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Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
Step 1: Own Up
By Kevin Powell
The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  March 19, 2009
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Own the fact that you have made a very serious mistake, that you've committed an offense, whatever it is, against a woman or a girl. Denial, passing blame, and not taking full responsibility, is simply not acceptable.

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