Tag: Domestic Abuse

No Visible Bruises: Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury | The New Yorker

In the first version of her story, Grace Costa says that, on the night after Christmas, in 2012, her ex-boyfriend broke into her house, hid behind her bedroom door, and then attacked her as she and her two grown children—a son and a daughter—were about to eat dinner. In the second version, it’s still the
— Read on www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-unseen-victims-of-traumatic-brain-injury-from-domestic-violence

What is ‘Victim Shaming’?

Varied effects are non gender specific ..

Survivors of domestic violence afraid to step forward, fearing they’ll take the blame for the abuse.
— Read on www.domesticshelters.org/domestic-violence-articles-information/what-is-victim-shaming

Catholic Archbishop Says Domestic Violence is “Caused by Women Not Obeying Men”

Catholic Archbishop Says Domestic Violence is “Caused by Women Not Obeying Men”
— Read on www.nostraightnews.com/catholic-archbishop-says-domestic-violence-caused-women-not-obeying-men/

MOTHERS UNDER SIEGE: TACTICS OF THE FATHERS’ RIGHTS MOVEMENT- HOW CAN A “GOOD ENOUGH MOTHER” PROTECT HERSELF? | Crisis In The Family Courts

HOW CAN A “GOOD ENOUGH MOTHER” PROTECT HERSELF? By Trish Wilson, © 1996All rights reserved by author Spring, 1996 I began to investigate fathers’ rights groups two and a half years ago after leaving an abusive marriage. Even though I already knew what to expect in court from my knowledge of separation, divorce and abuse…
— Read on abatteredmother.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/mothers-under-siege-tactics-of-the-fathers-rights-movement-how-can-a-good-enough-mother-protect-herself/

The Extinction of the White American Dinosaur

Not a minute too soon.

The Extinction of the White American Dinosaur
— Read on johnpavlovitz.com/2019/01/04/the-extinction-of-the-white-american-dinosaur/

MIA Survey: Ex-patients Tell of Force, Trauma and Sexual Abuse in America’s Mental Hospitals – Mad In America

Nightmare come to life for me, patients

robbing a wealthy patient of her precious

jewlery , dental patients who had all teeth

removed at once .

A diabetic who had both legs amputated.

An El-Vira co patient on watch , who attempted

to choke me to death 1st night in..

Not a healing place

Added trauma , Added Abuse , I went home

changed and rearranged , knowing how

unsupported I was , owing my abuse , I

took my fragmented self home, to

” comply” as a wife, and to mother our sons.

Complying meant being away from sons

in order to support partner .. 5 years later

I complied with psychiatry that I was mentally

ill, instead of abused , surrogated , lied to

and cheated on.

5 years later , I as well as our sons where abandoned

for his happiness .

In a MIA survey of former patients in mental hospitals, nearly 500 respondents told of an experience that was traumatic and involved force and abuse.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2018/12/mia-survey-force-trauma-sexual-abuse-mental-hospitals/

State Domestic Violence Laws – FindLaw

I was never heard in Virginia , instead I’ve been

treated as the threat, disposed of ..I should

not protest ..

While all states have some kind of enforcement and protective measures for victims of domestic violence, there’s still a lot of variance. Learn about state domestic violence laws and more at FindLaw’s Family Law Center.
— Read on family.findlaw.com/domestic-violence/state-domestic-violence-legislation.html

‘Why Family/CPS Courts Target ‘Fit’ Parents & Why the General Public is Unaware of this National Crisis’ (short version) | HuffPost

“Rich, poor, middle-class — no child in America is safe.” These words of award-winning investigative journalist Keith Harmon Snow (author of The Worst In… I am crying , rejoicing.. #WeGotThis
— Read on www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-familycps-courts-target-fit-parents-why-the_us_59cf1dc2e4b034ae778d4ab1

Why men abuse women and what makes them stop | Stop Abuse Campaign

WaterWorks (tears) in many truths exposed here .

It’s surreal that truth on this shadow is liberating

so many , that they may evoke light n healing .

Let go, We shall catch you in a love hug 🤗 of understanding

#WeGotThis

Four decades after domestic violence first became a public issue our courts still don’t understand why men abuse women. That’s dangerous for children.
— Read on stopabusecampaign.org/2019/01/03/why-men-abuse-women-and-what-makes-them-stop/