Run Jane Run

[mercuryblues]

Very big trigger warning at the link, for her story.

http://girltalkhq.com/author-jane-wells-details-domestic-abuse-law-forced-stay/

Meet Jane Wells. On the surface she looks like a normal woman, but what lies beneath is a story of heartbreak and pain beyond what many of us can even comprehend. Jane is a victim and a survivor of domestic violence, but she has paid a heavy price for her freedom today. When Jane first contacted us and told us her story, we were taken aback. But when she told us she was forced by the law to stay with her abuser, we couldn’t believe what we were reading. October is domestic violence awareness month so it was fitting that she share this interview with you.

Her story is outlined in a book called ‘Run Jane Run‘ and it is a shocking reminder that domestic violence is not something that happens to people far far away, it is happening to people around us every day. We’ve seen the issue of domestic violence being discussed a lot in the media lately because of the various sports stars who have been caught on tape abusing their wives. We’re talking of course about ex-Baltimore Ravens football player Ray Rice whose leaked video of him knocking out his wife in an elevator sparked a nationwide outrage over the coverup that often happens in domestic abuse cases.

The most important aspect is that we can’t allow the news media circus to take away that the victims are the ones who deserve the most attention and deserve to have their voices heard. Because it is from them that we will learn the most as a society what actually goes on behind closed doors, and the many barriers some women (and men) face in unlikely areas, as you will see in Jane’s story below.

[ismnotwasm]

1. I was just talking with a woman

For whom English is a second language, and she painfully described getting stabbed by her partner, and how for months she was afraid to go outside, was terrified of groups of men, how she would wake up swearing and in tears. How she still gets afraid sometimes.

I believe it was because of her lack of resources, and ability to express herself well in English noone ever told her about PTSD. She had no clue what it was even though she had classic symptoms.

[mercuryblues]

2. women

in this position have enough obstacles when they try to leave. A language barrier compounds the problem. Way down in the article she gives some good advice on ways to prepare to leave. Things that an outsider can say and do and so on.

[nomorenomore08]

3. I never stop being shocked and appalled at the things people do to those they claim to love.

The human capacity for cruelty is truly bottomless.