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   From: dsgood@iphouse.com   
      
   I think this has become contentious enough to belong there   
      
   Zeborah wrote:   
      
   > Bill Swears  wrote:   
   >   
   > >   But the   
   > > incidence of battered women's shelters throughout the U.S. trends   
   > > me to think Julie's comment was closer to the universal than is the   
   > > incidence of humans who do not need physical contact.  So many   
   > > women are willing to settle for bad relationships that eventually   
   > > become too violent to survive, that I can't help but think the need   
   > > for contact is real, and overrides common sense.   
   >   
   > When someone stays with an abusive spouse, it's not just because   
   > they're lonely; it's frequently because the spouse has conditioned   
   > them to believe that they actually deserve no better.  It's   
   > essentially Stockholm Syndrome.  It would be odd to say that a   
   > kidnapping victim didn't leave their kidnapper because they were   
   > lonely.   
   >   
   > Zeborah   
      
      
      
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