The term gaslighting has been has been used in a milestone court judgement for the first time ever independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
What is gaslighting? The term refers to manipulating someone by making them question their very grasp on reality by forcing them to doubt their memories and pushing a false narrative of events independent.co.uk/life-style/hea…
Speaking to The Independent, Charlotte Proudman, a leading human rights barrister who led on the case, said the judge’s use of the term gaslighting gives it "legitimacy and credibility"
She added: “For too long abusers have distorted victims’ realities and there has been no legal word or concept to expose it. Finally, we have one: gaslighting"
Ruth Davison, chief executive of @RefugeCharity, told The Independent that Refuge is in favour of “any step forward” which “formally recognises the complex ways in which women experience domestic abuse”
@RefugeCharity Between two and three women are murdered each week by their partners or ex-partners in England and Wales.
One in four women will suffer domestic abuse at some point during their lives
One in four women will suffer domestic abuse at some point during their lives
@RefugeCharity Julian Hawkhead, a senior partner at Stowe Family Law, said: "Gaslighting as a description of a type of controlling manipulative behaviour has become increasingly common in recent times"
“Its origin is a 1930’s play in which a husband manipulates his wife through various activities he carries out including secretly dimming and brightening a gaslight to unsettle and confuse her"
Read the full story: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Read the full story: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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