I distinctly remember learning the US states based on a map which had the states in different colors. To this day, Missouri is clearly yellow, California is orange, etc.
This is an interesting viewpoint and there's definitely some interesting points to consider.
But I couldn't disagree more with the last part of the article. You point out that the woman who gets beaten by her boyfriend will have a high threshold for abuse, but of course, the boyfriend should also have a high threshold for abuse. You say "I think we have a responsibility as women to be introspective and to be honest with ourselves." But shouldn't the investors, and the community of men surrounding them, have the "responsibility" not to perpetrate, or appear to perpetrate? Why do the victims have to do the mental police work?