Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
The real question is, "How do men get a woman to go back into an abusive relationship or to stay in an abusive relationship?" Here are three documentary videos made by Gerard Lough (10 mins each) which feature Irish experts in domestic abuse. They were made in 2007. The speakers: Don Hennessy (Director, National Domestic Violence… Continue reading Videos of Don Hennessy and other Irish DV professionals (Don Hennessy series part 9)
We all know that pedophiles target children for sexualized abuse. Don Hennessy coined the word psychephile for the man who abuses his intimate female partner. A psychephile targets the psyche of the woman he has selected as his target for a long term intimate relationship. Hennessy used the word psychephile in order to emphasise that… Continue reading The male domestic abuser is a ‘psychephile’ – a sexual offender (Don Hennessy series part 4)
