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Dr. Oliva M. Espín - Women Crossing Boundaries: Gender, Immigration, and Domestic Violence
Within immigrant communities, women are often seen as the keepers of their native culture, expected to maintain traditional mores and values, especially around gender and sexuality. Therefore, when women and girls transgress the gender roles demanded of them, they are often met with social and physical punishment. By focusing on the relationship between immigration and domestic violence, Espín sheds light on social and psychological processes of abuse in relation to gender, sexuality, and ...
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Travis Roy - "Conquering Life's Hurdles"
Travis Roy - "Conquering Life's Hurdles" Travis Roy first entered the national stage on October 20, 1995 when only eleven seconds into the first shift of his college hockey career at Boston University, he shattered his fourth and fifth cervical Vertebra, severely damaging his spinal cord. Left a quadriplegic, with no feeling below his shoulders and limited movement only in his right arm, Travis has faced his disability with the same sense of optimism and determination that distinguished his ...
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