It is critical for all of us to understand the harm of pornography. I urge all mothers to teach their sons about erotic healthy desire and not aggressive sex. But how are mothers to know what is healthy if they too are told that torture is cool and natural. Here is research showing how harmful one book can be. […]
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The WHO (World Health Organisation) just published research on domestic violence. Almost 40% of all women killed worldwide were killed by an intimate partner. A lover! A husband! Nearly 600million women live in countries where domestic violence is not even a crime! It’s time to name the problem for what it is. It is not about women, it
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Here is a great CBC Jian Ghomeshi debate about Mothers I’d Like to F* (MILF). It saddens me that some try to cast it as a compliment when it simply reinforces the age-old idea that women are only valuable when deemed so by men. Apparently if you watch pornography (which I recommend if you really want to get
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Want to support Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW? Come join in on June 23 in the ScotiaBank half marathon/5k run-walk on in Vancouver Bc. Go to www.wavaw.ca and sponsor someone!
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Today is the Day of Action and Rememberance on Violence Against Women and Children. There will be candlelight vigils accross Canada remembering the 14 women who were murdeed at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. It is embarassing to admit that still almost 60,000 women experience sexual and physical assualts each year in BC. The safe houses turn
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I attended the AGM of WAVAW (Women Against Violence Against Women) last week and was amazed at the work such a small orgnization can accomplish. Not only that, the Board is filled with wonderful, brilliant and inspiring women. Thanks to Irene Tsepnopoulos-Elhaimer who is the most amazing executive director and a heartful woman. Thank you for
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We should be ashamed that about 13,000 people in BC were victims of family violence last year. About 99,000 people across Canada! How can we say we live in a civilized society when almost half of those incidents involve men assualting their wives – to the degree that the police are called in. Domestic violence is no
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The Shafia family was found guilty this week of murdering their three daughters and x-wife, by drowning all four in a car. Judge, Robert Maranger said this in his final statement: “The apparent reason behind these cold-blooded, shameful murders was that four completely innocent victims offended your twisted notion of honour that is founded upon the domination and
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It should come as no surprise that recent research shows that school bullying is linked to domestic violence. Jay Silverman of the Harvard School of Public Health found that boys who bully in school are significantly more likely to assault their wives. If school yards are practice areas we must pay closer attention to school
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