dawaxman
Gheorge Popescu
Did anybody see this programme on BBC the other night? It was pretty disturbing
I didn't want to put this in the TV thread as I was more interested in seeing people's views on domestic violence. I was shocked to learn of some of the statistics around domestic violence. Apparently 1 in 4 women are affected by it at some point in their lives. This is absolutely disgusting, and I simply cannot understand what goes through the mind of a human who thinks it is OK to pummel (physically or mentally) the person that they live with and share a family with. (I am not saying it's OK to do this to strangers, I just want to discuss the act of doing it to 'loved' ones....)
Why would a person think they can get away with it? If they attacked a stranger on the street, they'd go to prison, but because it's someone they live with, they can scare them into not reporting them. It is a horrible vicious cycle....
It is a terrible society that we live in, that a woman needs to move home, move away from all of their nearest and dearest to escape the threat of this repulsive human who thinks that abuse of their partner is acceptable
I didn't want to put this in the TV thread as I was more interested in seeing people's views on domestic violence. I was shocked to learn of some of the statistics around domestic violence. Apparently 1 in 4 women are affected by it at some point in their lives. This is absolutely disgusting, and I simply cannot understand what goes through the mind of a human who thinks it is OK to pummel (physically or mentally) the person that they live with and share a family with. (I am not saying it's OK to do this to strangers, I just want to discuss the act of doing it to 'loved' ones....)
Why would a person think they can get away with it? If they attacked a stranger on the street, they'd go to prison, but because it's someone they live with, they can scare them into not reporting them. It is a horrible vicious cycle....
It is a terrible society that we live in, that a woman needs to move home, move away from all of their nearest and dearest to escape the threat of this repulsive human who thinks that abuse of their partner is acceptable