Many organizations try to remedy abusive relationships with mediation and conflict resolution. Pam Rubin explains that this approach can do more harm than good.
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In our third video on confronting abuse, Pam Rubin says that having compassion for people who have been abused does not mean demonizing abusers.
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Pam Rubin explains that the conditions which foster sexual abuse in any organization have the exact same effect in Buddhist organizations.
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Pam Rubin, a women’s trauma counsellor and lawyer, explains why we need to start confronting abuse by believing victims.
Confronting Abuse of Power
© Artemfurman, Dreamstime.comRecent headlines have revealed that spiritual communities, including Buddhist ones, are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse by male authority figures.