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Registered: 02-08-2005
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Sat, 02-12-2005 - 10:41am

Just an FYI, these boards are for our friends and victims of DV.

5yrssm 
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Registered: 02-08-2005
Sun, 02-13-2005 - 3:36pm
Bumping this one up one more time.
5yrssm 
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Registered: 01-06-2005
Mon, 02-14-2005 - 1:54pm

This post makes a lot of sense to me now.

I thought it's best I introduce myself. My name's Cristina and I'm 22 from England. I chose the name Alice_the_camel cos it's my youngest son's favourite song at the moment :) I've just completed research commissioned by the Department of Health into women's experiences of domestic abuse and substance use.

** Though I recognise domestic abuse can, and does happen in the context of any relationship, *my* main focus is on domestic abuse perpetrated by males to females, as this is what I believe is most prevalent, an arguement backed by extensive research. This is not to say I would ignore or disregard any man's expriences of domestic violence, or indeed any person within a same gender relationship. Like I said, however, my main remit is as above.

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Mon, 02-14-2005 - 2:20pm

Hi Alice, welcome -


I don't think anyone's going to disagree with you at all (and I apologize for not being able to get here over the weekend with time contraints), but as you well know a majority of incidences that are reported are male on female and we have a tendency to respond he as perpetrator and she as victim here 99% of the time because a majority of the posters here are female.

CL-Blueliner4

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Registered: 01-06-2005
Mon, 02-14-2005 - 2:49pm
Thanks for the welcome, and hello to everyone else :O)