Håndtering af mishandling/overgreb

Girls may be called "sluts" for any number of reasons, including being outsiders, early developers, victims of rape, targets of others' revenge. Often the labels has nothing to do with sex -- the girls simply do not fit in. An important account of the lives of these young women, Slut! weaves together powerful oral histories of girls and women who finally overcame their sexual labels with a cogent analysis of the underlying problem of sexual stereotyping.Author Leora Tanenbaum herself was labeled a slut in high school. The confessional article she wrote for Seventeen about the experience caused a sensation and led her to write this book.

She invites the reader into her life and into the questions raised by a crime with no obvious solutions or easy answers. We see the dimensions of a human struggle often kept hidden from view. While there are an estimated twelve million rape survivors in the United States, rape is still unspeakable, left out of our personal and cultural conversation. In Telling, Francisco has found a language for the secret grief carried by men and women who have survived rape.

Practical guide addresses issues of faith for battered women?an invaluable resource for victims of domestic violence and the crisis centers that counsel them.

"A much-needed, personal 'how-to' book for every woman with a controlling partner. It takes her step-by-step through the stages of awareness of what's going on, to finding support and protection, to reclaiming her life."--Del Martin, author of "Battered Wives"

"A major contribution to this subject. She is thorough, practical, compassionate, and authoritative. It is a reading must."--Phyllis Chesler

Jill Liv Nielsen vandt som den første dansker realityprogrammet Big Brother i foråret 2001. Men ude i det virkelige liv stod det ikke skrevet i stjernerne, at Jill skulle ende som vinder, for hun er vokset op i en familie, hvor svigt og misbrug var en del af hverdagen. I "LIV – en fortælling om at lære at leve" giver hun et indblik i sin historie og fortæller, hvordan det med tiden er lykkedes hende at komme over vreden og nå frem til en hverdag fuld af lys og glæde.Jill Liv Nielsen (f. 1976) blev landskendt som den første vinder af realityprogrammet Big Brother i 2001. Efterfølgende har hun været vært på flere tv-programmer og arbejdet som lærer, alkoholbehandler og psykoterapeut.Jan Eriksen er uddannet bibliotekar, men har arbejdet som journalist, redaktør og forfatter siden 1980’erne.