Tag results for: domestic abuse
6 things we’d like to see on the government’s new Victims Bill
MPs are set to consider a package of laws meant to improve victim's rights today, but critics have already hit out that this new Victims Bill “isn't worth...
Why can’t we believe that “kind” and “gentle” men can be abusers and murderers?
TW: This article contains references to violence against women.'Soft, gentle and kind’ is how a man who used a claw hammer to bludgeon to death his pregnant fiancé,...
‘I was 15 when I became pregnant from rape. This is my story’
This article references grooming, domestic abuse, and rape.“I didn’t recognise what he was doing to me was abuse; I saw him as my boyfriend,” Sammy Woodhouse tells GLAMOUR....
How Happy Valley depicts the spectrum of male violence in all its terrifying glory
This article contains descriptions of domestic abuse, sexual assault, and rape. Happy Valley season three spoilers ahead. “I saw that coming,” said no one watching Happy Valley, ever. Take Joanna Hepworth,...
Laura Bates: “The problem with systemic misogyny in reporting domestic violence – and why it needs to change”
Again and again, media outlets report on sexual and domestic violence in terms that either sensationalise and romanticise crimes or implicitly blame victims for their own attacks. “Husband jailed...
What is narcissistic abuse?
Signs to look out for: cutting a queue, stealing office supplies, disobeying traffic rules, and breaking multiple appointments. And, above all, they will feel pride in it, and...
