Join Lindsay as she interviews Meghan Raynes from the Exponent blog about the issue of domestic violence. Meghan (Mraynes) is currently pursuing a Master of Public Administration with an emphasis in Domestic Violence Policy. Mraynes is also the mother to three children.
Read some of her amazing blog posts here:
Meghan’s advice to a Mormon victim of DV.
Meghan’s advice on how to help a victim.
Power & Control and Equality Wheels.
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Powerful. Thank you so much Lindsay and Megan. I can’t wait until Megan is on again.
“You don’t need to apologize for your experience being less traumatic than someone else’s. What matters is what that experience did to you.”
I have often felt apologetic that I got out of my relationship the first time he actually laid hands on me in anger. I wasn’t beaten. But there is no doubt in my mind that I would have been by now, had I tolerated him literally pushing me out of the house when I failed to placate his growing anger with me.
I think if everyone could recognize abusive dynamics while they were still in the emotional preparatory phase, we could almost eliminate physical domestic violence.
Thank you for this.