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   XPost: uk.legal, soc.women, ie.politics   
   XPost: soc.culture.australian   
   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:05:13 -0700 (PDT), Special Care   
    wrote:   
      
   >BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME   
   >   
   >---------------------------------------------------------------   
   >   
   >For men this is one of the most emotionally painful situations we can   
   >encounter.   
   >   
   >A woman is in a relationship with a man who is abusing her.   
   >   
   >It may be extreme physical violence or it could be half-subtle   
   >emotional control / manipulation / exploitation.   
   >   
   >You want to help such a woman. You want to protect her, which is a   
   >natural male biological impulse, to protect the female.   
      
   That sounds like the old definition of chivalry: "A man's desire to   
   protect a woman from every man but himself."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)