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I never provided any real resistance to being sexually degraded and abused because I felt threatened enough to understand what could happen if I did.
I now know that there cannot be consent where there is this level of coercion.
When I did finally escape and establish my physical safety and freedom, I began to experience further abuse online.
The content was often sexually humiliating, and it was relentless.
I recently had a victim-survivor talk to me about her own experience.
She had suffered at the hands of her partner who had used tactics of coercive control and sexual assault to harm her.
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When the trial later began following Vicki s death, Keogh was essentially painted as the victim in the case.
Although there was witness testimony as well as clear evidence of harassment, Keogh was acquitted of murder.
Instead, Keogh, who had a prior criminal history, was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of provocation. In the eyes of the court, Vicki had provoked her killer by leaving him. I will never forget Valentine’s Day 1989, or the trauma my family suffered seeing our girl, Vicki, a 25-year-old woman blamed for the violence her ex-boyfriend inflicted on her, Vicki s brother, Phil Cleary, wrote for
This post deals with domestic violence and might be triggering for some readers.
Coercive control is a term you may be hearing a lot of lately, as Australia moves to criminalise this form of abuse. As our awareness of abusive relationships continues to expand you might find that you, or someone you love, is experiencing coercive control – or have in the past.
Often brushed off as ‘not that bad’ due to its non-physical nature, coercive control begins with seemingly small behaviours; a sprinkle of jealousy here, and a bit of silent treatment there.
But, it IS bad.
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When participants noticed signs of abusive behaviour in their friend’s relationship, they tended to feel they had a responsibility to speak up. But offering their perspective on the abusive behaviour was difficult if their friend didn’t seem to share their concerns. As one said:
“.she does care about him [and] I don’t want to invalidate her feelings”.
Like many Australians, most just assumed that standing up to or leaving an abusive partner was a logical way of stopping the abuse and that they should urge their friend to do so.
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Campaign for men to call out disrespect towards women
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Minister for Women and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence The Honourable Shannon Fentiman
This weekend’s NRL Magic Round game between the Titans and Panthers is set to renew the call for men to play a bigger role in challenging disrespect towards women.
Minister for Women and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Shannon Fentiman said LED and TVC screens around Suncorp Stadium would feature advertisements from Our Watch’s Doing Nothing Does Harm national community awareness campaign.