Self-defense against a primary aggressor can "look like abuse," but it's a not the same as an abuser exerting control over a victim. https://t.co/tnrH0FRNk5
Since we tweeted this yesterday, our team has logged:
+46 gun deaths
+117 gun injuries
+1 mass shooting (Brooklyn)
+2 children shot
+14 teenagers shot
+3 unintentional shootings
Almost two-thirds of domestic abuse homicides are carried out with a gun [Nat’l Violent Death Reporting System, 2019] and in general, abusers use guns to hold power over their intimate partners. To curb DV and save lives, we need rules like this one. https://t.co/xYN4ZG8mMX
A 🧵 about what we DON’T SEE when we come upon violence, from the perspective of someone who’s been in Chris Rock’s position and who doesn’t think we should be talking about Will Smith anymore.
[trigger warning]
Former sportswriter Jonah Keri was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for assaulting his wife. More than a dozen people wrote letters supporting him. The judge said they had the opposite effect:
https://t.co/RSWYX5m53i
Violence is intimate, so when outsiders witness it, they’re immediately uncomfortable. They’re grappling with their beliefs about the perpetrator, the victim and gender roles at large. More than anything, they want it to go away. Spoiler: it doesn’t.
I know we’re all still processing, but the way casual violence was normalized tonight by a collective national audience will have consequences that we can’t even fathom in the moment. #Oscars2022
fight against oppression of any kind, we must not get overwhelmed--but instead learn to recognize and untangle them bit by bit.
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Bra Drive for domestic violence survivors
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“When it really becomes dangerous is if the individual is gaining their own sense of control and getting ready to leave, that means the abuser is losing their control. And they will do anything to get it back.”-Chris Cox
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