'There aren't enough of you taking a stand against domestic violence.'
There aren’t enough of you doing the work. There aren’t enough of you volunteering, educating yourselves, or taking even the smallest steps toward being allies to women and girls. Not even this month, of all months, when we should be raising awareness of domestic violence.
To put it simply: Violence against women is a choice. So is looking the other way. And far too many men are on the sidelines., waking up in the middle of the night to the sounds of my mother’s moans — to the sounds of her body as it was struck by another bigger, stronger body. There wasn’t much screaming. Her boyfriend wouldn’t let her scream.
Then complete silence, followed by the dread that came over me and my brother, knowing we’d find our mother somewhere in a puddle of her own blood. The only question was where he left her. This went on for years as if it was normal. Nobody helped, neither neighbors nor those nearby in the community. I tried to get their attention by knocking on doors, but I’d just hear our neighbors approach, look through the peephole, and walk away. Our neighbors, in particular the men, chose to look the other way, leaving us alone, afraid, and without hope that these crimes and the abuse would stop.
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