[TRIGGER WARNING] Domestic violence. 19 #WhyIStayed tweets everyone needs to see. While many cheered the NFL’s move to (finally) punish Rice’s vicious behavior, too many media outlets immediately fell into a tired pattern of victim blaming. Writer Beverly Gooden had heard enough. “I was watching the responses to the TMZ on my timeline, and I noticed a trend. People were asking ‘why did she marry him?’ and ‘why didn’t she leave him,’” Gooden told Mic. “When I saw those tweets, my first reaction was shame. The same shame that I felt back when I was in a violent marriage. It’s a sort of guilt that would make me crawl into a shell and remain silent. But today, for a reason I can’t explain, I’d had enough. I knew I had an answer to everyone’s question of why victims of violence stay. I can’t speak for Janay Rice, I can only speak for me.” mic/articles/98326/19-why-istayed-tweets-that-everyone-needs-to-see?utm_source=policymicTBLR&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:11:28 +0000
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