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No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know about Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Rachel Louise Snyder
4.52 AVERAGE
360 reviews for:
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know about Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
Rachel Louise Snyder
4.52 AVERAGE
Yissssss, I think everyone should read this book to have an understanding of how domestic violence can manifest, how systems work and fail to stop it, and how both awareness and active change can hopefully lessen its prevalence. I suspect the recent rise in anti-women rhetoric will coincide with an increase in domestic violence. Important to read this now and not later. Very US based. And, need I say, very heavy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape
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This book lays out all of the evidence in favor of PIC abolition but ultimately fails to open up to the paradigm shift required to hammer the point home. It is rooted in principles of equity, humanity, and collectivity that are so important. It is tugging hard at the strings of patriarchy, white supremacy, hierarchy that make domestic violence so prominent and devastating in our society (but doesn't quite pull hard enough for the facade to come crashing down). Rachel Louise Snyder clearly senses (and at some point explicitly states) that the solutions we have come up with to reduce domestic violence are not sufficient or thorough enough -- we've got to restructure society.
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This book is an in-depth look at what is probably better called intimate partner terrorism. Ultimately, it’s clear that getting rid of guns and better communication between all agencies and social services are two things that will dramatically lower intimate partner terrorism rates.
The only thing that would have been beneficial is a map or list or some other means of organizing who lives where. The author lays out the narrative well thematically, but the location she’s in and the people she’s talking to bounce around.
The only thing that would have been beneficial is a map or list or some other means of organizing who lives where. The author lays out the narrative well thematically, but the location she’s in and the people she’s talking to bounce around.
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Excellent information, and I appreciated the up close case studies and extensive research, and the looks at programs for abusers on how they can attempt to retrain their brains.
American violence starts with intimate partner violence. The establishments and organizations who work with these families are often ill equipped, lacking training, and lacking knowledge; abusers are able to take advantage of these cracks in the system and society. Everyone in hospitals, doctor's offices, welfare offices, police, 911 operators, teachers and childcare specialists...anyone who interacts with families should know what they're looking for and what questions they should be asking. And they don't. There is no overarching federal mandate or program for bringing abuse to light, or for rehabilitation for victims or abusers.
This book also looks at how programs that already exist in society, like shelters, fall short of being helpful, or actually are detrimental to families escaping violence. An excellent read full of first-person stories from both sides, really getting at the heart of the layers society has to peel back while intimate partners and children are dying.
American violence starts with intimate partner violence. The establishments and organizations who work with these families are often ill equipped, lacking training, and lacking knowledge; abusers are able to take advantage of these cracks in the system and society. Everyone in hospitals, doctor's offices, welfare offices, police, 911 operators, teachers and childcare specialists...anyone who interacts with families should know what they're looking for and what questions they should be asking. And they don't. There is no overarching federal mandate or program for bringing abuse to light, or for rehabilitation for victims or abusers.
This book also looks at how programs that already exist in society, like shelters, fall short of being helpful, or actually are detrimental to families escaping violence. An excellent read full of first-person stories from both sides, really getting at the heart of the layers society has to peel back while intimate partners and children are dying.
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Completely groundbreaking read, and what I desperately wanted. Please, give me more books that put the blame on abusers.
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