challenging institutional disbelief around domestic & sexual violence and abuse
In the fragile state of being there is a something new, growing awareness slowly trickling in A tiny spark yet not so small found only with protectiveness It is different from believing one is special It is separate and yet not from protecting another’s heart It is not a secret and yet it is unseen more »
http://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2014/07/once-the-deans-letter-was-published-ruffleys-resignation-was-inevitable.html Andrew Gimson is indignant that David Ruffley has been forced to stand down at the next election. In a lengthy article, he expresses this indignation by, initially, comparing the events since March to an Anthony Trollope novel. Gimson is full of praise for Ruffley, of how his friends find him a tremendously enjoyable man more »
Richard Dawkins believes that the severity of individual cases of rape and abuse can be gradated, and he doesn’t like people to point out to him that there are many reasons why he is wrong about that. He has clearly been mulling on this for some time, because this morning he took to twitter with more »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p023rgg6 On the Jeremy Vine show, Mr Bernard Sergeant, local resident and Conservative party member , defended his MP David Ruffley with the following words: All this happened behind closed doors. This wasn’t a “thing” that just “happened”. David Ruffley assaulted his ex-partner. He did this “thing”. People do many things behind closed doors, including more »
It wasn’t rape, Because I didn’t say no. I was to blame, Society tells me so. It wasn’t abuse, Because it was never seen. He isn’t a peodophile, Because I was fourteen. In my first memory, I am nine. He grins at me, And says, “you’re mine”. The years that follow, Brought pain, fear and more »
I feel suicidal as I write this. I’m a 35 year old married woman with 2 children. My husband is a nurse and 2 and a half years ago he got a job in Jersey, Channel Islands. We jumped at the chance as we lived in a very built up urban area outside of Glasgow. more »
If one of our friends became involved with a man like Christian Grey:- We would be warning her. We would be telling her how it ends. We’d encourage her to store a bag at ours for when she plucked up the courage to go. We would, I hope, reassure that we would still be there more »
With the headline Tory MP David Ruffley speaks of assault ‘regret’ , the BBC produces an article that buys into multiple myths about domestic abuse, in particular by giving full voice to the abuser but no voice to the victim. Conservative MP David Ruffley has said he “deeply regrets” actions that led to a police more »
Over the weekend I travelled back to my hometown to visit family and friends. On the Saturday night I met up with some friends and caught up for a few drinks, which then turned into a lot of drinks. After staying out at the local bar until close, we ventured back to one of my more »
Malestream media is depressingly predictable because within days of malestream media avidly reporting 600+ people (meaning males) have been arrested by police on suspicion of possessing images of male sexual violence committed against female and male children, UK’s Independent malestream newspaper publishes a propaganda article claiming ‘can (male sexual predators) paedophiles be good people (men)?’ more »