By: Toni

Toni — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 20:19:12 +0000

The phrase “coercive control” is interesting, yet seems hopelessly vague to me. Is either word defined elsewhere in the act? It also seems to astonishing to me that judges still can’t begin to deal with the fact or dynamics of family violence! Ye Gods! after all this time!!!! What can possibly account for it? or, even before that, is that equally true of female judges. or is it only the men who just can’t seem to get it? And then, why why why? Rooted in some male cultural concept of women as cry babies and whiners? exaggerators? Personal complicity in having been violent themselves, or stood by without intervening when witnessing family violence? blinded by romantic concepts of the family? Or maybe a general trivialization of violence after growing up ‘fighting’ with other boys on the block, in the schoolyard, siblings as home? and thinking punching and being punched is just part of life and in ways a good part of life, so get used to it?

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By: Toni