Women’s Refuge are holding their annual appeal. The organisation is criminally underfunded by the NZ Government at a time when our domestic violence statistics are among the worst in the first world.
John Key won’t help, but you can.
Women’s Refuge chief executive Ang Jury notes how easily stereotypes like ‘Jake the Muss’ can attach to the reality of domestic violence.
“The image portrayed on the screen is something that’s incredibly real. He (Morrison)talks about how that image of Jake has dogged him, that he’s been seen as being that person, and he talks in the video of how he almost became that person.
“It was just a movie and it became a reality.”
“We think that is how it is and will always be but we have to keep to the front of our minds that things can change and people can change.”
Things can change and people can change. Too right. That change must come from men first and foremost.
Domestic violence is a male problem. It’s men that can make the difference, both personally and politically. Are Kiwi men strong enough yet to stand up for our women and children?
Women’s Refuge can be contacted on their free Crisis line:
0800 REFUGE or 0800 733 843
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