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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

My husband wants to help

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 18/10/2020 13:17

by donating to a women's shelter or rape crisis shelter. (Sort of like tithing, only in the "this bit of money is not needed this month" category rather than being able to commit to a fixed sum every month.)

He wants to donate to somewhere that really will help women, he says, and not be impossible for abused women to use because if they did they might have to be in proximity with someone male-bodied in their safe space. Or even have male voices on the telephone.

How can we (he, but I am trying to help) identify such a shelter? I'm sure it will be easy to give any shelter money, but without actually being involved which would defeat the object how can he identify such a place?

This is really messy and difficult to explain without causing offence to someone in one way or another, but if anyone can point him at places which have funding difficulties because they are firm that they are women-only, it would be very helpful. Thank you.

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quixote9 · 20/10/2020 02:42

The Karen Ingala Smith link, early on in the comments. She's brilliant, a loud voice for traumatized women to be treated in women-only settings, and the organization NIA does excellent work helping shelters. It keeps you away from the awkward situation of having to know a shelter's location to provide support. And it's UK-based.

(I'm not associated with them in any way. I've just followed Karen Ingala Smith's work and been hugely impressed.)

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 24/10/2020 12:11

He has had a look, and thought about it, and says cheerfully, "In the interests of not letting the right hand know what the left hand is up to so nobody will start any sort of trouble, I won't tell you what I have chosen to give money to, but please thank everyone who helped me find somewhere, from me."

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