I would like to reiterate that this post is not about man-hating. I speak of the male perpetrator and female victim merely because statistically there are more females raped by males, than the other way around. Further, I am not claiming all narcissists are rapists, nor that all rapists are narcissists. I’ve mentioned before that […]
Domestic violence and abuse happens to all genders and this needs to be remembered. I’ve met men and women in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships who have all suffered at the hand of an abuser. However, in the majority of abuse, it is male to female and the stats below show this: Rates of violence […]
One major influence on creating well rounded children is how they’re raised Now, I’m not claiming to be a parenting expert, because I’m not even close. I have one daughter and I made plenty of mistakes. For me, parenting success throughout my mothering went from ‘thank heavens I didn’t roll over and squash her’, to […]
I make some pretty big claims in my book about how violence and violent behaviour is being normalised in western culture – so much so that we’re becoming desensitised to the violence and often, don’t even recognise behaviours as being violent. I often tell the story of when I was a child of about 10 […]
The internet can be a helpful tool to help with study and homework, and it’s a wonderful social tool to keep family and friends in touch. Mobile phones are a means of keeping parents and children in contact in the case of emergencies, however, despite the positive aspects of these technologies, a pervasive evil is […]
Think about social media and how easy it is to manipulate images (for example, there’s an app which fixes skins blemishes, brightens eyes and thins down the face). Add to this a few ‘likes’ from encouraging friends and a teen’s reality is now an illusion. Social theorist, Baudrillard, called this phenomenon a ‘simulcra’. Here’s […]
Often the victim of domestic abuse by a narcissist initially delight in the glow of the narcissist’s charm but soon become anxious and drained because of tantrums, attacks and accusations of imaginary slights. The victim begins to doubt herself and worry about what their tormentor will think of them; eventually they become pre-occupied with the […]
Being a parent is arguably one of the most difficult jobs you’ll ever do, but it can also be the most rewarding. The first thing I’d like you to do is think about the social pressures you had as a teen. Yes, there was bullying, but it by and large stopped at the school gate […]