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Being given information about the violent past of a current partner can be life changing. Police forces need better resources to be able to process requests.
Racial threats and slights take a toll on health, but the continual invalidation and questioning of whether those so-called microaggressions exist has an even more insidious effect, research shows.
If you’re worried someone has joined a high-demand group, it’s important not to shame or belittle them.
Rape myths dominate international media coverage of internal military sexual violence.
People with long COVID report that their symptoms are dismissed or not treated seriously by health-care providers. This medical gaslighting not only prevents treatment but can cause stigma and shame.
Narcissistic abuse in relationships can take the form of extreme emotional abuse. Yet both the victim and the abuser may have difficulty recognizing it.
As COVID-19 continues to evolve, surprise, disappoint and frustrate us, efforts by politicians to pretend it’s behind us is a dangerous form of gaslighting that will deepen societal divisions.
How one filmmaker is trying to capture the visceral experience of an abusive relationship to foster understanding and empathy, and prevent further abuse.
You can’t be gaslighted if you don’t get confused and you won’t get confused if you are not misled in the first place.
The term ‘gaslighting’ is now liberally used but what does it mean and where did it come from?
Reality TV shows depicting relationships are popular, but a tolerance of abusive behaviour is also being exposed to a wide audience – including younger viewers.
A recent study found that highly narcissistic people have thicker, denser eyebrows.
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