Actress Nicole Kidman listens during the House International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on violence against women on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Actress Nicole Kidman testifies before the House International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on violence against women on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Actress Nicole Kidman, right, listens during testimony before the House International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on violence against women on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Mallika Dutt, founder and Executive of Breakthrough, center, listens. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Actress Nicole Kidman testifies before the House International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on violence against women on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Actress Nicole Kidman arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, to testify before the House Foreign Affairs International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight subcommittee hearing on violence against women. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Actress Nicole Kidman listens to testimony before the House International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on violence against women on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Actress Nicole Kidman, Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), speaks during the House International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on violence against women on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Actress Nicole Kidman prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, before the House International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight subcommittee hearing on violence against women. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 21: Actress Nicole Kidman speaks during the "International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions" hearing at Rayburn House Office Building on October 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Nicole Kidman
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 21: Actress Nicole Kidman speaks during the "International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions" hearing at Rayburn House Office Building on October 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Nicole Kidman
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While appearing before the committee in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Development Fund for Women, Nicole Kidman admitted Hollywood has probably contributed to violence against women by portraying them as weak sex objects. The Oscar-winning actress said she is not interested in those kinds of demeaning roles, adding that the movie industry also has made an effort to contribute to solutions for ending the violence. 
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Thursday 22 October
By paulz
How about blaming women for violence against women, sometime getting the last word in comes back to haunt you
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Thursday 22 October
By Falsthrustardust
OMGawd! You just managed to out yourself! I'm guessing you are the exact type of controlling male that is responsible for abusing women! You think just because a woman wants the last word she deserves to be abused? LOL,violence is just an excuse for ignorance and a lack of self control no matter who has the last word. Get some help!
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Thursday 22 October
By al
This is the same idiot who starred in Dead Calm. She's a hypocrite.
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Thursday 22 October
By k
Another movie star out of touch with reality. Instead of interviewing celebrities, these hearing should concentrate on real people. Violence against woman is: a. generic, b. learned from abusive fathers, c. accelerated by rap music. d. made even worse by women who won't stand up to the jerks and put a bullet in them if necessary,
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Thursday 22 October
By Master Shake
You think rap music is a bad influence, while you advocate cold blooded murder? Man, are you screwed up.
Thursday 22 October
By carol
Finally, someone speaking out against Hollywood. You go Nicole. Hollywood is anti American.
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Thursday 22 October
By justme
So she blames herself! If not she should
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Thursday 22 October
By Guiseppi Galino
I blame people like Nicole Kidman for disgusting places like Hollywood.
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Thursday 22 October
By bigmonstre
Nearly every Hollywood movie has 1) Screaming woman, 2) Sirens, 3) Gunshots. This simple formula fascinates the masses for some odd reason.
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Thursday 22 October
By Ushers
DENIAL...IGNORANCE..has always been america's biggest problem...and most of the men are violant.
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Thursday 22 October
By Gigi
Thanks, Nicole, for speaking up and helping to bring attention to this.
The same type of jerks who beat their wives also beat their children. They are cowards who will run and hide if a real man confronts them.
I know from personal experience, having grown up in this type of household.
Now my dad is gone but his influence remains apparant in my two brothers, who have physically abused their children. My neice reported one of my brothers who was ordered to take anger managment classes. My other brother's wife left him and took the children.
My mother wouldn't leave my abusive father because she had five children to raise and couldn't afford to by herself. Being an immigrant made the prospect of leaving him even more frightening, so we endured the beatings.
No one wants their brother to be arrested or to be sent to jail, but what about the children and the wives who suffer in silence?
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Thursday 22 October
By fpeirce
Thanks for the wonderful insight Nicole. I especially like your plea for more money. Since you've become stinkin rich with all that "evil Hollywood money", maybe you should use some of your own ill-gotten gains. In case you haven't heard, our new leader Obama has bankrupt the US several times over, so there's no more US tas money available to prop up the UN.
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Friday 23 October
By john
fpierce. "In case you haven't heard, our new leader Obama has bankrupt the US several times over, so there's no more US tas money available to prop up the UN." For the sake of good arguemnt fpierce would you care to detail how Obama has bankrupt the US several times over. fpierce said it so it must be true? Please hurry fpierce as I can hardly stand the wait! I am anxiously awaiting your reply as this information will no doubt, along with some toilet paper, provide me with just how Obama did it. HURRY, PLEASE HURRY!
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