WRITING THE LONGEST REVOLUTION
Posted in Domestic Violence, Lundy Bancroft on Jan 23rd, 2009
One of the great tragedies of all forms of abuse is that the abused person can become emotionally dependent on the perpetrator through a process called traumatic bonding. The assaults that an abuser makes on a woman’s self-opinion, his undermining of her progress in life, the wedges he drives between her and other people, the [...]
Posted in Heroes, Lundy Bancroft on Jan 6th, 2009
I noticed something in Lundy Bancroft’s book that I hadn’t seen before:
I am grateful to Gillian Andrews, Carlene Pavlos, Jay Silverman, Steve Holmes, Catherine Benedict, Gail Dines, Carrie Cuthbert, and Kim Slote for their combination of personal support and intellectual/professional stimulation and assistance over the years. Gillian and Gail in particular have both kept after [...]
Posted in Lundy Bancroft, Male Terrorism, War on Women on Jan 1st, 2009
Although I can barely stand to post this photo of Sylvia Orza Pardo (left) with Bruce Pardo, the man who destroyed her and many of her family members, I’m posting it anyway because of the story it tells to anyone with a discerning, woman-friendly eye.
Friends, family and her employer and colleagues say Sylvia Pardo [...]
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Femicide, Feminism, Lundy Bancroft, Male Terrorism, War on Women, Why Does He Do That?, Woman Hating on Dec 30th, 2008
What remains of a family photo found in the burned family home. The smiling man was Sylvia Orza Pardo’s father.
UPDATE: Pardo intended to kill not only as many members of his ex-wife’s family as possible, but his mother and his ex-wife’s attorney as well. He was mad at his mother because she had recently expressed [...]
Posted in Female Ritual Servitude, Feminism, Lundy Bancroft, Male Terrorism, Why Does He Do That? on Dec 10th, 2008
Continuing with excerpts from Lundy Bancroft’s book, Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men:
Most abusive men put on a charming face for their communities, creating a sharp split between their public image and their private treatment of women and children. He may be:
Enraged at home but calm and smiling [...]
