Articles for tag: Battered Women, Meals on Wheels, Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities in Sunnyvale, California

Everyone hopes that they will never have a disaster or hard time hit them but unfortunately many of us do. It is at these times we seek help from a local non profit organization. These organizations are mainly staffed by volunteers. So by volunteering at one of these organizations, you could be someone’s beacon of ...

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Juanita Bynum, the Self-Declared Face of Battered Women

Juanita Bynum, the Self-Declared New Face of Battered Women It has taken me quite a while to write this editorial on how I really feel about Juanita Bynum’s bold declaration that she is the new face of the battered woman. While I deeply regret the way she was beaten at the hands of her husband, ...

Victims of Domestic Violence in the Media

COMMENTARY | During Rihanna’s recent interview with Ryan Seacrest, she said her musical collaboration of “Birthday Cake” with Chris Brown was just “innocent.” No one can forget the altercation between Rihanna and Brown in 2009, with photos of Rihanna’s bruised face, leaked by TMZ, from being attacked. With media involvement, it raised awareness about domestic ...

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Spousal Homicide: A Woman’s Right to Self-Defense

Domestic violence is no laughing matter, many women, children, and even men are affected by its emotionally and physically damaging results, and these results can span a victim’s lifetime. Without downgrading the very real problem of domestic violence towards children and adult males, for the purpose of this paper we will be focusing on intimate ...

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Battered Woman’s Syndrome

Every year many women are diagnosed with battered woman’s syndrome because of the emotional and physical abuse they have experienced from their abuser. If you are being abused get help now! To help understand the signs and symptoms of battered woman’s syndrome and what you can do to get help if you are being abused, ...

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What You Can Do to Stop Animal Cruelty and Domestic Violence

Animal abuse or cruelty is divided into intentional and unintentional. The latter can usually be resolved through education. The Humane Society of the United States defines intentional cruelty is “knowingly depriving an animal of food, water, shelter, socialization, or veterinary care or maliciously torturing, maiming, mutilating, or killing an animal. Animal abuse is not easy ...

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Domestic Violence – How to Get Away

-SAFE (As the rate of violence against women and children grows, it is important to try and find a way to get away and remain safe. There are many women who are constantly living in the shadow of fear from the one person that they are supposed to feel safe with. Men with an abusive ...