[Sam The Egg]

Originally posted by forestgreen
kpropain---
The next time you feel like taking the "blame the victim" approach, consider her obituary from the Pasadena Star-News:

"A native of Rhode Island, Dr. Vittimberga graduated from the University of Rhode Island Summa cum Laude in 1988, with a B.A. in Clinical Psychology. She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi,and Psi Chi Honor Societies. She received both a Masters degree in 1991 and a Ph.D in 1994 in Clinical Psychology from West Virginia University. She completed a pre-school Clinical Internship ar Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Kennedy Krieger Ins titute, and then worked there until 1996 as a faculty supervisor in the Child and Family Therapy Clinic, and as a co-director of the Communication and Behavior Development Clinic until 1998. In 1998 she became an Associate Professor at the Charter College of Education at California State University at Los Angeles in the School Psychology Program of the Division of Administration and Counseling. Her responsibilities included teaching courses in behavior theory, individual assessment, and intervention for severe behavioral problems, supervising graduate students, as well as private consulting. She was highly regarded by the students and the academic community and was promoted to Full Professor in 2003. She was a licensed clinical psychologist in Maryland and in California, and passed the California State licensing exam with the highest possible score. She was published in multiple peer-reviewed professional journals and lectured widely in her field. She was an active participant in service to the university and the community, serving on the board of the California Association of Behavior Analysts, the College Committee of Retention, Promotion, and Tenure, and the Assessment Task Force for National Accreditation."
Published in the Pasadena Star-News on 2/22/2004.

Does this sound like a stupid person to you??? It doesn't to me. Sounds like a very gifted, talented, and intelligent individual who unfortunately gave her attacker the benefit of the doubt. Bottom line is that it could happen to anyone. Please refrain from judging the victim, especially since you apparently didn't do any research on this incident before posting. She deserves to be honored and given a decent tribute, not belittled and criticized regarding the circumstances surrounding her tragic death.

zzzzzzzzz