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“Often, sexual violence is labeled as a feminine experience. When men go through it themselves, there may be this need to reassert their masculinity and prove to themselves that they are a ‘man,’” Dr. PettyJohn (above) explained. Baby Reindeer depicts this through Donny’s complicated relationship with Martha. While he is fearful of her behaviors, he also appreciates feeling desired as a man following the sexual violence he experienced earlier in his life.
While virtually everyone values independence, no one is fully independent. Each of us depends on others to grow our food, care for us when we are ill, give us advice and emotional support, and help us in thousands of interconnected ways. Being disabled means having support needs that are outside what is typical and therefore those needs are much more visible. Because of this, the disability community has reckoned more explicitly with what it means to need help to live than most nondisabled people. This disability community perspective can be invaluable in approaching new technologies that can assist both disabled and nondisabled people.
20,500 social workers are employed at VA
A computer-generated cross-section of the FGC-9. FGC stands for “fuck gun control”, and the acronym reflects the ideological leaning of its designer – and many others involved in the development of 3D-printed weapons.
This was the first year that Gate City Pride, a nonprofit organization, organized Pocatello’s pride festival. Above: Dr. Jona Jacobsen speaks to two attendees to the festival.
Populations that experience health disparities are frequently underrepresented in spine pain clinical trials, according to an analysis of data from eight randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of spinal manipulation for chronic back or neck pain.