There’s no such thing as a “perfect victim,” just like, in most cases, the perpetrator isn’t “perfectly evil.”
Ultimately, we have to speak in “active voice” & put the blame where it belongs – on the person(s) who murdered these women.
— Trigger Warning —
The other day, I read an article by Jane Gilmore, discussing that there was no national outrage or outcry, and little had been said in the media, about the fact that just the other week in Australia, six women were murdered in five days.
Yes.
Six women were murdered in five days.
As a result, I am working toward and planning to dedicate several Raising Awareness slots to the women who have sadly lost their lives in 2018, in Australia, to domestic violence. Hopefully, if we are reminded each week of their faces, their names, their lives, we will get over our compassion fatigue and start to give a damn about violence against women.
I would also like to take this opportunity to note that during this time, White Ribbon has decided that it wants to be “agnostic” when it comes to…
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