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Abusive people will stop at nothing when their bullying and abuse is forced to a stop. That Shehla Rashid has to defend herself by publicly talking about her father's abuse is an example of abusive men pushing women into a corner so that they react. +
So many men saying vile things under her note. Even through their vileness I hope they'll reflect and see all the times they've been bullies to women in their lives and what's sated, temporarily, the self loathing they carry with them within. Because you cannot be a decent +
Person if you say the things these men are saying to Shehla in reply, a woman who has just spoken about growing up in an abusive home, where community intervention was sought even 15 years ago, where a woman and her children tiptoe around a man who cannot be good to them +
Let's just remember how many times, in how many ways each of us, irrespective gender, have shielded abusers in our personal lives because of a sense of loyalty - either to the person, or to a sense of social propriety. Let's remember the times we haven't talked about it to our
Closest friends because we don't want to tarnish a reputation, because we feel loyalty. Do also then imagine what it takes for Shehla to talk to total strangers about not just herself but also her mother, an individual in her own right who has been humiliated for years.
May it never happen that you or I be put through this. The burning embarrassment of witnessing that you come from a dysfunctional home is painful enough without making it public.
