domestic abuse
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Home Is Where the Hatred Is: New U.N. Study Says Domestic Violence Causes Over Half of Female Murders
No matter where a woman may reside in the world, she may be most endangered at home, according to a new study by the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Released on Sunday in tandem with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the study found that more than half…
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Chris Brown Is Still Stalking Rihanna’s IG—and It’s Creepy AF
You know how every so often, your creepy ex pops up to remind you that you should’ve long ago blocked them on social media? Last weekend, that creepy ex was Chris Brown, who just couldn’t resist letting us all know he’s still checking for Rihanna almost a full decade after he brutally beat her on…
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Marcia Fudge, Aisha Fraser, and the Fallacy of the ‘Bad’ Abuser
In 2015, as Cleveland Judge Lance Mason was scheduled to be sentenced for brutally beating his wife, Aisha Fraser Mason, Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge penned a letter of support for the the judge, citing more than “20 years of friendship.” “The behavior Lance displayed on August 2, 2014, is out of character and totally contrary…
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Dr. Tamara O’Neal, Apparently Killed by Ex-Fiance in Chicago Hospital, Was ‘Dedicated to Her Church and Patients’
For Dr. Tamara O’Neal, helping people was both a profession and a way of life. In the wake of her apparent murder Monday afternoon at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital and Medical Center where she worked, family and colleagues have given emotional testimonies on the strength of O’Neal’s character. From the Chicago Tribune: The 38-year-old physician graduated…
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Woman Allegedly Killed by Ex-Husband Who Had Been Hired by Mayor of Cleveland Despite Domestic Violence History
As a society, we constantly wring our hands over the fates of men who harm women. “It was a mistake,” people say, no matter the severity of the offense: rape, assault, domestic abuse, attempted murder. “It shouldn’t determine his future.” Aisha Fraser no longer has a future. Full stop. She’s gone. At age 45, she…
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'A Life Defined by Fear': Tina Turner Details Even More Abuse from Ike Turner in New Memoir
Most of us remember the brutality brought to life on screen in the 1993 Tina Turner biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It, which chronicled the entertainer’s rise to fame under the thumb and almost constant threat of abusive ex-husband and Svengali Ike Turner. The film was named for Tina’s blockbuster hit single of…
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‘It’s About Saving Lives’: On The View, Andrea Kelly Details Years of Abuse by R. Kelly
Please stop asking why women don’t report abuse—sexual or domestic. It’s been nearly a decade since Andrea Kelly divorced singer, songwriter and multiply-alleged abuser and sexual predator Robert “R.Kelly” Kelly, but she’s broken her silence about their relationship. A Thursday morning appearance on The View was the latest in a series of media appearances that…
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All Abuse Isn’t Visible: Serena Williams Fights Financial Abuse With the Purple Purse Project
Most of us think we know what domestic abuse looks like, but in 99 percent of intimate partner violence cases, the most disabling aspect is often financial, exacting a level of control over victims that prevents them from escaping. As an ambassador for Allstate’s Purple Purse Project, tennis phenom and entrepreneur Serena Williams has made…
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#SafeWayOut: Serena Williams Wants to Raise Awareness About Financial Abuse
When we discuss the effects and types of domestic abuse, there is one component we often overlook: financial abuse. Financial abuse (or economic abuse) is defined by the U.S. Office on Women’s Health as “when an abuser has control over finances in a relationship and withholds money from the victim.” Now, as an ambassador for…