BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

My father, of blessed memory, was a respected Lieutenant with the NY State Troopers. And a Type II Diabetic, as was his mother and her whole family. That said, he would never, ever have done this. It is so horrible when bad apples are encouraged to be worse... and below this I will tell you why I find this so personally scary. On the other hand, having given some seminars to law enforcement officers on the dynamics of domestic violence, I can say that many police officers do not get it about abuse (and don't seem to care, either). And they don't get how abusers can seem quite normal and even charming while they sit in a precinct office blaming their victims or even filing false charges to blame shift . In some cases, if an officer wasn't on one side of the bars, some would probably be on the other . That said, I still have high respect for police officers - many of whom do a difficult and often thankless job - day in and day out. Police cadets urged to go cau...

RELATIONAL AGGRESSION - GREAT BLOG FIND! I just came across a site I truly like . The blogger subscribed to my other site via BlogCatalog . I am nicking one of her posts here, with attribution. Go give her a read ! Don’t let them trivialize you! by Demian~DreamSinger I just read a review concerning a book about relational aggression between family members. It states the book was “Chock-full of real-life, victim-oriented stories by complaining women”. I haven’t read the book yet, but when I do I’ll post my own review. What really pisses me off, before even reading the book is this attitude of trivializing the experiences of women. “Victim-oriented…complaining women“? Oh, God, well then let me keep my mouth shut and stop taking up the media resources to talk about my issues and experiences as a woman. Shame on me! Okay, let’s try this… ”Chock-full of real-life victim-oriented stories by complaining Blacks.” Or how about this?… ”Chock-full of real-life victim-oriented stories by comp...