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I'm going to share with you four stories of women who experienced domestic violence, with names changed. Two are from Refuge's own literature, which I received in their fundraising pack. The third and fourth are contained in an extract from the chapter I quoted recently in The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard. There is some description of violent physical and sexual abuse. You can choose not to read any of this, and that's fine. The people living these stories didn't get to choose not to have these things happen. This is why there should be help for anyone who suffers domestic violence, and why it's so shocking how poorly funded any help services are. Please do something today to help change that.

( Meet Catherine, Simone, Elaine and Eleanor )

Evil Giraffe

The following is an extract from Kat Banyard's The Equality Illusion, from the fourth chapter, entitled 'Tough Love'. For context, a young woman has just been describing the emotional, physical and sexual abuse she comes home to each night from her boyfriend. I've tried to select an extract that conveys some good points but won't be too difficult to read for people who have been through similar experiences, so there's nothing especially graphic here. I'm not always going to stay away from graphic description, because it has its place, and I will give warnings when it appears. This piece discusses domestic violence and rape.

( Tough Love )

Evil Giraffe