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Domestic Violence flyer

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UniProject · 03/01/2016 09:56

Hello,

Me and my friends are working on a uni project and i was wondering if its possible to get some feedback on our flyer from you guys.

thnx :)

Flyer: pasteboard.co/vX1jRWz.jpg

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FreshwaterSelkie · 11/01/2016 06:53

What is it with the arrogance of these men? Can't spell, can't punctuate, can't form a coherent thought or a comprehensible sentence, but they feel equipped to correct us on how we're Doing It All Wrong?

They'd go far, if only they could manage to get out of their mum's basement.

MrsTerryPratchett · 11/01/2016 00:39

ThereisnoPatriarchy you write like Jane Austen with Lots of Random Capital Letters.

ThereisnoPatriarchy · 11/01/2016 00:18

Yeah lets not forget Men are also Victims of Domestic violence

noddingoff · 10/01/2016 21:23

Perhaps OP got put off when the thread turned into a discussion about menz. I like the poster; you could probably get rid of the "on a daily basis" and the whole second sentence.
"Speak" logo is great
contact details need to go on at the bottom.

MrsTerryPratchett · 10/01/2016 15:32

Very disappointing. Ask for help; don't come back. Sad

LassWiTheDelicateAir · 10/01/2016 14:51

It's a bit disappointing the OP never followed up on her post or any of the responses.

Lweji · 10/01/2016 10:42

Or rather women never had it less bad.
Which is not the same as "so good".

sashh · 10/01/2016 10:00

Yea but actually women have never had it so good,

True, but 2 women a week are killed by a partner or ex partner, 1 in 4 has been a victim of rape or sexual violence...

PalmerViolet · 09/01/2016 23:12

Lweji... that might be because it was meant to be one.

You peaked too soon, troll. Go back to your MRA pals and get them to send one along that has a functioning brain next time.

Lweji · 09/01/2016 22:52

cinderfknella
For some reason that sounded like a threat.

MrsTerryPratchett · 09/01/2016 22:47

cinder brilliant argument there. Using an example of mass sexual violence against women to prove that women have never had it so good. Bravo.

cinderfknella · 09/01/2016 22:34

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Lweji · 09/01/2016 21:02

Some good comments about the flyer.

You need to make it clear what is the audience and what they are supposed to do.
For women suffering dv? People who know about it? What happens if they speak? Raise conscienciousness? Get abusers punished? Make women safe?

Shallishanti · 09/01/2016 20:52

yeah, bloody women, coming round here, whining and moaning about the way things actually are in the world

PalmerViolet · 09/01/2016 19:39

Go on, tell her to smile as well....

cinderfknella · 09/01/2016 19:28

Wow you have some serious issues there sashh! Calm down please!

sashh · 09/01/2016 10:41

Sorry for offending you by suggesting that men might just be the victims of domestic violence too, but it does happen, even if you would like to ignore it!

Are you an expert on Kuwait?

Some parents are victims of their child's domestic violence, some people are beaten at work or are trafficked.

Yes some men are victims, some men also get breast cancer, however the experiences of men in both those situations is different to a woman's.

How come every single discussion about things that affect women 90% of the time have to answer, "what about the menz?" unless it is something that affects 90% of women that is perpetrated by men when the comment, "Not all menz" comes up.

When you talk about a football match do you stop and say, "what about women, they play football too?"?

Thought not, because if you are discussing a male football team that is the subject of discussion.

And assuming you are not an expert on either Kuwait or domestic violence charities in the UK that support victims generally support them in different ways. Women tend to have to go to a refuge, where men tend to be 'allowed' to work by their partner (straight or gay) even if the partner controls the finances.

Men tend to want/need support to stay in their job and the area they live/work. They tend not to be fleeing with children, they tend not to be physically the weaker in a relationship, they tend not to be in fear of their lives, they tend not to have families who will consider it a 'dishonor' not to stay in the relationship.

If they are living in a Muslim country a man can easily divorce his wife or take another one or a temporary wife. He will probably be older than his wife, his wife might be 12 and him 40+, both his and her family will blame her for anything that does not go 'right' from not getting pregnant quick enough, to not giving birth to a boy, to having a terrible birth that leaves her doubly incontinent so that her husband doesn't want her and his family see her as a burden.

If she is beaten it will be her who is at fault for 'making her husband beat her' - in fact it's quite lawful in many places and even expected that a man beat his child bride.

But lets not forget the men.

Taylor22 · 08/01/2016 20:59

The imagery is really good. But the text is far to long. I lost Interest half way through. You need to make it a lot shorter.

cuminthebum420 · 08/01/2016 20:02

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/01/2016 14:43

Gender equality in Kuwait. www.unicef.org/gender/files/Kuwait-Gender-Eqaulity-Profile-2011.pdf Possibly deal with all of that before shouting, "about about the menz?".

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 06/01/2016 12:12

NO ONE wants to ignore it, it's just not appropriate to mention it in THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE as the poster is about WOMEN who suffer from DV in a particularly male-dominated culture.

cinderfknella · 06/01/2016 11:52

Sorry for offending you by suggesting that men might just be the victims of domestic violence too, but it does happen, even if you would like to ignore it!

DraenorQueen · 05/01/2016 23:08

Dear God there's always one, isn't there.
While I have deepest sympathies with the men of Kuwait who suffer from domestic violence, I rather think you've missed the point, cinderfknella

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 05/01/2016 22:48

What? Hmm

cinderfknella · 05/01/2016 22:39

What about the men suffering from domestic violence or do they not count?

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