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I. E is for excerpt. “In part because we have such an idealized view of “romantic relationships,” students and the general public are sometimes mystified that women stay in abusive relationships” (Payne). Page 171 first paragraph.

II. I is for Insight. A) This excerpt is referring to the question of, “why women stay in abusive relationships”? I believe this is common question in which many of us, including myself, have asked before. However, it is not a question that I will ever be asking again. Due to the fact the the question in itself is victim blaming. We are flipping this situation on the victim and blaming her for not leaving. Which in my opinion is an awful thing to be doing. We should be putting the blame on the violent partner instead

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