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battered-person syndrome

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A quick definition of battered-person syndrome:

Battered-person syndrome: A condition that affects people who have suffered physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from a spouse or lover. It was first described in the 1970s and consists of a cycle of violence that includes tension-building, acute battering, and loving-contrition stages. This syndrome is sometimes used as a defense for women who kill their abusers.

A more thorough explanation:

Battered-person syndrome is a medical and psychological condition that affects individuals who have suffered physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from a spouse or partner. It is also known as battered-woman syndrome.

The syndrome was first described in the 1970s by Dr. Lenore Walker. It consists of a three-stage cycle of violence:

  • The tension-building stage, which may include verbal and mild physical abuse
  • The acute battering stage, which includes stronger verbal abuse, increased physical violence, and perhaps rape or other sexual abuse
  • The loving-contrition stage, which includes the abuser's apologies, attentiveness, kindness, and gift-giving

Battered-person syndrome is sometimes used as a defense to justify or mitigate a person's killing of their abuser.

For example, if a woman kills her abusive husband after years of physical and emotional abuse, she may argue that she was suffering from battered-woman syndrome and acted in self-defense.

Another example is a man who has been repeatedly sexually assaulted by his partner. He may develop battered-person syndrome and struggle with feelings of shame, guilt, and fear.

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there should be a law school draft akin to the NFL Draft where law schools can recruit us
or a MaxPreps esque high light video where Deans can rank us
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In this analogy is the LSAT the NFL combine
JumpySubsequentDolphin
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I told my family I won’t get any decisions until 2025 so they wouldn’t bombard me hahah
no i think there should be a Law School combine with all new drills except there is still the 40 yard dash
and a sub 4.5 gets you into any t14
LSAT can be one of the drills
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so washu only called one person
So all the D1 athletes will get into a T-14. What else is new?
@TheAdoptedOne: that is called "Dean Poker Night" lol
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