Thursday, March 15, 2012
Gender Wars...
Interesting yesterday, listening to ex's domestic violence treatment supervisor, criticise earlier treatment providers for holding ex fully accountable, belittling my experience of ex's abuse and the resulting fear and need for a Protection Order, and attempting to diminish the seriousness of ex's past actions and the risk of further violence...
Male judge, male opposing attorney, male opposing witnesses...
And I have all female witnesses...
What does that say about life and the battle between the genders and the male attitudes to women and children?
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How do you respond when your ex's DV treatment supervisor tells you in court that you ought not to be afraid of ex (despite the fact that he has been violent) because ex told him that all of those stories he told you of his union-related thuggery were merely lies - men's locker room talk - that you believed...
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