intelli-g:

if you think Chris Brown is a piece of shit for beating his girlfriend

and you still idolize John Lennon, knowing he beat both his wives

you are a racist

/story

friendlyangryfeminist:

Abusers are really good at finding people who have already been groomed to view abuse as ‘normal’. So please don’t wonder how someone could have been abused more than once and say shit like abuse survivors should know better.

It’s not unheard of for survivors to go from abusive relationship to abusive relationship. Abuse has been so normalized for so many people that there is this deep rooted suspicion that all relationships are abusive. That everyone is faking it just like you’re faking it. That no one actually has non-toxic relationships. And that’s a type of coping mechanism right there, isn’t it?

Then there’s also the fact that survivors have complicated feelings towards their abusers. Sometimes we love our abusers. Sometimes we are dependent on our abusers and feel indebted. Sometimes we know it is abuse but we don’t know if anyone will take our side and help us. People would rather turn away then help us. Sometimes people would rather help cover up the abuse because it’s less messy. 

Sometimes these messy feelings keep us from realizing we’re being abused, even if we know the cycle of abuse, even if we’ve tried to help friends in messy relationships. It can’t be abuse, we’re in love. It can’t be abuse, he takes care of us. It can’t be abuse because I can’t see myself as someone being abused. Etc, etc, etc.

musicfromblueskies:

Hahaha, jog on!

gothicheart-gothicsoul:

punpunichu:

feministsaresexist:

acidshenko:

stayy-beautiful-baby:

intellectualthicket:

punkdad:

Deserves attention.

This needs more attention.

I support these men, not just women in similar situations ♥

Domestic violence knows no gender boundaries.

AbusedMen.org

It’s wonderful that this has so many notes.

Domestic violence is awful, no matter what genders are involved :C

Anyone who believes that there isn’t any domestic violence against men are very foolish. Foolish indeed.

yourdash:

This is a bad thing? Ohh not the fun kind, I see…

feminishblog:

Q.) What’s your beef with the content on some of those subreddits? It can’t be that bad, right?

A.) Wrong. I’ll show you why after the break line. But first, I must place a *Severe Trigger Warning (graphic, explicit, and just plain upsetting content/imagery)* for the rest of this pending post.

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