http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/09/08/women-avoid-abuse-shelters-like-the-plague/ Men's Rights Activism, MRA Politics, Analysis, Commentary and Global News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:12:59 -1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://mensnewsdaily.com/2008/09/08/women-avoid-abuse-shelters-like-the-plague/comment-page-1/#comment-66200 Bulletin Board v.34 « Toy Soldiers Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:52:41 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/?p=81437#comment-66200 [...] Women Avoid Abuse Shelters Like the Plague — No doubt some women have been helped by their stays at a shelter. But far too often, women experience more mistreatment in the shelter than at the hands of their abusers. Reports of verbal abuse and assaults are not unusual. At the First Step shelter in Harrisonburg, Va., a resident was attacked by a drug-addled woman, demanding she hand over her phone card or else she would slit her throat. [...] [...] Women Avoid Abuse Shelters Like the Plague — No doubt some women have been helped by their stays at a shelter. But far too often, women experience more mistreatment in the shelter than at the hands of their abusers. Reports of verbal abuse and assaults are not unusual. At the First Step shelter in Harrisonburg, Va., a resident was attacked by a drug-addled woman, demanding she hand over her phone card or else she would slit her throat. [...]

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