STEINBERG: Still An Animal After All These Years I picked up my paper this morning with a mix of "this figures" and "how sick can one man be"? running through my head. You'd think now that I have been a Domestic Violence Advocate for almost 3 full years now I'd be used to these sort of stories. Believe me, this remorseless, selfish bullpocky from abusers never changes. Never. And I hope I never cease being shocked by the audacity of some of these abusers. Here's the list of the most common excuses I hear (at least 25-35 times every week) from abusive men about their victims: - she's just a 'scorned woman' (this is the MOST common) - she's jealous of my new girlfriend - she needs to get over it and move on - she's exaggerating - she's crazy - she's the abuser not me ( I'd say this is at least #3 if not #2) - she's making it all up - she needs to get her ego in check - she pushed me to it - it's not as bad she...
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