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Changing attitudes to violence from the inside out

If only there were a simple, easy way to change social attitudes.

Whether the issue is homophobia, prejudice about mental illness or sexual violence, the truth is that it takes vigilance and persistence, not to mention innovation and an understanding of the basis of the problem, to turn shrugging acceptance into wholesale rejection.

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