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Divorce Denied: Have Mental Cruelty, Constructive Desertion And Reasonable Apprehension Of Bodily Harm Been Abolished In Virginia?, Sylvia Clute
University of Richmond Law Review
In a turmoil of emotional distress and in fear of the outcome of an already deteriorating pregnancy, she fled the marital home with only her small son and a suitcase full of clothes. This woman's husband had publicly and privately bullied, berated, belittled and browbeat her throughout their marriage, but since she became pregnant she feared that his campaign to keep her in a constant state of emotional disequilibrium would also harm the child she carried. Her husband controlled her by keeping a tight grasp on the family finances providing her with meager spending money and forcing her to produce …
Redressing Wrongs Of The Blamelessly Ignorant Survivor Of Incest, Camille W. Cook, Pamela Kirkwood Millsaps
Redressing Wrongs Of The Blamelessly Ignorant Survivor Of Incest, Camille W. Cook, Pamela Kirkwood Millsaps
University of Richmond Law Review
Until recently, our society has refused to acknowledge and recognize the widespread incidence of incest. Childhood sexual abuse, especially incestuous abuse, has reached unconscionable proportions. A representative study by Dr. Diana E. H. Russell determined that as many as thirty-eight percent of the female population have experienced sexual molestation by the age of eighteen years. Formerly, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, and other investigators who did discover the severe effects of childhood incestuous abuse on adult women reacted by suppressing and denying their findings.