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Not responsible for exes behaviour?

4 replies

SpinningFloppa · 20/01/2023 21:11

If a woman was in a dv relationship but didn’t report it do you think that makes her bad because she should be doing it to “protect other women” ? Just something I read somewhere that got me wondering. How far should it extend? Is it also your job to warn his new partners of any abuse?

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barmycatmum · 20/01/2023 21:12

Fuck no. Yet another way people are trying to blame a woman for what a man does?

sometimes one doesn’t feel safe to report.

Watchkeys · 20/01/2023 21:17

An adult's responsibility is to look after themselves and their children. It is not an adult's responsibility to look after another adult.

Thisisworsethananticpated · 21/01/2023 10:09

Look after yourself 10000%
nothing else is your responsibility

Christmaspyjamas · 21/01/2023 10:15

It is absolutely not a woman's job to involve herself at all in an ex's new relationship.

If you're ending the relationship then there may be no benefit (and some risk) in reporting abuse. Alternatively seeing someone legally held to account could be healing.

We can't ever predict the full consequences of our actions and so shouldn't take actions because we believe they will have a specific impact 9n others but because those actions are the expression of our own wishes.

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