by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
The phrase “What’s in a name?” has been uttered by many, most often cynically. The truth is, there’s a lot in a name. It is, at its most basic level, one’s identity. Changing one’s name in marriage can be, for many women, a daunting thing. Name changing...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
My mind boggles at America’s tolerance of domestic violence and domestic abuse. What will it take to end the atrocities behind the statistics that tell us that every 9 seconds a woman is attacked by her partner? Every 9 seconds a woman in America is slapped,...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
Most men don’t rape. This is what the studies tell us. Why, then, does male culture romanticize rape? Why are images of violence against women in the media intriguing to so many men? Why are woman-bashing radio hosts, such as Tom Leykis and Howard Stern, so...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
It’s hard to imagine a more horrific end to a life than the one Natalee Holloway most likely suffered. She has been missing since May 30, 2005, and no one has been charged with violence against her. The deluge of media coverage given to the individual case did...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
The demands of the Million Mom March were modest. The participants–750,000 who marched in Washington D.C. on Mother’s Day, and tens of thousands of others in cities across the country–are calling for all handguns to be registered and for all gun owners to...
by Adriene | Feb 15, 2022 | featured article
Koko the gorilla, who lived in a cage, refused for a long time to have a baby. She longed to have babies. And she loved the males with whom she shared her cage. Still, Koko refused to reproduce. Koko’s caretaker, Dr. Francine Patterson, who became famous for...
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