More & more violent men and their defenders are twigging that they can use trauma, ‘ACEs’ and their own experiences of abuse to justify their violence against women & girls.
We must not let this narrative succeed or become accepted in practice, theory or legislation
#IDEVAW
We must not let this narrative succeed or become accepted in practice, theory or legislation
#IDEVAW
We have decades of psychological theory which contests this, but it’s an easy and seductive explanation for male violence against women - and so many people accept it to be true under the whole ‘hurt people hurt people’ message.
This doesn’t stand up to basic logic though…
This doesn’t stand up to basic logic though…
If it was true that victims of abuse and male violence went on to be violent criminals themselves, the majority of all violent offenders would be women and girls. As victims, they outnumber men, but men make up 97-99% of all violent offenders.
Professionals in several areas are telling me that offenders are being regarded as victims first, who are only violent towards women and girls because of their own abuse histories. This cannot become normalised - this isn’t true, and it’s an excuse.
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