Verbal Abuse

Men might be chastised

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Men might be chastised for being promiscuous, but I think they’re more likely to be given a pass, due to a men will be men attitude that still prevails in the Western world. They don’t usually experience anything like the virulent shaming and verbal abuse that women who are sexually adventurous are sometimes prone to … Read more

Critical words to a

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Critical words to a child are as painful and damaging as being physically hit. They are verbal slaps in the face. Usually, critical words are accompanied by threats, name-calling, and yelling. This verbal abuse can be especially damaging. Insulting names echo in a child’s mind over and over again until he comes to believe he … Read more

I dealt with men

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I dealt with men who had tempers, and who could get violent-Lord knows how I had to defend myself against Howard Hughes and Frank Sinatra, and from Artie Shaw’s verbal abuse. But George [C. Scott] was a different category of animal when he got drunk. He’d break into my hotel room, which he did in … Read more