The Australian attack against women occurred recently in Bondi, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
A white man got a knife (thank you gun laws) then ran around, stabbing women and babies in a large shopping centre (mall). He avoided men and only ended the life of one as he was a security guard trying to apprehend him alone. Everyone else fled while he stabbed a baby then stabbed the babies mother, the mother passed. He also ended the life of 5 other women & injured more.
It has been all over social media so I don't want to be annoying & repeat it all. I briefly introduce it for my wonderful listeners in other countries, but don't go on about the same things.
However, I add to the voices of women saying we have had enough.
I also discuss the public mental health system having worked in it. I also tell you how my perpetrator had no idea the lengths women go to in order to keep safe from men. While we 'can' do things legally, I explain how a defence barrister will tear you apart if you do break the unwritten rules such as 'women should not go outside at night unless accompanied by a male suitor'. Its not the law but it is an unwritten rule that if a woman goes outside at night without a male suitor, this is akin to a man climbing a cliff face without a harness so was 'asking for it'.
We are told we shouldn't go out due to the dangerous men while simultaneously being gaslit that men aren't dangerous, that we are the problem and being raped or murdered is our fault.
I also realised when I say "Stay safe" at the end of each episode- while I meant to empower women to leave abusive situations, I no longer wish to say that. It's not on us to stay safe. Its on men to stop murdering, raping and abusing us. So 'stay risky', live your life like a man- my gut twanged as I wrote that because it's so dangerous to do that. Still, not your fault.
Misogynists and internalised mysogynistic women need to explore why we have taught generations of girls to always "keep themselves safe" and it's their fault if a man harms them. Does this not mean men are dangerous? Or we are just not serving our men in a way they wish, therefore should expect punishment?
I send all families of those lost the highest of condolences & those recovering in hospital or at home, in pain, with wounds and scars that are yet to form, I also think of you.
Change is coming but only the more we talk and talk about it. Men spread the notion that women who speak on those things are crazy to silence us, and it worked.......until now.
Ill sacrifice my image and be called crazy if it helps just one woman in the future not go through what myself and others have.
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