[LMB] Predators vs. Protectors

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Phil Boswell wrote:

> On 03/06/07, Marna Nightingale <marna at marna.ca> wrote:
> [snip]
> > You haven't been around yet for the list reaction (though I imagine
> > you've encountered it elsewhere) when some woman so unfortunate as to
> > lack brother, lover, or father resorts to up and killing or seriously
> > injuring an assailant with her own dainty little hands (and perhaps an
> > implement or two). The level of male indignation is... instructive.
>
> If I recall correctly, when "Little Mo" on Eastenders clouted her
> abusive husband around the head with an iron, the reaction was mainly
> "why did she wait so long?" The outcry when she was prosecuted for
> attempted murder was indeed instructive. OK, so this was fiction, but
> people tend to react to these soap-operas as if they were real life:
> witness the public outcry over Deirdre Rachid:
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deirdre_Barlow#Imprisonment>

When they know all the facts.  The thing about soap operas is
that you know all the facts.  You see all sides of the story.

I have heard many people dismiss stories about this sort of thing
in RL with a "Well, that's what she said he did, but how do we
know?"  In cases where there's a long record of attempts to get
help, yes, there may be a public outcry, but there are cases
where for whatever reason a woman is sure she won't be helped or
believed (her neighbours all know and nobody seems to care; she's
used to it from childhood on; he's a well-liked, powerful and
respected man and she's an outsider in the community), and she
finally snaps and does something about it herself, and nobody
DOES believe her.

Or at least not the right people.

~malfoy :/


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