Category: Writings
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Emotional Rape Syndrome: What is Emotional Rape?
Emotional rape has many similarities to physical rape, particularly date rape. Date rape involves the sexual use of someone’s body without consent. In a like manner, emotional rape is the use of someone’s higher emotions, such as love, without consent. However, in the case of emotional rape the lack of consent is contained in what…
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Relationship Red Flags
Relationship Red Flags Kristina de la Cal A happy, healthy and balanced relationship is one that consists of mutual respect, open and honest communication, and a genuine appreciation for one another. Of course no relationship is perfect and there will likely be days when you and your partner get on each other’s nerves or make…
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Love Yourself or The Art of High Self-Esteem
To love yourself means to accept yourself as you are and to come to terms with those aspects of yourself that you cannot change. It means to have high self-esteem, self-respect and a positive self-image. Needless to say, it does not mean being arrogant, conceited or thinking that you are better than anyone else. It…
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Getting Voice in Emerald on the Mac (SL Emerald Viewer)
Open your Finder window and find your standard SL viewer. Right click on it and choose “Show Package Contents” – that will open another window with the contents of the SL viewer. Go into the Contents folder, then into the Resources folder. Select the following six files, and copy them (option and drag will also…
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Why Victims of Partner Abuse Stay with Their Batterers
People who don’t know a lot about the dynamics of partner abuse may ask, “Why would someone stay in a violent relationship?”. Some victims may ask themselves that same question. Here are some examples of things victims see as barriers to leaving their relationships. Though this list does not cover all victims’ experiences, it provides…