“A coach has not started coaching until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is designated not only to raise the awareness of violence against girls and women, but also to challenge the cultural constructs that breed gender violence. While Domestic Violence by narrowest definition is violence within a home, I am including it as part of an all inclusive gender violence that includes the physical, sexual and emotional violence of rape, dating abuse, sexual assaults, battering, bullying, stalking, intimidation and harassment. The internet, texting, and social media are becoming weapons of mass destruction with daily casualties being treated every day in ER’s and doctor’s offices as psychological injuries, suicides, depression and PTSD are triaged. Continue reading
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