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Wife Beaters ...

...and I don't mean the shirt.
Just recently the Mexican government has launched an awareness campaign against domestic violence. For decades, women have suffered in practical silence while their husbands struck them and even beat them for offenses real and imagined. Currently, there are several public service announcements in television, print and radio media encouraging women to report domestic violence and not be afraid.
I am an outsider, so I have to be careful about how I phrase certain admonitions and rebukes. However, this is one of those issues that despite the social tolerance it has enjoyed for decades, I cannot in good conscience allow people to continue thinking that domestic violence is the norm. Sadly, this practice of striking women exists in the church as well as outside of it. That is not to say that it is present in all families. However, it does exist.
Socially acceptable or not, I refuse to wink at this practice. As long as I am able, I will continue to hold at arms length all of those men who think that they are entitled to strike their wives whether in anger or discipline. They will not be afforded the same rights and priviliges to participate as the rest of the congregation until they demonstrate a repentant attitude regarding their misbehavior.

posted on Apr 13, 2008 2:03 PM ()

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Glad your trying to do something about it..
comment by elfie33 on Apr 16, 2008 2:20 PM ()
Amen.
comment by kristilyn3 on Apr 14, 2008 1:13 PM ()
Glad to hear you feel this way.
comment by nittineedles on Apr 14, 2008 12:15 AM ()
Abuse of all forms happens more often than most people want to admit. I don't believe that a man has the right to 'discipline' his wife. There are many that suffer, here in the United States, in domestic violence relationships. I am a survivor myself, as are my children. We managed to leave the abuse on Oct. 22, 2000. Thank you for your personal stance against abusers. Whether or not you are aware of it, you are advocating for victims and survivors of abuse. Thank you.
comment by hopefields on Apr 13, 2008 10:55 PM ()
I am actually for it as discipline then again I live in a different subculture than you I am sure though I do frown on the united States butting into the customs of other countries.(that was not so much for you)
comment by mmmhollywould on Apr 13, 2008 4:46 PM ()
Sounds much the same as the Middle-Eastern countries (Sharia Law) which we are at war with! Our country's next invasion perhaps?
comment by oldfatguy on Apr 13, 2008 3:19 PM ()

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