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Women are only as safe as their male partner allows them to be

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inkjet · 08/02/2023 22:57

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/08/women-safe-male-partner-allows-head-girls-school-body-says-emma/

A statement related to Emma Pattison from the chief executive of the Girls Day School Trust (a group of independent girls schools).

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ComfortablyDazed · 09/02/2023 00:32

Chilling.

(Straight) women are expected to date, commit to, and live with our greatest predator.

Boiledbeetle · 09/02/2023 00:30

from the article:

The head of a group of leading girls’ schools has warned women are “only as safe as your male partner allows you to be” in the wake of the suspected murder of Epsom College headmistress Emma Pattison.

In a chilling statement, Cheryl
Giovannoni, chief executive of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), said having a successful career does not protect women from domestic violence.

“It doesn’t matter how successful or accomplished or brilliant you are as a woman, you are only as safe as your male partner allows you to be,” Ms Giovannini told the BBC.

Walkingtheplank · 09/02/2023 00:27

Absolutely right.
And when you put it in those terms, there is little point focussing efforts on helping girls to grow into strong women when it's the boys that have to helped to grow into decent men.

SweetSakura · 08/02/2023 23:55

Hugely powerful words. That is my experience and it felt so important to hear someone say that

slamfightbrightlight · 08/02/2023 23:50

It really made me pause when I read that line earlier.

howmanybicycles · 08/02/2023 23:38

And the men in society are currently not allowing any women to be safe because they'd much rather give men who identify as women more rights. It's sickening to see that people can't connect the dots. Men are being taught that women don't matter.

dinosauriam · 08/02/2023 23:07

From the same article:
'In a blog post Cathy Walker, head of education development at GDST, also spoke out against violence against women.

She said: “Her death shows that domestic abuse and violence against women and girls is not reserved for those who have no voice, no platform, few opportunities.

“It shows that you can be a female leader, empowered, successful, admired, looked up to: and still only as safe as the men in your life allow you to be.”

OutDamnedSpot · 08/02/2023 23:04

I can’t get past the paywall, but that sound bite really resonates with me. So sickening though.

PaleBlueMoonlight · 08/02/2023 23:02

It was on the news at ten last night. It was utterly arresting when she said it.