Husband Pleads not guilty in wife's beheading
I'm a great big believer in innocent until proven guilty, but I also know that a lot of domestic violence is never convicted, and more than a few murderers have gotten out on technicalities. The man in this story-Muzzammil Hassan-said in the latest installment of this saga that he did not kill his wife.
The original story on CNN-and I may be remembering this incorrectly, so if anyone else remembers differently, please let me know-seemed to infer that he had confessed.
Does anyone have additional info on this?
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Muzzammil Hassan, 44, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, 37, who was killed days after she filed for divorce and was granted a restraining order against him.
Folks over in the Rihanna victim blaming threads aka, the 'why-doesn't-she-just-leave' posts need to read this.
So you're saying that women should stay in abusive relationships, because they might get killed if they leave?
i don't think that's what the poster was saying; it's a well documented fact that the most dangerous time for people in abusive relationships is right after they leave the abuser. The problem really doesn't have an easy solution in many cases: I can pretty much guaruntee that a good number of the acquaintence for spouse/ex-spouse murder of a women cases that you see in this country is a domestic violence situation gone to the extreme.
When survivors attempt to leave a relationship, and abusive partner feels his/her power failing and reacts with extreme violence. Several of my clients have been seriously injured and several killed because of that reaction. It's very real, and it's a consideration for many women.
When I said "womanly body" I mean that every woman, regardless of size, should embrace their body. For me, part of being a feminist is embracing what makes me a woman. So if some hips and breasts make me a woman, than I embrace that. If one is more slender and less curvy, they should embrace that. In the case of Jessica, she has bedroom furniture curves, thus that is her womanly body and should embrace it.
I think you are right