Rosemary Behan

Travel writer & editor

[Ali Zeck @AliBeckZeck]

In a patriarchal system, the abusive man is protected.

His behavior is explained.
His reputation is preserved.
His accountability is delayed.
His humanity is centered.

But the woman he harmed?

Her trauma responses are judged.
Her anger is pathologized.
Her grief is diagnosed.
Her body is drugged.
And her truth is called instability.

And this is how the system continues.

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Within weeks of my mother's untimely death at the age of 50, my father Brian Behan confessed to having almost killed her "about six times" amid a decades-long campaign of psychological, verbal, physical, sexual and economic abuse. Happy Mother's Day & END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Guilty and pathetic - the production company that went ahead with full prior knowledge of my mother's horrific abuse at the hands of my father and refused to even speak to me after reading my article ⏬️⏬️ #DomesticViolence #DomesticAbuse #BrianBehan #MotherOfAllTheBehans

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Thank you @carolecadwalla! Overwhelmed with support from people from all corners of the globe on this extremely dark topic. Calling for further witnesses or victims of abuse by my father #BrianBehan - please DM in confidence. #DomesticViolence #ViolenceAgainstWomen #Truth

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Sharing this brave account by former colleague @behanthere of growing up with domestic violence & the years it took to speak out. And below her tweet about the current staging of her late father’s work in Dublin.

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

This is what being punched in the head by a bully looks like

[Dreamz @Dreamz1531]

Say No To Domestic Violence

#domesticviolence

[Dreamz @Dreamz1531]

Say No To Domestic Violence

#domesticviolence

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Sharing freely my below @thetimes article from January detailing just a tiny fraction of the horror that my father #BrianBehan, author of #MotherOfAllTheBehans, inflicted upon MY mother for decades, while living in her mother's house. #DomesticViolence
https://t.co/C8bEHohLHd

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Just a little reminder that while writing "Mother of All the Behans" & long after its publication, my psychopathic father #BrianBehan was throwing my mother around the house. Shame on anyone who promotes this bullshit. #domesticviolence #domesticabuse @rte @womensaid @SAFEIreland

[JOE DUFFY @talktojoeduffy]

Article by Rosemary Behan about her father Brian Behan who wrote “Mother of all the Behans “ Shocking beyond belief. Domestic abuse. The death of Kiena Dawes reminds me of my abused mother

https://t.co/aVEkhvvN59

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

@joeliveline Thank you Joe.

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

@JustinWelby should be in jail

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

10 things America does better than Britain https://t.co/LcJN6DNuiz

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Map reading: The essential life skill that Britons are no longer using https://t.co/ngp81mZ2pd

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Crazy lack of luggage space on the Elizabeth Line

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

Outrageous @CityUniLondon https://t.co/0Khe4xX5p4

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

The 1hr website: https://t.co/X7f0ylgT0A
Thanks, @journoportfolio!

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

@sahouraxo Not to mention the dynamic with Russia and repercussions in Syria, Ukraine, etc etc

[Lion's Den @HannibalBrca]

@sahouraxo 😈

[Rosemary Behan @behanthere]

#Iraq: One of the few journalists who knew and told the truth from the very beginning; newspapers still have much to answer for. A voice of sanity amid utter & ongoing global madness. Very much identify with the Iraqis who almost don't want to remember - and i'm not the only one

[Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC]

Multi media effort today at BBC Baghdad, reporting 20th anniversary of the catastrophic US led invasion. Getting ready to go on ⁦@BBCr4today⁩