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Introducing… Why Didn’t You Leave? 🗣️❤️🩹
🚨TW: Domestic Abuse
Picture this. The year is 2018. At a time when 18-year-old Gaia should be enjoying her first year of university and focusing on her studies, behind the scenes she is also enduring daily coercive and controlling behaviour at the hands of her boyfriend. A person who she trusted and thought had her best interests at heart.
Next February will mark 6 years since I left him.
It was only once I reached out to university support services for advice on assignment extensions, that I finally learned what I’d experienced was domestic abuse.
I couldn’t believe it. You see gender-based violence in the news daily, but you never think one day you too will experience it.
But the abuse didn’t stop there.
10 months of constant harassment, stalking, death threats and other post-separation abuse tactics. While my coursemates were studying for our first-year exams, I was seeking support from @womens_aid.
I assumed though, that as time went on everything would get better. But I soon came to the shocking realisation of how common victim blaming is in domestic abuse cases. From managers and co-workers to family and friends, I was told things such as:
💬“Surely you must have done something to cause that”
💬“Well you let him abuse you so”
💬“Really? But he was always nice to me”
💬“Just ignore [the stalking and harassment] and live your life”
So on this first day of Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, it is my pleasure to launch ‘Why Didn’t You Leave?’ 💜
A community page dedicated to spreading awareness about domestic abuse and tackling stigma and victim blaming 📣🌎 Through educational resources and campaigns, I want to increase public understanding and show why an individual may not leave an abusive situation 💭🫂
If you would like to get involved, give us a follow @whydidntyouuk & keep your eyes open for upcoming opportunities ✨
#whydidntyouleave #coercivecontrol #ipv #gbv #victimblaming #domesticabuseawareness #domesticabuseawarenessmonth #dasurvivor #communitypage #socialactivism #endingthecycle #breakthestigma
🚨TW: Domestic Abuse
Picture this. The year is 2018. At a time when 18-year-old Gaia should be enjoying her first year of university and focusing on her studies, behind the scenes she is also enduring daily coercive and controlling behaviour at the hands of her boyfriend. A person who she trusted and thought had her best interests at heart.
Next February will mark 6 years since I left him.
It was only once I reached out to university support services for advice on assignment extensions, that I finally learned what I’d experienced was domestic abuse.
I couldn’t believe it. You see gender-based violence in the news daily, but you never think one day you too will experience it.
But the abuse didn’t stop there.
10 months of constant harassment, stalking, death threats and other post-separation abuse tactics. While my coursemates were studying for our first-year exams, I was seeking support from @womens_aid.
I assumed though, that as time went on everything would get better. But I soon came to the shocking realisation of how common victim blaming is in domestic abuse cases. From managers and co-workers to family and friends, I was told things such as:
💬“Surely you must have done something to cause that”
💬“Well you let him abuse you so”
💬“Really? But he was always nice to me”
💬“Just ignore [the stalking and harassment] and live your life”
So on this first day of Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, it is my pleasure to launch ‘Why Didn’t You Leave?’ 💜
A community page dedicated to spreading awareness about domestic abuse and tackling stigma and victim blaming 📣🌎 Through educational resources and campaigns, I want to increase public understanding and show why an individual may not leave an abusive situation 💭🫂
If you would like to get involved, give us a follow @whydidntyouuk & keep your eyes open for upcoming opportunities ✨
#whydidntyouleave #coercivecontrol #ipv #gbv #victimblaming #domesticabuseawareness #domesticabuseawarenessmonth #dasurvivor #communitypage #socialactivism #endingthecycle #breakthestigma
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