tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post2335594528802169144..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Intimate Partner Violence at the OperaStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-76060063215905147462008-11-17T19:29:00.000-09:002008-11-17T19:29:00.000-09:00I read some Robert Benchley and other humor writer...I read some Robert Benchley and other humor writers of the 1930's and they joked about domestic violence. I was galled by it, even taking into consideration the time.<BR/><BR/>We didn't even have our first women's shelters until 1972, and then it was slow going. <BR/><BR/>I just found out that female inmates often go straight back into the bad situations (abusive) because they have no place to go and there is nothing set up to help them get out of the often brutal situations that put them into prison in the first place.<BR/><BR/>In 1976, Nebraska was the first state to abolish marital rape and it wasn't till 1993 that all states had laws against it. (I remember my ex husband saying, "If I can't rape my wife, who can I rape?" He soon found out who he COULDN'T rape.) <BR/><BR/>You are very right in ways this could be presented with a talk on abuse, but it was being advertised with glamor. Would glamor and seriousness mix well or take away from the glitz?Tea N. Crumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399889311375477109noreply@blogger.com