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In reply to the discussion: When should a domestic abuser be fired from work? [View all]Beantighe
(126 posts)I think that if any man can not refrain from beating his wife, he doesn't deserve to work. I have watched too many wife-beaters get a slap on the wrist; a ticket or mandated to an alternatives to battering course only to go right back to beating their wife/ girlfriend / next wife / etc. (or even walk into her place of employment and murder her) to have any delusion that most of those who beat their wives will be rehabilitated.
I also think it needs to be called what it is - wife beating. Spousal abuse, domestic violence, domestic abuser, or any other label that doesn't properly describe the act only serves to diminish it. Maybe then Kelly wouldn't need to see a photo of the guy's bruised wife before taking it seriously (if he actually takes it seriously).
I have worked with women bruised from head to toe because of these animals. I've seen them dripping urine from kidney damage from a beating with 2x4, unable to see from blood dripping into their eyes or unable to walk from a broken leg - for what? Because she overcooked the bacon? Maybe she didn't want to fuck?
Perhaps if these guys were stripped of their livelihoods, some women wouldn't be so tempted to return to them due to fear of not being able to feed her children. Better yet, maybe if they were tossed in the clink as they should be, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. It's odd really, that we ARE having this discussion and the thug isn't in jail, don't you think?
I view covering for a wife beater as quite newsworthy. It deserves the attention.