Originally Posted by molly333
Of course I know what the definition of battery is. So
does ALV. It seems that people do not yet understand
psychological abuse. It makes me sad because the
ground breaking work on this, as perhaps the most
devastating aspect of abuse, was done 20 and 30 years
ago by people like Lenore Walker, Patricia Evans, and
Judith Herman and others.
You can be battered psychologically ALV said--that's
one step above abuse and one step below terrorism on
her continuum.
It changes your brain chemistry, among other things.
That is what PTSD is all about.
ALV said that there is a lot of new work being done on
psychological abuse now and a lot of books in the
works.
No matter what you think about this case, I hope that
every woman learns about these things because it truly
can destroy your life and the lives of your children.
IMO
Imo what's sad is the significant and drastic set back that Alyce LaViolette, ALONE AND BY HERSELF HAS SINGLEHANDEDLY brought about over the course of these last 2 weeks as a result of her proven extremely bias opinion she's spewed, her pathetic and embarrassing way in which she told blatant and obvious lies on the witness stand, under oath, and her immature, childish, disrespectful behavior of which she openly displayed in court, on the witness stand, under oath, and during cross exam by the Prosecutor, Juan Martinez.
She's a disgrace to not only women, but she's a disgrace to the entire DV advocacy that so many people have worked their asses off(people=BOTH women&MEN) in making forward movement and awareness... IMO Miss LaViolette has managed to do much more harm in these last 2 weeks than any of the good she's done over the last 30 years!
IMO what the above post fails to mention is the fact that men are not only NOT always the abusers, but more importantly and significantly men CAN AND ARE THE ACTUAL VICTIMS of abuse at the hands of WOMEN SUCH AS JODI ARIAS!!
Imo this PROVEN FACT CANNOT BE STRESSED AND/OR REPEATED ENOUGH, IMO..AS ITS ALL TOO OFTEN THAT THIS RIDICULOUS, INACCURATE, BULL$HIT NOTION OF THOSE LIKE ALV WHO SPREAD LIES THAT WOMEN ARE THE WEAK, PITIFUL VICTIMS TO THE BIG BAD, MEAN OL' MEN IS FRIGGIN DOWNRIGHT ANGERING WHEN WE KNOW ITS BS!!!!
WE KNOW ITS BS DUE TO THE FACT WE'VE ATROCIOUS, VENOMOUS AND ABUSIVE WOMEN JUST LIKE JODI ARIAS THAT ARE FULLY CAPABLE AND VERY MUCH DO ABUSE THE $HIT OUT OF MEN..EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, VERBALLY, AND YES!! EVEN PHYSICALLY ABUSE MEN AND SLAUGHTER MEN JUST LIKE JODI SLAUGHTERED TRAVIS!!!..
Wake up world!! Women are not born weaklings who inevitably fall prey to predatory males... Fact is so, too is it that MEN fall prey to PREDATORY WOMEN LIKE ARIAS!
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