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January 31, 2005

Two Important Articles (UPDATED) « Social Issues »

A fairly balanced look at the uniquely female component of domestic violence.

One man's experience with domestic violence.

The following reaction is most likely wrong, as Jo pointed out in the comments. I'm leaving it here because I like to own up to my mistakes:
The most interesting part of this was that the newspaper felt it had to find corroborating sources for his account...they don't usually feel necessary to go that far if they were writing about a female victim of domestic violence, but I guess you take what you can get, eh?

Posted by Nathan at 07:41 PM | Comments (2)
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I think you might be misinterpreting the paper's motivations for talking to his employer/friend...it showed how this was so much like most domestic abuse situations...there were outsiders trying to help, and he would make "excuses" for the bruises, clam up, etc. I just think that was the reporter doing an thorough job that really, truly painted a picture of what this man's life was like. They did a grade A job. (Plus, they have followed the same formula for their profiles of female abuse victims...this has been an ongoing series).

Posted by: Jo at February 1, 2005 07:39 AM

Cool. Thanks for the correction!

Posted by: Nathan at February 1, 2005 07:40 AM
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