Sentences with phrase «more abused women»

As more and more abused women tell their stories, we must respond with the gospel mandate to care for the suffering and to proclaim a resurrection image, a new household of freedom and justice.

Not exact matches

With the dam broken and decades worth of accusations of sexual harassment and abuse finally flooding out, we're hearing more and more apologies from powerful creeps who took advantage of and dehumanized the women around them.

Women of late are speaking up more loudly than ever before about the experiences they've had with men who have abused their privilege and their power.

He is the first truly shameless president, the first porn president, and that is why it is Stormy Daniels — more than the FBI or the IRS or the string of women who have claimed sexual harassment or abuse by him — who just might take him down.

But she apparently missed all the cautionary tales of abuse heaped on beauty brands such as SheaMoisture, Dove, L'Oreal's Elvive and more in social media the past year over slights against women of color — either real or highly enhanced by the outrage machine.

This thinking only exacerbates what is becoming more and more a cultural epidemic of men objectifying and abusing women as sexual playthings.

In the U.S., the number of abused women falls to one in four, but domestic violence is still the leading cause of injury for women between the ages 15 and 44 — more than car accidents, muggings, and rape combined.

More importantly Carter says the Pope agrees with him on the need to somehow work together to end slavery and various forms of abuse against women worldwide.

The wife employed outside the home is more likely to apply what free time she has to the cause about which she cares the most, be it hunger, abortion, child abuse or women's rights.

Particularly in our current culture, with sexual abuse stories being exposed within the Church, it's more important than ever for women to be represented when it comes to making decisions in leadership on behalf of the community.

As women share decision making in marriages, it leads to happier and more stable marriages that experience less abuse (ethics) according to research by Prepare / Enrich.

I would posit that, based on the many stories I hear from women who have left evangelical churches, it's far more likely that abuse is flourishing in patriarchal homes and churches where women are given little voice and little recourse; it's just getting swept under the rug rather than named and confronted.

But what's most dangerous about this posture is that Piper seems to assume that because evangelicals aren't confronting sexual assault and abuse the way that Hollywood is, then those things must not be happening in their churches, that abuse only occurs in egalitarian communities where women have more power and influence.

That's because Piper and many in the fundamentalist neo-Reformed movement are working off of a perversion of the doctrine of total depravity that not only teaches that human beings are depraved — that is, that our humanity is marred by sin — but that this depravity renders the world's men, women, and children into valueless objects of god's wrath, worthy of nothing more than eternal torture, pain, violence, and abuse.

This week, in light of even more women coming forward with stories of being abused and harassed by powerful men, she tweeted this: «If you want to know how Jesus felt about women & treated women, read the Gospels.

This authority structure is typically described as a series of «coverings» or «protections» but unfortunately, the effect is often the opposite, as abused women and children find they have no recourse or power, as every decision in their lives must be made by a series of men, many of whom are more invested in protecting the reputation of the ministry than the people in it.

So the point I want to make today is not that all who subscribe to patriarchy are abusive, but that patriarchy in a religious environment, just as in any environment, has a negative effect on the whole community and creates a cultural climate more susceptible to abuse than one characterized by mutuality and shared leadership between men and women.

In the wake of the latest Trump revelations, more Christian women are speaking up about sexual exploitation and abuse, but as one writer argued at the Washington Post, «Many men talk like Donald Trump in private.

Problem definition is time - consuming, a deep journey into our own prejudices and hopes for a Christian faith that actually makes a difference, a horrible awakening that giants of the faith may have little faith in God and more in courts and money, that fame - seekers exist within the church system and garner friends as shields, that a man that marries a second wife may wish to destroy the first wife at any cost, and that authors can indeed write good books but run away from women speaking of their own abuse, and that prior friendships dictate the limits of Christianity....

It is pornographic in the sense that so much of pornography is less about sex and relationships and more about domination and abuse and so very often it is men dominating and abusing women.

The fact of the matter is that the Church should spend more time protesting the higher costs of insurance, the higher costs of higher education, the inequities in K - 12 education, demand that physical and mental abuses stop, and let GOD be the judge of a woman's right to care for her own body... On a theological note... where in the Apostle's Creed (summary of catholic doctrine) does it mention anything about contraception anyway?

Five more women have added their complaints to a lawsuit accusing Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) founder Bill Gothard, now 81, of sexual abuse and harassment.

Abused women often feel more confused and weak than they can admit.

More Women Sue Bill Gothard and IBLP, Alleging Sexual Abuse Amended lawsuit increases severity of allegations.

Every player suspended for substance abuse got more time than Ray Rice did for knocking a woman out: via @SBNation pic.twitter.com/tIy 2eqehJd

There are more than a few upsides to a polygamous arrangement that women enter into freely and willingly because it suits their needs (versus what we usually read and hear about the traditionally male - driven practice, which is often about secrecy and child brides forced to marry against their will and sexual abuse and other scandals).

Many times I have worked with women who are in a situation where they are in actuality experiencing one or more forms of abuse but deny that they are being abused.

But they also didn't delay marriage because of «troublemaking men,» incarceration, abuse, unemployment or because they can't afford to get married — many of the reasons poor women cite as delaying marriage (an institution they value, perhaps more than their middle - class sisters).

More and more women continue to come forward with their stories of harassment or abuse at the hands of Harvey WeinstMore and more women continue to come forward with their stories of harassment or abuse at the hands of Harvey Weinstmore women continue to come forward with their stories of harassment or abuse at the hands of Harvey Weinstein.

Women who reported a history of abuse were more likely to report the following symptoms: chronic pelvic pain, frequent feelings of fatigue, obesity, severe PMS, irritable bowel syndrome, frequent headaches, trouble sleeping, frequent vaginal infections, and overall less satisfaction with their physical health than their non-abused counterparts.

There were even a few studies, including how women who have dealt with sex abuse have more trouble dealing with the pain.

Because wealthy white men and women who have children with more than one partner are not the focus of the research on multi-partner fertility, they are largely exempted from conclusions about its dire consequences, such as increased substance abuse, poor educational outcomes and behavioral issues.

So many women, more than we know, have suffered some kind of sexual abuse in their life.

Are women more vulnerable to birth trauma if they have experienced prior abuse or adversity?

Scarcely a woman present did not have a tale to tell of online abuse and of being silenced: going offline for an hour, a day, a week or two, because she could not endure any more.

She said she wants more women will feel comfortable to come forward if they've been abused.

The state, and its namesake city, seem to produce more than their share of men who abuse their political power, whether for financial gain, career advancement, or the mistreatment of women.

This is because women are statistically more likely to suffer from traumatic events like sexual assault and abuse.

At a time when the struggles and hardships of women and children who have been sexually abused and harassed are becoming more apparent as victims find the courage to come forward, it is baffling these elected officials are acting as a roadblock.

Women were more likely than men to suffer across all forms of intimate abuse, including partner and family abuse, stalking and serious sexual assault.

Silver has survived episodic brushes with scandal before — covering for staffers and legislators who'd sexually harassed or abused women, the guilty plea of a close friend who'd stolen more than $ 1 million from a Jewish charity.

James» announcement comes just more than a week after former AG Eric Schneiderman resigned from office when four women accused him of physical and emotional abuse in a New Yorker article.

As Trump University was the target of an investigation by then - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman more than four years ago, Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, were told through a Hudson Valley - based attorney that Schneiderman was accused of sexually abusing two women.

Lib Dem equalities spokesman Lynne Featherstone said more needed to be done to help abused women with insecure immigration status.

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison, after more than 140 women and girls accused him of sexual abuse.

Immigration detention is once more in the news and was debated in Parliament this week, this time because of a hunger strike by women held at Yarls» Wood, the detention centre where abuse by guards was filmed undercover for Channel 4 in 2015.

The woman behind them is Kat Sullivan, a New York City based survivor of childhood sexual abuse that has been following this law for more than a decade.

Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?

The urgent need for policy and action to tackle and prevent abuse of women and girls could not be more obvious.

According to Hayhoe and Norgaard, women who have been targeted for their climate change research, more than 90 percent of the harassing emails they receive are from men and often include gender - specific abuse.