WOMEN WHO THINK HITTING THEIR HUSBAND IS FUNNY
Coalition to End Domestic Violence
April 24, 2021
One of the common refrains from domestic violence activists is, “There’s no excuse for domestic violence.” But apparently some persons haven’t taken this message to heart.
Speaking of her husband, singer Amy Winehouse once bragged, “I’ll beat up Blake when I’m drunk … If he says one thing I don’t like then I’ll chin him.”[i] Other women were equally amused their violent tendencies:[ii]
- “I bounced an alarm clock off my husband’s head from across the room once.”
- “I’ve had many satisfying dreams where I beat up my ex. If I saw him again, I don’t think I’d be able to restrain myself.”
- “Yeah, I’ve punched the sh*t out of a guy. But I don’t like to brag.”
Ann Silvers, a counselor and author of the book, “Abuse of Men By Women,” highlights this continuing problem in a recent YouTube video about “Women’s Violence in Media.” Silver admits, “I’m really frustrated by the amount of times we see that depicted…It’s emboldened, it’s applauded, it’s laughed at.” Silvers gives several examples:
- Romantic comedies such as Fool’s Gold
- Commercials, such as a woman throwing a can of soda at the man
- In the movie Frozen, in which the girl violently hits the guy
Silvers reveals that in her own counseling practice, she continues to see abusive women: “They’ll come in and a couple will tell me a story about her hitting him. And I’ll look at them both and say, ‘You know, that’s not OK.’ And at times I’ve gotten this look from women, ‘That was OK, I get to do that!'”
“If we’re going to justify somebody hitting somebody else, that’s exactly what’s wrong in partner abuse,” Silvers concludes.
Links:
[i] Amy Winehouse beats up her husband when she’s drunk. Starpulse News Blog. June 12, 2007. http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/12/amy_winehouse_beats_up_her_husband_when_
[ii] Roberts C. Women who batter, proudly. Ifeminists.net October 5, 2007. http://www.ifeminists.net/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.233