Overheard at work, about a woman^ (known to be in a relationship with dv) due to be discharged from the ward and her husband who'd come to collect her: 'have you seen him? He looks normal and is so fit. You wouldn't expect him to knock her around, it's usually if the woman is more attractive' and so on. In the past I've also overheard such gems as 'she's so annoying I'd be tempted to punch her too' about someone with MH problems in a dv relationship and also 'why does she keep having kids with him?'
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My colleagues are overwhelmingly woman and it's depressing that such ridiculous opinions seem to be rife.
I myself got out of an abusive relationship last autumn and feel unable to open up to this
at work even to work friends for fear of being judged as 'too professional' and that I somehow should have know better or worst of all people feeling that it probably wasn't that bad because it was never a punch in the face.
Depressing isn't it?
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To be shocked to hear how my professional colleagues perpetuate domestic violence myths?
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TitaniumBoudica · 05/01/2017 07:39
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