Tag Archives: intimate partner violence

Dr. Drew On Chris Brown/Rihanna: “I Don’t Fault Either Person”

Jessica WakemanSeptember 18, 2012 //
On Abused Women
Facts about Rihanna and other abused women. Read More »
I Was Abused
domestic violence photo
Judy McGuire was physically abused by a boyfriend. Read More »
Chris Brown's Abuse
On why our culture must take domestic violence more seriously. Read More »
Dr. Drew On Chris Brown & Rihanna

Dr. Drew Pinsky hit up Lance Bass’ SiriusXM radio show and made some eyebrow-raising comments regarding Chris Brown and Rihanna. He started off on a high note, discussing how difficult it is for a woman to leave her abuser. “On average, it takes a woman in a domestic violence situation eight attempts at leaving before she leaves,” Dr. Drew said. “They go back — they misinterpret the intensity as love. They think it’s so intense and great, ‘He loves me so much, that’s why he got so upset.’ We haven’t heard the end of this.”

Lance Bass then asked him if he thinks Rihanna has battered woman syndrome and Dr. Drew replied, “Let’s face it, she’s attracted to that …  Listen, I don’t fault either person. I don’t [say,] ‘Oh, it’s a bad person.’ These are human experiences. These are very common situations these days.” Keep reading »

What Does CDC’s New Data About Sexual Assault Reveal?

Stefanie BlejecDecember 15, 2011 //
Date Rape PSA
date rape poster
This date rape PSA has been accused of blaming the victim. Read More »
Rape Jokes On Facebook
caveman photo
Joking about raping women is cool with Facebook. Read More »
I Was Abused
domestic violence photo
Judy McGuire was physically abused by a boyfriend. Read More »
woman attacked photo
The Centers For Disease Control released its National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey yesterday and the findings throw a fork in many common perceptions surrounding sexual assault and its victims. Contrary to the stereotype that a rape victim is “some slut in a bar,” the demographics found to be at the highest risk for sexual assault were preteen boys and adolescent girls. Keep reading »

Today’s Lady News: Topeka Decriminalizes Domestic Violence

Jessica WakemanOctober 12, 2011 //
  • Yup, the city of Topeka actually decriminalized domestic violence (and other misdemeanors) so that it won’t have to pay to prosecute the crimes. Facepalm. [New York Times]
  • Good news about teens and sex: eight out of 10 American teen boys between 2006 and 2010 used a condom the first time they had sex. That’s an increase of nearly 10 percent! [UPI]
  • California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to mandate hospitals develop policies to promote breastfeeding among new moms, which will go into effect January 2014. [Feminist.org]
  • Police in Brooklyn, New York, think they’ve caught a suspected groper and/or rapist who has been attacking women. [Gothamist] Keep reading »

Topeka, Kansas Considers Decriminalizing Domestic Violence

Jessica WakemanOctober 6, 2011 //
Teen DV On The Rise
domestic violence photo
Domestic violence by and against teenagers is on the rise. Read More »
Abuse Registry?
domestic violence photo
Should there be a registry for people who commit DV? Read More »
Why DV Victims Stay
domestic violence photo
Should we ask victims of domestic violence why they stay? Read More »
domestic violence photo

In a money-saving measure, the city of Topeka, Kansas, is considering decriminalizing domestic violence so that it is not forced to prosecute the cases.

Yeah, seriously. Keep reading »

Topman Pulls Domestic Violence-y “I’m Sorry But You Provoked Me” T-Shirt

Jessica WakemanSeptember 16, 2011 //

Topman, the men’s version of the British chain Topshop, has pulled two super-douchey T-shirts.

One of Topman’s Ts suggests domestic violence with the words up top, “I’m so sorry but …” and then a checklist of excuses like “you provoked me,” “I was drunk,” and “I didn’t mean it.” Ick, right? The other, which you can see after the jump, makes a crack that the “ugly women are dogs” thing with the phrase, “Nice new girlfriend: what breed is she?” Double-ick. Keep reading »

Morning Quickies: Taylor Armstrong Sells Domestic Abuse Photos

Jessica WakemanSeptember 13, 2011 //
  • Taylor Armstrong sold photos of her with a black eye (from the physical abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her late husband) to “Entertainment Tonight,” which aired three of the pics. The “Real Housewife” was reportedly beaten by her estranged hubby, Russell Armstrong, who committed suicide several weeks ago, and required plastic surgery to repair her injures. While domestic abuse is obviously horrible, I question the benefit of making the photos public now. What do Frisky readers think? [Celebitchy]
  • Meet your new Miss Universe: Leila Lopes a 25-year-old volunteer from Angola. [The Hollywood Reporter]
  • Celebs you might have seen in the audience at the US Open! [Celebuzz]

Keep reading »

On Seeing A Bruised Woman On The Train

Jessica WakemanSeptember 6, 2011 //

Riding on the train home from work last week, the woman sitting next to me caught my eye. It wasn’t just her bright red lipstick or her retro dress that I noticed — it was a large, ugly, blue-brown-yellow bruise on her upper arm. As covertly as I could, I looked at the bruise, then at her face. She seemed smiley and happy, an otherwise normal woman coming home from work just like me. I turned back to my magazine. But a few minutes later, something on her leg distracted me: yes, it was another ugly-looking blue-brown-yellow bruise. Now I couldn’t read. I looked at her face again and thought about how “normal” she seemed. For half a second, I considered saying something to her about her bruises, but didn’t know what to say. So I sat there next to her for the rest of the train ride, awkwardly looking at the bruises on her leg and arm with my side-eye. We got off at the same stop, but walked off in different directions. I’m still wondering what her story was. Keep reading »

Hair Salon Defends Domestic Violence-y Ad

Jessica WakemanSeptember 1, 2011 //

“Look good in all that you do” is not a slogan you expect to see next to a woman with a nasty-looking black eye. Then again, no one denies the Fluid hair salon in Edmonton, Alberta, was not trying to shock. The ad depicts a woman with a funky hairdo and a black eye sitting on a couch, while an attractive man in a suit stands behind her holding a diamond necklace. For myself and many others, the ad suggests domestic violence — gratuitous domestic violence, actually, because it’s an ad for a freakin’ hair salon.

Insinuating domestic violence is perfectly within Fluid’s rights, of course, and as to be expected, the salon owner is getting huffy about free speech. Keep reading »

Why Aren’t News Stories About “The Hurricane Killer” Calling It Domestic Violence?

Jessica WakemanAugust 29, 2011 //

While reading news reports this weekend about the hurricane that swept the East Coast, the phrase “the Hurricane Killer” caught my eye. With a moniker like that, I imagined some Jack The Ripper-esque figure killing people who were stuck in their flooded homes during or after Irene. But reading just one news story about Leonard John Egland, 37, who killed four people this weekend, I learned he wasn’t some random murderer at all but someone who knew his victims. Leonard John Egland killed his ex-wife, Carrie Egland, 36, of Chester, VA; her boyfriend, her boyfriend’s son, and his ex-mother-in-law, Barbara Ruehl, 66, of Doylestown, PA. That’s not a random act of violence; that’s domestic violence. Why, then, does news report after news report simply say “four people” were killed instead of acknowledging the specific nature of the crime? Keep reading »

The UK’s Powerful New Domestic Violence PSA: “You Make The Call, We Make It Stop”

Jessica WakemanAugust 9, 2010 //

Most of us have no qualms about calling the cops when our neighbors practice guitar chords at 3 a.m. But all too many people are content to mind their own business when they hear a couple’s argument veer in to dangerous territory. This new interactive PSA from the UK’s Metropolitan Police gives you two different options: one if you call 999 to report domestic violence, another if you don’t. It’s chilling, but powerful. [Feministing] Keep reading »

  1. < BACK
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. ...
  6. NEXT >