October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Bionic Woman is a show that claims to be about female empowerment, even though it is really a show about a woman whose options are narrowed rather than widened when she becomes an unwilling subject in a government bionic weapons experiment. Some commentators have written about this dichotomy in perception between the show’s attitudes towards its bionic women, and it will be interesting to see how that dichotomy resolves itself throughout the season.
In the interim, it is important to remember that violence is not something that is confined to our television sets. With offhand scenes of violence in almost every television show, and the deaths of the war dominating the news, it is sometimes easy to become numb to the horrific effect each violent act can have on individual lives.
Domestic violence is a devastating epidemic and silence is its friend. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month in the United States, and a time to stop the silence that surrounds this epidemic and open our eyes to the cruelty that is close to home. If you know someone you suspect is being abused, please take the time to educate yourself and reach out to them … you may be the person that helps break them free of their painful prison.
Many of the bloggers around the 451 Press network are taking time to promote domestic violence awareness during this first week in October. April has some compelling posts over on Her Daily News, while Susan at Home Computer Talk has a list of online resources for victims or people wanting to learn more about the issues. Beth at Astrology Explored has written about how to recognize the signs that someone is a violent individual and the manipulative traits of an abusive personality.
KD at WatchingCSI.com was kind enough to showcase CSI’s partnership with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), a national organization that works with abused and neglected children in foster care.
If you are interested in helping with the issue of domestic violence in a hands on manner, becoming a CASA is an invaluable way to help children who have been removed from violent homes. CASA volunteers get extensive training before they are assigned specific cases by juvenile judges, and they work alongside the attorneys and social workers involved in the case to investigate the child’s situation and make recommendations about what is in the best interests of the child. If you are interested in learning more about CASA please go to NationalCASA.org or contact the CASA office in your area.
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