By Brad Chilcott https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/08/it-is-all-men-to-varying-degrees-mens-violence-against-women-is-a-systemic-crisis Why?” has been the most consistent response when I’ve told my progressive friends that I’ve taken on the role of executive director of White Ribbon Australia for its next chapter. They didn’t miss the organisation that had first become publicly synonymous…
My posts reference my lived experiences of female victim/male abuser however I acknowledge that men can be victims too. Men experience hard times and are allowed to take a time out. Healing is not a privilege for any one group of people. Healing is everyone’s…
It’s hard to leave because your brain wants what is familiar because it believes it’s keeping you alive by keeping you with what you know because it’s scared of the unfamiliar, of the unknown. Do you know the strength and resilience it takes to stay…
This is a piece I wrote for Australian STOP Domestic Violence Conference after hearing women struggle after leaving their abusive partners. #STOPDV19 Do you love him or….? After living for an extended period of time in an abusive, volatile and toxic relationship you muster the courage,…