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Empathy or No Empathy
“This very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” Selective empathy is on the rise. Fritz Breithaupt, in his book, “The Dark Sides of Empathy”, explores one’s ability to empathize with others as also a…
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#himthough
In my last post I spoke about the #metoo movement, but I didn’t quite give insight to my personal story. Like many women out there, I have more than one I could tell. I’ve had the unfortunate experience falling into a pattern of abusive relationships. Some men were verbally abusive with hot tempers that grew,…
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#metoo
“Me Too” was a phrase that started in 2006 when Tarana Burke, a social activist and community organizer, used it in a campaign to empower women of color who had experience sexual abuse. In 2017 Alyssa Milano popularized the phrase when she used it in a hashtag to draw attention to sexual harassment and assault. …