VictimFocus survey of women’s experiences of male violence

[Cwenthryth]

They are looking for more responses, nearly at 20,000 to make it one of the biggest samples ever collected of women’s experiences

freeonlinesurveys.com/s/gjPliqH9#/0

I did find it a little difficult/upsetting to answer - I wouldn’t consider myself a “victim of MVAW” but actually have suffered multiple assaults, including one where the man was convicted of assault against me. But still my head just accepts it as “one of those things”. Kinda unbelievable.

Anyway if you have 15 mins and the strength to think about how this stuff please do fill it in. Couldn’t see another thread on this so apologies if duplicate.

[TheABC]

Done. Why the fuck do we accept so much abuse as normal?

[BlackeyedSusan]

finished.

[BlackeyedSusan]

beacuse when I gre up police dramas used to describe it as just a domestic.

[3beesinmybonnet]

@Cwenthryth
Thanks for posting this. Recent events in the news have led me to list all the times I can remember when I've suffered abuse violence harassment etc. Then I thought if only there was some way women could list all the things they've had to put up with over their lifetime, and people could see it, they might be forced to acknowledge the extent of the problem and do something proper about it. So your thread is very well timed for me and I shall definitely fill in the survey.

@BlackeyedSusan
My abusive brother was a copper in the '70s and '80s and he moaned constantly about 'domestics' because he'd do all the paperwork only for the woman to drop the charges. He never expressed any sympathy for them or any appreciation that they were terrified or trapped or both. But then it's what you'd expect from someone who was sent to investigate a prowler at the house of a single mother with mental health issues and kept going back to have sex with her.

[Wrongsideofhistorymyarse]

Completed, thank you for sharing.

[Gingerkittykat]

Done, Jessica Taylor is doing some fantastic work for women and girls.

[Motherrunner1]

Done. Was hard to fill in. As a survivor or childhood sexual abuse and multiple assaults as a teenager and 1 rape it was hard to do

[ShirleyPhallus]

@Gingerkittykat

Done, Jessica Taylor is doing some fantastic work for women and girls.

She’s absolutely brilliant. Her book is a must read

[Motherrunner1]

Just looking at Jessica Taylor’s Instagram. She’s fab