On reflection….
Saying it’s a “national emergency” might not indicate that numbers are going up.
It might be that finally, someone has recognised that, yunno, intimate partner violence is, like, some kind of national fucking emergency
Stuff has always had some ways of trickling down into younger age groups. Even before the internet this happened, because a small percentage of kids were exposed to it via adults or older siblings etc. And it then it only takes one to spread the language and the ideas around to their peers. And children are incredibly receptive to new ideas and can run with them, or their own adapted, half-understood versions of them, very quickly. Obviously the internet has since increased the potential for spread and inappropriate exposure massively.
Theres probably ways to reduce it a bit but ultimately I dont think we can insulate primary school aged children from the things that go on and get said in broader society and older age groups of children. You have to try to eradicate it across society, and find other ways to blunt the shit, eg by trying to have sensible discussions about it. All the same some cruder responses may be required in terms of limiting the currently unhinged levels of social media content spread to younger age groups, even imperfect ones, but there is way too much indifference and enablement via certain facets of capitalism. There seems to have been a surrender on some of these fronts, from people that would otherwise be expected to wring their hands and say that something must be done. Perhaps they abdicate everything to the concept of personal responsibility within families, and thats not going to stop the toxic trickle down.
And an excellent point made by Vicky Foster that individual short term, in the moment acts of bravery by men are lauded and celebrated, while the often longer term bravery and resilience shown by women (surviving abuse, escaping abusers, protecting and bringing up children in the face of individual and systemic misogyny) go under the radar.
Prosecutor Frida Hussain KC said the victim “described the defendant making sexual advances that she rejected, and she had to justify why she didn’t want anything to do with him”.
The court heard Rafferty flew into an “undue rage”, threatening to kill the woman and suggesting he could arrange for others to attack her.
The prosecutor added:“He went on to punch her several times in the face and chest, while attacking her with a bladed article. She received cuts to her face and slash marks to her upper chest and abdomen.”
I dunno. Do German naturists watch porn?I do wonder if the prudishness about the human body has contributed to the fetishization. With maybe a more healthy view that bodies are not something to be ashamed of or hidden away, and that the people in those bodies be treated as fellow humans and not things to be objectified or abused.
National emergency but punch and knife a woman multiple times for rejecting you and get a curfew
EastEnders actor spared jail after slashing woman with knife
Harry Rafferty flew into a ‘rage’ after woman rejected his sexual advanceswww.standard.co.uk
Nope, a redemption arc. And all the jails are full anyway. Knife women all you like, it’s fine. We should just say yes to every unwanted sexual advance because it’s our own fault if we get hurt when we say no.Wtf!!?!! And no jail time??
That’s also about what is newsworthy. I just had a quick google and men are more likely to be a victim of murder. It’s not necessarily a representative sample although obviously one killing is too many
Sadly, at least some involved would likely consider that well playedOf course this is going to stir up more hatred against Muslims, so well played, you fucking idiots.
The Metropolitan Police says it is “extremely sorry” for failures in protecting two domestic murder victims from harm.2 million women a year are victims of male violence.Violence against women a ‘national emergency’ in England and Wales, police say
National Police Chiefs’ Council analysis reveals 2m women a year estimated to be victims of male violencewww.theguardian.com
Not even in a secure Hospital, I suppose they full too?.Wtf!!?!! And no jail time??