I wanted to be analytical about them, because i think we hear and see so many stories. I didn't want to tell one or two stories. I wanted people to see how pervasive the problem is through the stories as well. Yet's almost like a medicine's focus on specializations, and like no one's treating the whole body. It's all just specialists. Like that's basically what palliative care is, is that you have to treat the whole person, you know? And in terms prevention, i think something can get lost. If we start to think about the origins of these issues, then we can deal with ways to prevent them from happening.
Anita Hill is a professor and author. Her new book is Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.
"I really do feel that my life now has purpose. And my responsibility really is to live out that purpose as much as possible. The reason that this isn’t entirely daunting is that I realize I am one individual. And that the issues will not depend on me entirely. … But I also realize that every person who has the opportunity should be involved, and that includes me."
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