Ingrid Santa Rita was a contestant looking for love on season 4 of ‘Love Is Blind Brazil’ after she’d endured much turmoil in her life from a very young age, having given birth to her first daughter at age 13. She thought she found it in Leandro. The two got married at the end of their run, and we all thought she found her ‘happily-ever-after’. At the reunion, we found out that it wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine for the couple, and that the two ended up divorcing. But not only did they divorce, there was marital rape involved too, with Leandro sexually assaulting Ingrid several times throughout the marriage, and even going as far as raping her in her sleep. Here, we break down the entire history of marital rape and how it came to be a legal matter in the 1990’s. We explain marital rape through the eyes and perspective of Colleen Hoover and her ‘It Ends With Us’ character, Lily Bloom. We explore how ‘Love Is Blind Brazil failed Ingrid and fellow domestic violence survivors. And finally, we empathize what companies can do to protect women working for them from violence in the workplace to make sure that no woman ever has to go through what Ingrid Santa Rita had to go through during her time of employment at ‘Love Is Blind Brazil’. Let’s discuss…
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Jessica Simpson: How She Was Failed By (Quite Literally) Every Man In Her Life And Career – And How She Finally Got Her Sparkle Back
Jessica Simpson was a pop diva in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Though she wasn’t the Princess of Pop like Britney was by any means, she still made a name for herself with everything she’d brought to the table during that time. This included her reality show with ember ex-husband, Nick Lachey. They starred together in their own reality hit reality series, ‘Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica’, between 2003 and 2005. The show was groundbreaking, and so was their marriage. I think every little girl who was a fan of Jessica Simpson looked up to her marriage, and looked at their marriage as something they aspired to have for themselves. Simpson was a role model. And unlike Britney Spears, she did, in fact, stay a virgin until marriage. She told People at the time, ‘My virginity is something I stand strong in. It’s not always easy. But I do respect it. Virginity can be cool and sexy.’ Their marriage, however, wasn’t cool and sexy whatsoever. Here, we break down Jessica’s entire relationship with Nick, and describe how his ego got in the way of their marriage, and how he’s still using her as a weapon almost 20 years after their divorce. We explore how Jessica was failed by not only Nick, but (quite literally) by every man she’d ever encountered in her life and career, including her own father and her soon-to-be ex-husband, Eric Johnson. We then analyze the body-shaming she’d endured during the late 2000’s and early 2010’s, as well as her alcoholism. And finally, we explain what her recent return to music means to women everywhere. Let’s discuss…