I bet every time you’ve victim blamed a woman and said, ‘why didn’t she just leave?’
You hadn’t considered ‘incase he ties up her and her family and kills them all with a crossbow’, as one of the options.
We know for most women, the most dangerous moment in abuse is when they try to leave. You are most likely to be seriously attacked or killed as you leave, or just after you leave.
That was certainly true for me. Twice. One time resulted in lifelong injuries. Both resulted in police investigations and arrests. Just from choosing to end the relationship.
So next time you learn that a woman is stuck in abuse and can’t/won’t leave, maybe reserve your judgement and consider how much risk she knows she is at.
It ain't the gays. It not trans people nor is it non-binary or any gender non-conforming folks. It's the preachers, teachers, coaches and mentors. Mostly white, mostly "straight" and in many cases, married with children. Put the blame where it belongs.
The powerful men in Jeffrey Epstein’s circle who raped little girls still walk free, while rape victims like those little girls can be sent to prison for having an abortion.
And men wonder why women are so determined to dismantle the patriarchy.
This is Muffin. He barely missed pawlifying for this year’s Olympic Games, but he practices daily for Paris in 2024. 14/10 a literal Portuguese water dog
One of the greatest speeches ever on war from Tony Benn - “aren’t Arabs terrified? Do they not weep when their children die? What fools we are, when war is just a computer game for our children”. And note who is behind him.