How victim’s responses to abuse are mis-labelled, and how abusers’ tactics of abuse are mis-labelled.

Most people (and most of our social institutions) do not know how to honour the many creative ways victims resist abuse, oppression and violence. Rather than seeing and honoring a victim’s resistance, they see the victim’s responses to the abuse as indicating her deficiency or defectiveness. And because they see her as deficient, they put… Continue reading How victim’s responses to abuse are mis-labelled, and how abusers’ tactics of abuse are mis-labelled.

War Room: Dishonouring God — a review by John Ellis (from ADayInHisCourt)

When John Ellis watched War Room, he almost walked out of the cinema when he saw how it depicted spouse abuse. Here are some excerpts from his review of the movie. We hope you read his whole review War Room: Dishonoring God, but be aware that it is fairly long and the power punches which we are quoting below come near the… Continue reading War Room: Dishonouring God — a review by John Ellis (from ADayInHisCourt)