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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Natalie Cassidy get beaten up by DF but Daily Fail makes no mention of domestic violence

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darleneoconnor · 25/05/2011 22:04

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1390608/Natalie-Cassidy-emerges-time-fianc-Adam-Cottrells-arrest-calms-nerves-cigarette.html

Even for the DM I'm shocked at the tone of this article. He's been charged with 2 counts of beating her and from the sound of it he's still in custody so it must have been quite bad. But they are making it out to be 'an arguement which 'got physical''.

Poor poor Natalie. I really hope she doesn't take him back.

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differentnameforthis · 07/06/2011 03:03

dexifehatz, it doesn't have to be that extreme that to be domestic violence.

darleneoconnor · 07/06/2011 01:09

dexi, we've had enough rape apologists on here today without dv apologists creeping out the woodwork too

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dexifehatz · 07/06/2011 00:10

Being hit on the thigh with a slipper and having mascara smeared on your face hardly constitutes DV now does it? Ten years of daily buggery,beatings and feeling the sides of your mouth rip whilst being orally raped is what I'd call Domestic Violence.

TotalChaos · 26/05/2011 22:15

poor lass looks absolutely wretched, doesn't she. yuck to the quotes from trashy mag interview about her sex life in this context.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 26/05/2011 18:15

oh no..a biscuit

HerBeX · 26/05/2011 16:37

How is going on the balcony to have a fag "attention seeking"?

Presumably she doesn't smoke in her own home. Loads of smokers don't nowadays.

ginnny · 26/05/2011 12:18

Disagree with me as much as you like
Just don't put words into my mouth

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 26/05/2011 12:11

well I am going off MN because people say things like "you arent allowed to stay stuff" just because people disagree with them!!!

TheCrackFox · 26/05/2011 12:02

Agreed that her programme is a pile of shite but the acting offers aren't exactly flooding in and she got offered a load of cash to do it. I can't say I blame her. Besides, it isn't these z listers who are commissioning the programmes - you have to look far higher up the media food chain.

I don't think she was playing for the cameras - she does actually look like she was just having a quiet fag on the balcony. The paps could have been a mile away to get that shot.

ginnny · 26/05/2011 11:55

This thread is the reason I am starting to really go off MN.
So because she's been beaten up we can't now say a bad word against her?
I don't like her for the same reason I don't like Katie Price or Kerry Katona or any of these so called 'celebs', its got nothing to do with her being beaten up. Her programme on C4 was pure drivel - anyone would think she was the only woman in the world to ever give birth, millions of women do it every day FFS. Just because I think this doesn't mean I think she deserved to be beaten up FFS.
I never said she should hide away till the bruises fade did I? I just think she is playing for the cameras like she always does.
Not that it makes much difference but I have been a victim of DV (not to the terrible extent that some on here have admittedly) and I would never condone it or gloss over it.

TheCrackFox · 26/05/2011 11:53

Well I hope she dumps the brute.

ShirleyKnot · 26/05/2011 11:48

"attention seeking"

DaisyHayes · 26/05/2011 11:46

And, actually, why shouldn't we see the results of a man beating her? Ought she to hide inside 'til the bruises fade? Is it Cassidy's responsibility to protect the violent man who attacked her and prtect us for being forced to witness the result of male violence?

Or is it that you object to the idea that Cassidy is 'asking for sympathy' by (possibly) staging the photographs? Again, I see no problem with that; I feel hugely sympathetic - the woman has just been beaten.

DaisyHayes · 26/05/2011 11:41

You prioritise her 'attention seeking' behaviour and the fact that some tv show makes you think that you dislike her (why on earth do you dislike her? do you know her?) over the fact that she has been beaten by her fiancé.

It doesn't matter whether the pictures wre posed or whether she appears to be a likeable person or not - how is any of that relevent at all?

HaughtyChuckle · 26/05/2011 11:39

very intrusive photos

poor NC hope she doesnt take him back.

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 26/05/2011 11:36

why don't you like her? do you know her personally? or just judge by what you read in the Daily mail?

ginnny · 26/05/2011 11:35

Calm down Daisy and read my post again!
When did I say that being beaten up by her fiance is not so bad?
Of course it is bad - nobody deserves that.
I was just saying I don't like the woman, and that her 'posing' on her balcony having a fag seems to me like attention seeking seeing as there are likely to be photographers everywhere considering her fiance has just been arrested!
Also, if a Mum goes outside for a fag while her baby is having a nap it doesn't make her a failure as a mother, but thats a whole other subject.

Mamaz0n · 26/05/2011 10:55

"failure as a mother" was the tine the piece gave. that she should be excused to odd fag because her life was so shit because her boyrfiend was in custody.

I have no feelings towards the woman one way or another, i don't think you need to "like" her in order to recognise that she has been the victim of a violent crime and Daily hate has glossed over that. You will notice that "poor old natalie" is the focus of the article not "violent fiancé in custody for beating up sleb"

If i didn't know better i'd assume the article was written by that MEP from the other day

DaisyHayes · 26/05/2011 10:49

ginny -

You don't like her - so being beaten by her fiancé is not so bad then?

Her show was awful - so being beaten by her fiancé is not so bad then?

The photographs look staged - so being beaten by her fiancé is not so bad then?

I'm sorry, I really don't understand the point that you're making.

LadyBlaBlah · 26/05/2011 10:40

I have been a victim of DV very recently and I have been shocked as to how people react to it. In comparison to the reality of how 'victims' are treated in the RW, I thought the DM article was remarkable sympathetic.

ginnny · 26/05/2011 10:39

Why does her having a cigarette make her a failure as a mother???
I don't like her, never have and her show on C4 was awful.
Is it just me or do those balcony pictures look a bit staged? Surely she must have known she would be photographed out there?

ShirleyKnot · 26/05/2011 10:33

yy ABF. Also, I am angry with myself for clicking on the fucking Daily Hate.

AmazingBouncingFerret · 26/05/2011 10:28

I couldnt read past the first sentence.

"It's been a trying few days for poor old natalie"

Condescending and patronising.

Wanking shitfucks.

Mamaz0n · 26/05/2011 10:17

It is a disgusting downplaying of a violent man.

I also dislike the sneery way they excuse her failing as a mother by reaching for a ciggerette.

For thr police to charge him with two seperate counts of beating then that was more than a push and shove of an argument turned physical.

All i hope is that Nathalie gets the help and support she needs to be strong through this and make the best decisions for her and her child.

DaisyHayes · 26/05/2011 10:10

Well, no, ilovesprouts. It's a completely fucked up position to take. But nevertheless, that is the DM's position.

A reasonable position is that no woman deserves to be hit. Full stop.

I'm fairly sure that we're not making the DM our first port of call for positions of reasonableness though.

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