Girly Thoughts and Suicide: Five Ways Get off this Merry-Go-Round

May 6th, 2016 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Body Image | Girly Thoughts | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Girly Thoughts and Suicide: Five Ways Get off this Merry-Go-Round)

  New data documents that the suicide rate in the United States has surged to the highest level in nearly thirty years, with increases in every age group except older adults, and “the rise was particularly steep for women.”     Why Are Women’s Suicide Rates Up?     Here are the more obvious answers …
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Are Your Girly Thoughts Blaming Lady Gaga for Being Raped?

March 4th, 2016 | Posted by Patricia O'Gorman, PhD in Abuse | Girly Thoughts | Trauma | Women's Issues - (Comments Off on Are Your Girly Thoughts Blaming Lady Gaga for Being Raped?)

Lady Gaga made news yet again, this time by publicly sharing during the Oscars that she was raped at age 19. Yes, she set off shock waves around the world, not just because she shared something so intimate, but because she challenged each of us to consider how we talk about rape in our own …
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