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- From: steve@fulcrum.oz.au (Steve Taylor)
- Subject: Re: How to Protect Women
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.042405.1584@fulcrum.oz.au>
- Organization: The Fulcrum Consulting Group
- References: <1992Dec15.122038.11837@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 04:24:05 GMT
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- Will Steeves <goid@zooid.guild.org> writes:
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- >In my humble opinion, IF I were in an abusive relationship, I would LEAVE! I
- >would never allow it to degrade to a situation where I was in a life and death
- >struggle and was forced to use deadly force in order to prevent someone from
- >using deadly force against me.
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- It's not that simple. Leaving can be a risk in itself. Do you have the
- courage to leave when you know that you're risking much more extreme
- violence? Yes, leaving is the right thing to do, but it's no always safe.
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- Steve
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