Leslie Morgan Steiner New York Times Bestselling Author

Maybe it’s not surprising the White House kept Rob Porter around

Like my dangerous ex-husband, Porter is a well-connected Ivy League graduate. He graduated from Harvard University a year ahead of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, became a Rhodes scholar, is a member of the Mormon church and the son of a man who worked for President George H.W. Bush.
Why men like John Kelly do nothing when abuse allegations surface

Advocates who speak out against domestic violence debate the value of photos of bruises and strangulation marks on victims of intimate partner abuse. Why do victims need proof? Shouldn't victims' words be believed? But it's hard to look away from the photo of Rob Porter's former wife released to the media, and the yellow-purple bruise that blackens her eye.
My Ex-Husband Used His Guns to Terrorize Me — Without Once Pulling the Trigger

For abusers bent on control, firearms are an effective tool.
He held a gun to my head. I loved him.

Like most people who are naive about the complexities of relationship violence — victims and bystanders alike — my dismissal of the dangers of abusive love cost me dearly.
A Memoir Of Domestic Violence And 'Crazy Love'

Steiner says when she first met her ex-husband, whom she calls "Conor," on the New York City subway, she had no inkling that he was capable of such abuse.
Why rape is a men's issue

Leslie Morgan Steiner: Rape - 'perpetrating it and preventing it' - is a 'men's issue'