months after giving birth, and teens with high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, and multiple pregnancies? A third world c...
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FAMILY COURT RESPONSES TO INCEST AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN CUSTODY DISPUTES from 2016-02-13T19:00
FAMILY COURT RESPONSES TO INCEST AND SEXUAL ABUSE IN CUSTODY DISPUTES The Boston Globe just ran a story about a little girl who, for five years, was forced by the courts to live with the father wh...
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There is a woman in Florida who was sent to jail for not testifying against her attacked. Her attacker was her husband. She defied a court order when she didn't show up at his trial. Advocates say...
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PRETTY IS AS PRETTY GETS: DO ATTRACTIVE WOMEN GET BETTER GRADES? from 2016-01-16T19:00
PRETTY IS AS PRETTY GETS: DO ATTRACTIVE WOMEN GET BETTER GRADES? I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl. Evangeline Lilly ...
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WOMEN IN MEDIA from 2016-01-09T19:00
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SO HOW DO YOU “UNSLUT?” from 2016-01-02T19:00
Any girl who ever went to junior high risked being called a slut. You know what a slut is, right? It's any girl who was promiscuous, looked like she might be promiscuors, or like she might be devel...
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MISUSE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN CUSTODY LITIGATION from 2015-12-19T19:00
MISUSE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE IN CUSTODY LITIGATION Do you know that the Leadership Council estimates nearly 60,000 kids a year are forced by the courts to be with an unsafe parent? O...
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GENDER AND THE HEALTH CARE BUSINESS from 2015-12-05T19:00
With the healthcare business being what it is today, it seems like all the health care providers are parts of big organizations and most of those organizations are headed up by men. So if there is ...
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TREATING FIRST RESPONDERS from 2015-11-28T19:00
A Washington State police officer turned psychologist looks at the treatment of first responders who are just expected to deal with it in the aftermath of some pretty nasty and traumatic work. Lor...
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HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE from 2015-11-21T19:00
There's been a push for years to have doctors, nurses, and health care folks to become more involved in screening and treating victims of intimate partner violence. There have been flyers taped in ...
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"BANKROLLING THE BENCH" - HOW SPECIAL INTERESTS INFLUENCE THE COURTS from 2015-11-14T19:00
Think big business and big money are only influencing politics? Have you looked at judicial elections lately? A report issued by Justice at Stake found that special interest spending is skyrocketin...
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FATAL FAMILIES- WHEN CHILDREN ARE KILLED AND FAMILIES ARE WIPED OUT from 2015-11-07T19:00
We see it all too often in the news - dad (once in awhile it's mom), goes nuts and kills mom, the kids, anyone who happens to be in the way, and then, often, himself. What is going on here? The med...
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CHILDREN EXPOSED TO TRAUMA from 2015-10-31T18:00
Casey Gwin, attorney and president of the Family Justice Center, joins us to discuss children who grow up exposed to trauma like domestic violence and his new book, "Cheering for the Children."
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE, ATTRACTION, AND INTELLECT, AND WHY WE CARE from 2015-10-24T18:00
They used to say men don't make passes at girls who wear glasses, but that was a long time ago before we became enlightened and all gender neutral. Or..was it? According to a recent study, men are...
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SO ARE THERE SOME GOOD PARTS TO THIS GROWING OLD THING? from 2015-10-17T18:00
SO ARE THERE SOME GOOD PARTS TO THIS GROWING OLD THING? Let’s see…you get old, your knees go bad, you forget things, you’re no longer socially relevant, and your hair gets thinner, right? Well, ma...
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WHEN POLICE ARE THE PERPETRATORS from 2015-10-10T18:00
Police families are not immune to the violence and terror of intimate partner abuse, yet few departments have any specific policies to address domestic violence complaints when their own officers a...
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SURVIVING AFTER THE CRISIS from 2015-10-03T18:00
SURVIVING AFTER THE CRISIS October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a great way to start this month off is by talking about what happens after the trauma and crisis of experiencing domest...
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THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: WHAT'S IT DO AND WHO CALLS IT? from 2015-09-19T18:00
THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: WHERE’S IT LOCATED, WHEN DID IT START, AND WHAT DOES IT DO? For years, there’s been a telephone number in Texas that anyone who needs information about dome...
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ARE WE ACCIDENTALLY POISONING LITTLE KIDS WITH MARIJUANA? from 2015-09-12T18:00
LEGAL MARIJUANA IS ONE THING FOR ADULTS, BUT ARE WE ACCIDENTALLY POISONING LITTLE KIDS? Lots of folks are happy marijuana is legal in a lot of states, but there may be fallout no one thinks about....
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WHO ARE THE RAPISTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES? from 2015-09-05T18:00
WHO ARE THE RAPISTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES? Are there a few men on college men who perpetrate most of the rape there? Or are there hordes of men who rape once in a while? When trying to solve the iss...
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wOMEN, PROTECTION ORDERS, AND THE REAL COST TO VICTIMS from 2015-08-29T18:00
WOMEN, PROTECTION ORDERS, AND THE REAL COSTS TO VICTIMS You’ve experienced violence from your partner, and everyone is telling you to get a protection order. Sounds right. The legal aid representa...
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WHAT IS COMMUNITY COLLUSION? from 2015-08-22T18:00
Collusion – complicity – conspiracy. What do those words have to do with domestic violence? Well, one theory says uninformed communities, cities, social services organizations, batterers, and othe...
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GAY CONVERSION THERAPY – REALLY? from 2015-08-15T18:00
GAY CONVERSION THERAPY – REALLY? In case you never heard of it, some people think they can convert gays, especially young people, into heterosexuals by using a type of “therapy.” Really! Of cour...
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FATHERS IN THE WORLD - WHAT'S THEIR STATUS? from 2015-08-08T18:00
“Fathers’ rights” is a term bandied about on the web, in courtrooms, and in custody hearings. It’s a term often used when discussing child support and visitation. But what about fathers’ respon...
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TELLING THE STORY from 2015-08-01T18:00
SHARING THE STORY Why is it so important for trauma and domestic violence victims to tell their stories? Are they just sharing cautionary tales, or does the telling make a difference? ...
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So what's it all about? Transgender from 2015-07-25T18:00
What does it mean to be transgendered? We'll find out with two special guests.
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GIRL SCOUTS TURN DOWN BIG DOLLARS FOR TRANSGENDER FAIRNESS. WHAT?? from 2015-07-18T18:00
GIRL SCOUTS TURN DOWN BIG DOLLARS FOR TRANSGENDER FAIRNESS. WHAT?? A Seattle Girl Scout Council turned away a big donation because the giver wanted to make sure none of the money went to promote a...
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WHAT’S CREATIVITY HAVE TO DO WITH TRAUMA? from 2015-07-11T18:00
WHAT’S CREATIVITY HAVE TO DO WITH TRAUMA? How to deal with trauma is a lifetime study for scholars, and an ongoing question for those who have been traumatized. Some people write their stories, o...
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WHAT SOME STATES ARE DOING ABOUT OLD RAPE KITS from 2015-06-27T18:00
RAPE KITS BACKLOGGED ON SHELVES, RAPISTS FREE AS BIRDS. WHO’S DOING SOMETHING? We've all heard about the backlog of rape kits at crime facilities and police labs all across the country, and all...
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FEMINISM AROUND THE WORLD from 2015-06-20T18:00
Join Rita Henley Jensen, founder and editor of Womens eNews, and Rob Okun, Editor and author of Voice Male, as we discuss feminism around the world- what men and women are doing to promote equality...
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A PILL FOR ABORTION LANDS WOMAN IN JAIL FOR MURDER from 2015-06-13T18:00
A PILL FOR ABORTION LANDS WOMAN IN JAIL FOR MURDER A Georgia woman took pills to end her pregnancy and the prosecutor charged her with murder. Huh? The 23-year old bought the pills on line that...
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REVENGE PORN – NAKED AND VICTIMIZED ON THE INTERNET from 2015-06-06T18:00
REVENGE – NAKED AND VICTIMIZED ON THE INTERNET Bad enough to have a bad break up. Even worse when you think about the naughty pictures you took for him. But when that ex decides the best way to g...
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AFTER SAFETY COMES MONEY from 2015-05-30T18:00
AFTER SAFETY COMES MONEY After safety, money is probably one of the biggest concerns for domestic violence victims. Not just how to get some, but how to spend it, how to protect it, how to do what...
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SIBLING VIOLENCE from 2015-05-23T18:00
SIBLING VIOLENCE- WHEN IS IT HORSEPLAY AND WHEN IS IT ABUSE? A friend once told me that her brother made her sit in a lawn chair while he attached it to a car battery to make an electric chair. Wh...
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ARE YOU WORKING WITH A BULLY? from 2015-05-16T18:00
ARE YOU WORKING WITH A BULLY? Are you working with a bully? More than 25% of us are. If you aren't being bullied, chances are you have seen someone being abused by a supervisor or coworker. When...
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HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY – NOW FIGHT TILL YOU BLEED JUST TO SEE YOUR KIDS from 2015-05-09T18:00
HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY – NOW FIGHT TILL YOU BLEED JUST TO SEE YOUR KIDS That’s what thousands of mothers will be doing this Sunday. Mothering is never easy, but for some moms, it means a gut wrenching...
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AFTER PRISON: WHO'S THERE TO HELP? - REPLAY from 2015-05-02T18:00
Replay of 01/24/15 episode "AFTER PRISON: WHO'S THERE TO HELP?"
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THE STATES THAT ARE RESCUING RAPE KITS from 2015-04-25T18:00
RAPE KITS BACKLOGGED ON SHELVES, RAPISTS FREE AS BIRDS. WHO’S DOING SOMETHING? We've all heard about the backlog of rape kits at crime facilities and police labs all across the country, and all th...
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WHAT IS FETICIDE AND WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE from 2015-04-18T18:00
WHAT IS FETICIDE, WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE, AND DID SOMEONE SET THE CLOCK BACK? Did you hear about the Indiana woman who had a miscarriage and was sent to jail for 40 years for “f...
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WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF WOMEN? from 2015-04-11T18:00
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF WOMEN? No one is better attuned to the situation of women in countries throughout the world than Rita Henley Jensen, founder and editor in chief of Women’s e-News, ...
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PARTY WITH CONSENT- A MOVEMENT TO HELP END CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT from 2015-03-28T18:00
PARTY WITH CONSENT- A MOVEMENT TO HELP END CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT Ever heard of “partying with consent?” If you hang around a college campus, that’s the buzz phrase that means you don’t have sex w...
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A PROTECTION ORDER FOR FIDO? THIS COULD BE BIG! from 2015-03-21T18:00
A PROTECTION ORDER FOR FIDO? THIS COULD BE BIG! People who know about domestic violence know how animals are often victims of abusers, and animals are often reasons women find it difficult to get ...
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LET’S TALK WHIPS, SPANKING, LOVE, GOD AND ABUSE AND WHO’S BUYING IT from 2015-03-07T19:00
So is S & M the new missionary position? With ity shades of Gray comfortably ensconced as mainstream do we think of handcuffs and riding crops with a nudge, nudge, wink, wink attitude? If a husand...
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DAMNED IF YOU DO, DAMNED IF YOU DON'T- WHY MOTHERS CAN'T WIN IN COURT from 2015-02-28T19:00
Join us as we talk with Margo Lindauer, author of "Damned if you do, damned if you don't: Why multi-court-involved battered mothers just can't win." As Lindauer states in her book, "Being a good mo...
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LET’S TALK TO THE ANIMALS – OR AT LEAST ABOUT THEM! from 2015-02-21T19:00
What do animals do for us? Let's talk to the experts to find out. Joining us is Dr. Kim Nicholas, a vet from Washington state, and Jenna Pringle, who specializes in pet adoption and placement.
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WHERE HAS ALL THE HEALTH CARE GONE? from 2015-02-14T19:00
WHERE HAS ALL THE HEALTH CARE GONE? Been to the doctor lately? Or was it a physician’s assistant? What about all those annual tests we were told we needed? Had any of those lately? Been told you’...
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POTATOE, POTAHTO- DOES IT REALLY MATTER HOW YOU SAY IT? from 2015-02-07T19:00
POTATOE, POTAHTO- DOES IT REALLY MATTER HOW YOU SAY IT? Remember when we had firemen and man hole covers? Think those days are over? Well think again! Language, words and what we say has all so...
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WHO'S WATCHING OUT FOR THE KIDS' SAFETY? from 2015-01-31T19:00
You see red hearts, lace hearts, romantic messages and love in the air at this Valentines time of year. But after the lace and roses, most of us face the real every-day tasks of raising f...
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AFTER PRISON: WHO'S THERE TO HELP? from 2015-01-24T19:00
AFTER PRISON: WHO’S THERE TO HELP? The United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation, with a jail and prison population that increased from 200,000 to a staggering 2.3 mill...
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ADVERTISING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EDUCATION. WHAT'S EFFECTIVE? from 2015-01-17T19:00
You’ve seen the ads- a bruised and bloodied woman looks plaintively at the camera. Or a movie star plays the role of a battered woman being degraded and beaten. Or even a picture of a cemetery and ...
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LA SCHOOL EXPERT SAYS LOW IQ KIDS DON'T SUFFER AS MUCH FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT. HUH? from 2015-01-10T19:00
Court testimony from an “expert” hired by the Los Angeles School District, argued that a 9-year-old who was sexually assaulted at school didn’t experience any trauma from the event because she had ...
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BETTER ASK DADDY - THE LATEST MOVE TO LIMIT ABORTION from 2014-12-20T19:00
A Missouri State Representative has proposed a bill that would require women to get a notarized signature (no forgeries, ladies!) from the father of the baby in order to get an abortion. Really- a ...
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SUPERVISED VISITATION – THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UNREALISTIC from 2014-12-13T19:00
SUPERVISED VISITATION – THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UNREALISTIC If you’ve never known anyone who had some pretty rugged child custody battles, you may not know what supervised visitation is. In cases w...
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Does treatment for abusers really work? from 2014-12-06T19:00
Time to revisit a favorite past show.and this one is about tteatment programs for perpetrators of domestic vioence. Does it really work? Listen and find out.
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IS THIS WHAT WE CAN DO TO ELIMINATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? from 2014-11-22T19:00
IS THIS WHAT WE CAN DO TO ELIMINATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? We are always asking ourselves what we can do to prevent or eliminate domestic violence (DV). Could the Quincy Solution be the answer? It m...
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WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE WITNESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? from 2014-11-15T19:00
You’ve probably wondered what to do if you know someone in a domestic violence situation. What if you are confronted with domestic violence with a stranger or acquaintance? What’s a bystander sup...
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THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE AND HIS BLOODIED WIFE from 2014-11-08T19:00
Did you know There's a U.S. district court judge in Alabama who was arrested in August after his wife called 9-1-1 crying and being audibly beaten by her husband? The police report says the good j...
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BETRAYAL TRAUMA: ADDING SALT TO THE WOUNDS from 2014-11-01T18:00
Sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse -- each brings with it a heavy burden for victims to deal with. But as bad as that trauma is, having it committed by one we rely on like a parent or c...
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IS THE NFL SINCERE ABOUT A NEW DOMESTIC ABUSE POLICY? from 2014-10-25T18:00
The drama never seems to end for the NFL. After years of getting a slap on the hand for violence against women, the athletes are going to face a new tough policy in the future. And the NFL hired ...
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CHILD MOLESTATION AND ABUSE, SURVIVOR AND EXPERT from 2014-10-18T18:00
Really, if 7th Heaven's Rev. Eric Camden can be a child molester, is nothing sacred? Well, no. Not when it comes to the abuse of children. In light of the recent allegations and investigations in...
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DV AWARENESS MONTH – SO WHAT’S UP WITH THAT? from 2014-10-11T18:00
October has been Domestic Violence Awareness Month for a couple of decades now and still some folks don’t get it. You might see a purple ribbon. Maybe some businesses and communities string some ...
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TIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS – WOMEN’S BUSINESS from 2014-10-04T18:00
What woman doesn't want to take control of her life? Starting a business and watching it grow is one great way to do just that. But many women have no experience with entrepreneurship, and many c...
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GENDER VIOLENCE: IS IT REALLY THAT DIFFERENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST? from 2014-09-27T18:00
GENDER VIOLENCE: IS IT REALLY THAT DIFFERENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST? The news gives us shocking reports of violence against women in the Middle East – stoning, brutality, punishment for being sexually...
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SUICIDE; WHAT ABOUT THOSE LEFT BEHIND? from 2014-09-20T18:00
SUICIDE: WHAT ABOUT THOSE LEFT BEHIND? We’ve all known a friend of a friend, or a family member, or even a celebrity who shocked and dumbfounded us because of his or her suicide. Your children ma...
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WOMEN AND COMEDY from 2014-09-06T18:00
With the death of Joan Rivers this week, it seems like everyone is talking about her role in shaping the world’s view of women in comedy. So what about women in comedy? Is there such a thing as “wo...
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BULLYING - AT SCHOOL, AT HOME, AT WORK from 2014-08-30T18:00
THE BULLY AND THE BULLIED Kids get bullied. Adults get bullied. Workers get bullied. It’s just a fact of life, right? We grow up change jobs, move new places and there’s no harm, no foul, righ...
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FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY—SALACIOUS, FREEING, LADY PORN? OR DANGEROUS? from 2014-08-23T18:00
Everybody’s been talking about “Fifty Shades of Gray” the notorious book soon to be movie, telling the story of a young girl experimenting with sexuality with a gorgeous, rich sadist. So is it jus...
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FIFTY SHADES OF GRAY—SALACIOUS, FREEING, LADY PORN? OR DANGEROUS? from 2014-08-23T18:00
Everybody’s been talking about “Fifty Shades of Gray” the notorious book soon to be movie, telling the story of a young girl experimenting with sexuality with a gorgeous, rich sadist. So is it jus...
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ATHLETES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND ARE WE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY? from 2014-08-16T18:00
ATHLETES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND ARE WE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY? We’ve all seen the headlines- Ray Rice gets two game suspension for knocking his fiancé unconscious and dragging her off a ca...
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FAMILY COURT: IS CHANGE COMING? from 2014-08-09T18:00
We’ve heard (and experienced) so much wrong with the family court system. Judges don’t get it, the process is another way to abuse a partner, the courts and other professionals are making money han...
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IF IT DOESN'T LEAVE A BRUISE, CAN IT BE ABUSE? from 2014-08-02T18:00
Dr. Jill Murray IF IT DOESN’T LEAVE A BRUISE, CAN IT BE ABUSE? How can it be abuse when he never hit me? How can you call it domestic violence when there are no black eyes or broken bo...
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WHAT WAS THE JUDGE THINKING? THE JUDICIAL SIDE TO FAMILY COURT DECISIONS from 2014-07-26T18:00
You’ve heard it - “My wife is crazy, but the courts are so prejudiced against men, she got full custody.” “He was abusing me in front of the children, but the judge didn’t even pay atten...
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THE MEDIA STORY ABOUT WOMEN from 2014-07-19T18:00
The news article covers the latest woman murdered by her husband, and quotes a neighbor saying, “I can’t believe it, he was such a nice guy!” The TV reporter leers happily at the woman wearing a s...
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CHILD BRIDES from 2014-07-12T18:00
CHILD BRIDES Imagine being 11 or 12 years old, getting ready for your wedding to a man as old as or older than your father, makes the arrangements to take you back to his home after the ceremony. ...
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DO RELIGIONS HELP OR HINDER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS? from 2014-07-05T18:00
DO RELIGIONS HELP OR HINDER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS? Popular televangelist Pat Robertson recently advised a child who wrote in asking what to do when his father waves a gun around the mother wh...
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RAPISTS AND CUSTODY from 2014-06-28T18:00
This is hard, but imagine you are raped, get pregnant from that rape, and decide to continue the pregnancy. THEN, the attacker seeks joint custody…or even SOLE custody of that child! It defies logi...
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Women and Family Court from 2014-06-21T18:00
If you’ve ever experienced family court, you know how wrenching it can be. In difficult cases it’s hard to find a lawyer to tackle the issues, and if you’re broke, good luck getting legal advice. ...
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THE POLICE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE- MORE THAN ARRESTS from 2014-06-14T18:00
THE POLICE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE- MORE THAN ARRESTS You’ve heard about mandatory arrest in domestic violence cases – somebody is going to jail if you call the police, right? What about dual arres...
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RAPE KITS AND THE LAW from 2014-05-24T18:00
There are two things most people know about rape kits: There’s a huge backlog of kits that have never been tested, and “Law and Order” always gets their rape kits tested immediately. That’s a sta...
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DUAL ARRESTS - IS IT EFFECTIVE? from 2014-05-17T18:00
DUAL ARRESTS- WHAT IS IT, WHO USES IT, AND IS IT EFFECTIVE? Sometimes when police officers are called to a domestic violence situation, they arrest the man, sometimes they arrest the woman, and th...
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GENDER STUDIES, WOMEN'S STUDIES -DO WE REALLY NEED THEM? from 2014-05-10T18:00
GENDER STUDIES, WOMEN’S STUDIES—DO WE REALLY STILL NEED THEM? You remember women’s studies – started around the time young women were supposedly burning their bras. If you’re a supporter of the p...
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WHATS ALL THE TALK ABOUT TRAFFICKING? from 2014-05-03T18:00
Some news articles, some TV clips, a few coffee break discussions are popping up about human trafficking. Isn’t that a problem found only in the slums of Asia? Unfortunately it’s an issue that is...
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TIME TO TALK BOOKS from 2014-04-26T18:00
So many stories about domestic violence; so many books. How to get the book that will help you or your friends and family the most. That’s our topic for discussion Saturday. We’ll have Debra Adams,...
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THOUGHT HEARTBLEED MAKES YOU VULNERABLE? TRY CYBERSTALKING from 2014-04-12T18:00
THOUGHT HEARTBLEED MAKES YOU VULNERABLE? TRY CYBERSTAKING Victims of domestic violence have to worry about what happens when their abusers are in the same house with them, and now they have to wo...
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RICH MAN, POOR MAN, SEX OFFENDER? from 2014-04-05T18:00
.So there is a man in Delaware who admitted to the court that he raped his 3-year-old daughter. The man is a wealthy heir to the DuPont fortune. The judge in the case decided the man would not "f...
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MORE ABOUT MEN from 2014-03-29T18:00
Last week we talked about the new book, "Voice Male: The Untold Story of the Profeminist Men's Movement." by Rob Okun. This week we'll continue looking at men working for gender equality, raising ...
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MEN OF THE MOVEMENT from 2014-03-22T18:00
MEN OF THE MOVEMENT Are men afraid of feminists? What is the “man box?” Do “real men” work for gender equality? These are just some of the issues we’ll talk about Saturday when Rob Okun joins u...
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VIOLENCE IN MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS from 2014-03-08T19:00
VIOLENCE IN MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS Sometimes when we talk about domestic violence, we assume it means abuse between a man and a woman who are in an intimate relationship. That’s certainly a ...
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FAMILY COURT: THE EXPERIENCES, THE TRAGEDY from 2014-03-01T19:00
The complications from domestic violence are far and wide, and we’ve talked with experts on physical assault, the children who witness violence, and even professionals who work with the offenders. ...
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WHEN WOMEN USE FORCE from 2014-02-22T19:00
You’ve heard the numbers tossed around- half of all abused spouses are men, women are as violent as men, she’s the one who abused me! And there’s no doubt that women can be perpetrators of domesti...
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3 Women 3 Ways from 2014-02-08T19:00
So do all women have to escape to shelters with just their kids and the clothes on their backs in order to be safe from domestic violence? That's pretty much how it's been for a couple of decades....
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BULLYING IN THE WORKPLACE from 2014-02-01T19:00
Do employers have an obligation to protect victims of domestic violence? Does domestic violence show up at work? What about the office bully? Is that another form of victimization? Join us Satu...
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ABORTION RESTRICTIONS PROLIFERATE from 2014-01-18T19:00
Abortion is a hot button for most people, and no matter whether you think it’s an inalienable right or murder, or somewhere in between, you should know what’s happening in the US regarding the issu...
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DIVORCE REVENGE (replay) from 2014-01-11T19:00
We laugh when we hear the stories about the man who filled the hot tub with manure because his wife got it in the divorce. Or the woman who sold the ex’s car for $5. Or the famous story of the ma...
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Risk Assessment - Can We Predict Further Violence? from 2014-01-04T19:00
Wouldn’t it be convenient if we just had a check off list for figuring out whether the person we want to enter a relationship with could turn abusive? Well, it’s not quite that easy, but there are...
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Domestic Violence Around the World from 2013-12-21T19:00
Did you know that Italian schools are now teaching classes in how not to kill your girlfriend? That a study carried out by Peru’s National Mental Health Institute found that 21% of women in that c...
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children of trauma from 2013-12-14T19:00
News stories about domestic violence are all over the place. Attack at a school? Acts of terrorism? Natural disasters? Violence in a community? All these events leave us shocked, disbelieving...
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PREGNANT WOMEN AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL from 2013-12-07T19:00
A South Carolina woman was charged with homicide after she had a stillbirth; a Utah woman gave birth to twins, when one died she was arrested and charged with homicide because she decided to delay ...
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Legal Abuse from 2013-11-30T19:00
Go to court, get Justice? Not necessarily true for the victim of a controlling spouse. They will use whatever way they can to get back at, abuse, or control the person they supposedly love, but q...
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Divorce Revenge from 2013-11-23T19:00
We laugh when we hear the stories about the man who filled the hot tub with manure because his wife got it in the divorce. Or the woman who sold the ex’s car for $5. Or the famous story of the ma...
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FALSE CLAIMS from 2013-11-16T19:00
You hear people say it all the time- she lied, she said she was abused just to get a leg up in court, she claimed I hurt the kids so she could get custody. The internet is peppered with websites a...
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Woman inprisoned for Warning Shot from 2013-11-09T19:00
With all the hype and publicity surrounding the George Zimmerman trial and its aftermath, another huge Florida case was playing out, with a very different outcome. Marissa Alexander, a young singl...
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WHO ARE THE ABUSERS? from 2013-10-26T18:00
The statistics are alarming: 1 in 4 women is abused by a partner; 1 in 3 women is raped, and perpetrators are overwhelmingly male. So why do they abuse and rape? Is it society? Women and how they...
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Get drunk, get raped, stay sober, stay safe? from 2013-10-19T18:00
Rape stories are in the news all the time. A lot of them report the victim had been drinking, or was drunk. So when a SLATE reporter wrote an article telling college women not to party in orde...
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Rape Sentencing in Montana from 2013-10-12T18:00
A Montana judge handed down a 30-day jail sentence to a former teacher who admitted he repeatedly raped a 14-year old former student. The student killed herself before she turned 17. The perpetra...
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Avon Foundation Report on Violence against Women from 2013-10-05T18:00
About 60% of Americans know someone who has been the victim of domestic violence or sexual assault, but only about 15% have ever had a discussion about it with friends, according to a new study by ...
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Women's Issues Around the World from 2013-09-28T18:00
Italy is teaching boys classes in how not to kill your girlfriend. South Africa reports a big jump in domestic violence crimes. Great Britain is working to kick out a Canadian woman whose boyfrie...
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Service Dogs and DV from 2013-09-14T18:00
Soldiers with service dogs- you’ve seen articles and pictures about them, but what does it have to do with domestic violence or women? Bart Sherwood, from Train a Dog Save a Warrior will join us t...
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In the News from 2013-08-31T18:00
Its time to catch up on whats in the news! Politics, violence, crazy and funny stuff - its all out there and well toss around the topics this Saturday.
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WHAT'S IN THE NEWS? from 2013-08-24T18:00
It's time to catch up on what's in the news! Politics, violence, crazy and funny stuff - it's all out there and we'll toss around the topics this Saturday.
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ANIMALS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE from 2013-08-17T18:00
Animal abuse has been linked with violence in other areas of life, including domestic violence. Some abusers use pets and critters to purposefully hurt their victim. Sometimes women stay in an ab...
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Guardians ad litem from 2013-08-10T18:00
A custody dispute often involves a guardian ad litem, a person appointed by the court to work in the children's best interests and report back to the judge with recommendations for custody. Sounds...
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Lawyers and Domestic Violence from 2013-08-03T18:00
A lot of people need help from an attorney when leaving a spouse, but in cases of domestic violence and abuse, not all lawyers have the background and skill to deal with the added problems. Barry...
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Does treatment for abusers work? from 2013-07-27T18:00
Courts order domestic violence perpetrators to anger management classes and abuser treatment all the time. So does it work? Join us as we explore what treatment is, what it does, and if it really ...
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Raising children in a violent world. from 2013-07-20T18:00
"There is violence and misogyny in the news, on the Internet, on computers, in video games, and even on radio and TV. Our kids are growing up in a world saturated by violence in the music availabl...
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