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What’s even worse is that if there are divorce proceedings, some lawyers will advise women to not raise the topic of possible child sexual abuse...because of the same issue of ‘false allegations’ that supposedly women have used in nasty battles against their husbands.

Somehow those quotes ended up backwards...anyway, Nancy Jo's article has Leo's great quote about 'a Hugh Grant situation'. Just a guess, but I don't think that's a common situation for guys to consider happening...hence the protest too much name Pussy Posse.

“You never know, I may go bankrupt, or lose my career, or have a Hugh Grant situation.”

No shame about Brody. But no to Leo - he lost the hot long ago, those ponytail days, the embarrassing dancing. The wolf-pack douche factor is just icing on the cake.

His eyes have the same scary blank deadness that Cosby's do, sends a shiver down my spine. Also, the 'frustrated gynecologist' short story is beyond creepy, and an interesting parallel to Cosby's Huxtable...

I felt sad that she felt “pride” in her husband “for being so loyal (and smart) and handling it well”. OK, maybe for how quick-thinking he was... But something about “pride” for a spouse’s loyalty just seems wrong

I agree about the beat & melody...yet, if you consider the bass line to be the more driving 'melody' & the basis for the funk, they do sound too similar.

“Dr” Luke’s rambling ridiculous twitter rant actually supports the idea that he is guilty of an abuse of power. Having a feminist mom and 3 sisters is no guarantee that someone is not a rapist... Slandering Kesha’s attorney is standard Trump-style discredit & distract. In old photos, Kesha looks barely present she is

Yeah I think it's a bit of both, bond & control. I just looked her up: she was just 19 & in her sophomore year when they met, he was 26 and had already been on the Tonight Show - those fancy rose-coloured glasses would be hard to lose. And her age fits his other ‘pattern’. They were engaged soon & married shortly -

With that kind of professional manipulator & abuse doled out at home, she wouldn't even have to love him. "Yeah, he's an a*hole but there's just no way... I know he's a good person" - true quote, intelligent family member who would be too traumatized to face that her spouse is more than just a garden-variety jerk.

At this point, she has years and years invested in believing he is a great, good man...it’s major cognitive dissonance to wrestle with the complete opposite monster persona, which is why the concept is just "impossible" to her. Plus, with all we've heard about his family over the years, plus his secret life abusing

Yes, THANK you, I thought I was the only one. He seems mean & above it all, and just not funny when I’ve seen him recently. Though he killed on Damages in a more dramatic role.

Fantastic book, insightful, open and humorous. Interesting to see that her descriptions parallel what happens in emotionally or psychologically abusive relationships - the same process of self-doubt, self-blame, and believing the other person is ‘right’ and better than you are. She is a very strong, centred woman.