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Nov 2017
2h 21m

Success-Obsessed Parents & The Scapegoat...

PAUL GILMARTIN
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30 year-old Mary M. left America for Europe to escape not only an American culture that was wearing on her but a family where she was tired of being the scapegoat to her golden-child brother.  An all-too-common scenario where her parents can only seem to support her financially but not emotionally. She discusses the prejudice she experiences as a queer woman ... Show More
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