We have never had much respect for Joe Biden but I reserve the right to change my mind because he and I agree on the importance of this issue-domestic violence. Recently Vice President Biden on Wednesday said his work on domestic violence has been "the single most important cause of my life." The whole article HERE. "Biden said the reason it's so...

click image for more details Here is a story out of Ireland that makes the point that domestic violence is not just physical or sexual. Academics prefer to use the term “intimate partner violence” so as not to exclude dating relationships where victim and abuser do not share a home. Also, there is debate among support services as to whether the term...

There was an opinion piece recently in the Baltimore Sun that made the argument that dog attacks are not the fault of dogs but the fault of their owners. Not sure I buy that but here's part of what the opinion piece had to say "If reader Tom Paxton were actually a lifelong animal lover, he would understand that all dogs are...

In Egypt, women's rights groups are pushing back against some Islamists' attempts to blame women for an upsurge in sexual harassment. You can read the whole story HERE. In Egypt fundamentalist Islamist groups have a history of repressing women. Women there are striving for equal rights that are running up against a brick wall starting with sexual harassment where these fundamentalists blame...

That is the question being posed by residents in Muskegon, Michigan. It seems there was a fight that involved nearly 20 students and when police finally responded they used pepper spray to gain control of the situation. That prompted residents and faculty to ask the question why couldn't they do the same thing and save a bunch of time? You can read...

This is an article written recently entitled "Time to Talk Seriously About Sexual Violence on Campus" It is a very thoughtful article that brings up some scary statistics about life on a college campus for female students. They also mention that 90% of the time alcohol or drugs is involved in acquaintance rape, also known as date rape. As many as 25...