We've had a lot of threads about men and women lately. This one is NOT about rape. [View all]

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It's about violence against women. Many of us know the author, Goldie Taylor, as a guest on various MSNBC shows. She writes about her own harrowing experience at the hands of her abuser.,as well as other women she has known who were abused or killed. Among the shocking statistics she includes is that the number one cause of death of pregnant women is homicide.

Many people wrote, as one poster said, without much emphaty for victims. Perhaps reading Goldie's story will help all understand better what it means to be a woman in a culture which can be very violent. (yes, I am a woman.)

http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/03/i-ran-out-half-naked-and-bleeding-i-tell-my-story-because-kasi-cannot-tell-hers/