"Is It Ever Right to Break Up the Family?"

This is from You Can Be Free by Ginny NiCarthy and Sue Davidson. I've noticed that the majority of literature on domestic abuse is about women abused by men. However, I know same-sex couples in which abuse exists, and I know of at least 1 heterosexual relationship in which the female is the abuser. To that end, I am transcribing this chapter with as much gender-neutral usage as possible, without cluttering up the words too much to obscure their meaning.( Read more... )