Look back on the distance travelled
Appreciate each rocky path & unploughed field
Remember the effort to get to this view
Keep a special place in your heart
For those who walked with you
Their constance & loyal support are treasures
Did she cry too much?
Did she not cry enough?
The performance of trauma Damned if you cry
Damned if you don’t cry
Women's emotions are still used against them – especially when they speak their truth | Glamour UK
So it’s not our “imagination “?
So we are not “borderline”?
So we have not “misunderstood “?
So we know our own minds after all
So we have not “misread the signs”?
So we are excellent managers of our own lives after all
Women & children have had to manage their own safety for decades. Imagine the mental terror of not being able to trust the police. Thanks Mel B & @womensaid
Mel B: I wouldn't call police over domestic abuse - BBC News
DARVO
Role reversal is a key tactic of manipulating individuals
If the individual is a good actor they can convince those around them, including friends & family members that they have been wronged
These techniques are terrifying & damaging tactics
It’s not OK if children find the courage to speak out about their abuse only to find that defence barristers transform into witchfinders & destroy their mothers to discredit their testimony
#ItsNotOk to do that to children
Australian study confirms that women are not only impoverished by family violence, but perpetrators are enriched by it as women leave behind property & assets. Not a “separate issue”, as targeted attempts to damage employment & economic stability continue
A good country by country summary
How societies treat women and children is the true reflection of their social health — and the behaviour of justice systems provides the legal framework to these values.” — Grant Wyeth, The Best Interests of the Abuser
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Prepare to be amazed. Turin was pre-medieval. They also don't like women who answer back. You are supposed to do 'deferential'. I did some writing on it years ago. The stories of women. Like visiting a parallel universe. I call it the 'trenches of justice', like Dante