Men on Domestic Violence: 'Society Empowers Men to Abuse ... I'm Sorry We Failed You'
Editor's Note: A nationwide, month-long letter-writing campaign
called #31forMarissa has just finished its third week. The campaign
encourages men to write about domestic violence, sharing stories that
deal with the action, reaction and inaction of men in their family or
community, and the legacy of that behavior. Every single day throughout
October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, #31forMarissa will
publish these letters of support to Marissa Alexander. The letters will
then be sent to Alexander, a Florida woman who was sentenced to 20 years
in jail after firing a warning shot at a wall near her abusive husband.
She neither hit nor hurt anyone. Below is a compilation of excerpts
from this past week’s letters. AlterNet will publish a weekly
compilation of the letters. Click here for more information on the campaign and to read the first full letter.
Join AlterNet as it engages in a conversation across
generation, race and gender when it leads a Twitter chat with
GlobalGrindNews — another media partner for this campaign — on Thursday,
Oct. 24, at 3 P.M. ET. It will be 140 character conversations on men,
domestic violence, engagement, silence, masculinity and rage.
Read on...
1 comment:
Well Tom - how about reading stories of Men who have been abused by their female partners => http://www.avoiceformen.com/
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