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M: ONCE A BATTERED WOMAN, ALWAYS A BATTERED WOMAN. T: This pattern did not hold true for most of the interviewed women, though several had a series of violent relationships. Women who had received some beneficial intervention rarely remarried another batterer. M: ONCE A BATTERER, ALWAYS A BATTERER. T: Psychosocial learning theory indicates that violent behavior is learned; therefore, batterers can be taught to relearn their aggressive responses. M: BATTERED WOMEN DESERVE TO GET BEATEN. T: Studies show that batterers lose self-control because of their own internal reasons; and this myth robs men of their responsibility for their own actions. M: BATTERED WOMEN CAN ALWAYS LEAVE HOME. T:Battered women have great difficulty in ending the victimization without assistance. M: CHILDREN NEED THEIR FATHER EVEN IF HE IS VIOLENT. OR, "I'M ONLY STAYING FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN." T: In this example, young children from homes where the father beat the mother had severe emotional and educational problems. Courtesy of the East Texas Crisis Center
The proposed Unocal pipeline
appears to have turned into a dead end street. According to vice-president,
Marty Miller, "Lenders have said the project at this moment is just not
financeable". This turn of events will hinder the future financial interests of
the Taliban militia who were expected to net an estimated $50-$100 million annually
from the endeavor. This comes as welcome news for women's groups since critics
of the Taliban's brutal policies worried that such a move may qualify them as a
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