Gender Roles: The Results of Static Thinking

Think about the consequences of gender roles in a different way. Image from thefrisky.com. I’ve recently become reacquainted, during the process of doing clinical assessments with domestic violence arrestees, with…

Faces of Domestic Violence

I’ve talked about intimate partner/domestic violence in this column before: It’s not simply a beating every now and then, but a pernicious pattern of brutal emotional and psychological assaults capable…

Fat Lip

In February this year I had to have minor surgery on the inside of my lip. It really wasn’t a big deal- the whole procedure took about ten minutes- but…

Not Your Typical Trip to Cambodia

I recently traveled to Cambodia with a unique purpose:  to follow two different Cambodian NGOs over a 3 week period.  I was a part of a small documentary team and…