{"id":4510,"date":"2013-06-02T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4510"},"modified":"2020-05-08T06:52:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T10:52:04","slug":"domestic-cursed-a-story-on-partnership-violence-by-renair-amin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sistahsontheshelf.com\/?p=4510","title":{"rendered":"Domestically Cursed: A Story on Partnership Violence by Renair Amin"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Publisher\/Date:<\/b>\u00a0 Glover Lane Press, Apr. 2013
\n<\/b>Genre(s):<\/strong>\u00a0 Lesbian Real Life, How to Guide
\nPages:<\/b>\u00a0 39
\nWebsite:<\/b>\u00a0 http:\/\/www.renairamin.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rating:<\/strong> \"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\" <\/p><\/b><\/p>\n

When your back is against the wall \u2013 figuratively and literally\u00a0\u2013 in an abusive relationship, you can either sign your permission slip for the beatings to happen again or you can fight to save your life. Although it took more than one instance for her to decide which way to go, Renair Amin finally figured it out in DOMESTICALLY CURSED: A STORY ON PARTNERSHIP VIOLENCE<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Though the media would have one to believe same-sex abuse doesn’t happen or is not as dire or critical because it’s two women or two men, it is. According to lambda.org, the rates of domestic violence in same-gender relationships is roughly the same as domestic violence against heterosexual women (25%). Amin knows the devastating effects, and Dometically Cursed<\/em> is her contribution to stop this epidemic…or save a life.<\/p>\n

Domestically Cursed<\/em> is Amin’s time in a relationship she knew from jump would be no good for her. She was 21, dating Chris, a woman twice her age. Amin wasn’t exactly what Chris wanted, but she tried to make it work. Her age and inexperience led her stay in an over-her-head relationship, with many nights of torture from the woman who supposedly loved her.<\/p>\n

Hindsight being 20\/20, Amin had her instincts about the relationship. Her friends expressed concern. Her mother warned her against it. Even Chris warned her, telling her, “I beat my women.” She brushed these red signs aside. Nothing could deter Amin from being with this woman. Chris’ aggressive nature drew her in, but it soon was used against her to abandon her friends, be talked down to and be beaten on a regular basis. She had signed her permission slip, so to speak, to allow it to happen, but it couldn’t continue.<\/p>\n

This is where Amin’s story takes off. Maybe I shouldn’t use the word story because this was her life. She survives the abuse, and fortunately, realized what void Chris filled in her life to allow her stay in such a dysfunctional relationship. Any woman reading Amin’s words can place themselves in her shoes, if they haven’t already been there themselves. She conveys what an abuser really is. She also provides invaluable resources to get help for women stuck in this situation. Because there is a way out.<\/p>\n

Amin\u00a0\u2013 minister, motivational speaker, and life coach\u00a0\u2013 can attest to that.<\/p>\n

Reviewed June 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the Catching Up With… Interview with Renair Amin<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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