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	Part pitied, part scorned

malaika99

9-24-2008 9:07 AM

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malaika99 says:

When a woman has a black eye, there is only one conclusion people draw.

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9-24-2008 3:52 PM

tanyamm

That's because 99% of the time the conclusion is the truth.

9-24-2008 4:09 PM

malaika99

True. But the writer points out that we subject abused women to yet more suffering by half-scorning them when they go out in public.

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