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Title: Editorial.(Editorial)
Publication: Femnet News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
Page: 1(2)

Article Type: Editorial

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In 1995 Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones granted parole to ten women who had been convicted of killing, conspiring to kill or of assaulting the men who had abused them for years. The media began referring to them as the Sisters in Pain, a name they embraced. These are their stories.

Interviewed by L. Elisabeth Beattie and Mary Angela Shaughnessy, seven of the women reveal the breath-taking, gut-wrenching details of their ordeals. Many of them suffered abuse almost beyond human comprehension, let alone human endurance. The result is a painfully unforgettable book.

Beattie and Shaughnessy place these stories within the historical and cultural context of domestic violence in America. They explore the legal ramifications of fighting back in language clear to the layperson. And they provide background information about the Sisters in Pain, revealing the ways these women have picked up the pieces of their shattered lives and learned to face their pasts.

Anyone who has ever asked, “Why don’t they just leave?” when faced with such tales will come to understand the interconnected strands of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse that makes simply living through another day a triumph. ... Read more

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This guide to the conceptual and practical issues associated with identifying and assessing battered women in mental health services challenges traditional mental health approaches to domestic violence. The author offers alternative strategies and procedures to improve the response to battered women, drawing on research from mental health assessment, his own surveys of battered women's services and the expertise of battered women advocates.

Topics covered include: how to establish a supportive environment that enhances disclosure of woman battering; procedures to avoid misdiagnosis; assessing women of different racial background; and assessing men who batter. ... Read more

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Emotions can master our minds, take over our lives, and destroy our future.
It is up to you to deal with your emotions while learning how to command
and master the emotions. The emotions are human makeup that stems from
natural inborn sources, while as the emotions grow (birth – child – adult) the
emotions learn, believe, misconceive, disbelieve, teach, lie, deceive, etc. The
emotions are powerful, since emotions stem from the hearts learning as well,
which the heart is deceptive. This is where fact-finding comes into play,
since if you do not have facts you will lack confidence, self-esteem, selfassurance,
self-trust, self-respect, and all those other words that make a
human being whole. This brings us to problems. The problems include
acting on impulses, becoming angry, experience sadness, emptiness, and the
like. Most times when you hear of alcoholism, drug additions, nicotine
additions, criminal minds, psychological problems, and the like you are
hearing about people who have not mastered their mind to command their
emotions.
Now we can move into impulsive response to see how the emotions work. ... Read more

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It may be a symptom of the strains of modern life:the prevalence of stress and anxiety.It seems that stress is ever-present, attacking us at work, at school, on the road, and at home.To a large extent, it is impossible to escape stress—and perhaps we wouldn’t want to.Stress can be a powerful motivator and a catalyst for change.It can enable us to grow and mature.Stress is not something that should be feared—rather, it is an aspect of life that needs to be managed. ... Read more

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