The person who suffers psychological, financial and emotional abuse often feels lost and unaccounted for within a system that doesn’t give much room to speak about the trauma of this abuse variant.
Within the context of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), what does a person have to complain about when they are not being physically harmed, right?
WRONG!
The sinister outcomes of this type of abuse must also take precedence in the GBV discourse in every setting where GBV solutions are being negotiated and established, especially because the abuser has the tendency to acclimatize and morph into the appearance of “goodness” and “success”. Consequently, anyone who experiences this should see themselves being represented into this conversation so that the shame and silence, because of this, can be forever erased. After all, psychological, financial, and emotional abuse often leads to trauma with sinister outcomes that are hardly raised as part of the GBV discourse. Aside from financial regression and poverty retention, the effects of financial abuse, for example, have other devastating impacts that are often not publicly unearthed. According to Pentico (2015), “Financial abuse is devastatingly effective because it’s often not illegal, and it is an invisible tactic of domestic violence[1]”.
Despite this abuse variant occurring across socioeconomic groups and in all types of pretty spaces, THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING! Let us, therefore, re-present this evil and raise awareness so that this abuse variant can be given its dose of chastisement and solution that it deserves. Let us also not wait until the “GBV Orange the World” campaign rolls around in November of each year; the solution-oriented conversation MUST be ongoing throughout the year. Let us reveal this GBV (variant), for what it is!!!
While we figure out ways to do this, please enjoy/ruminate on the reading of Mr. Pen Man (which addresses the GBV variant), from the book of poetry, Fifty Poems with Zero Fs to Give by yours truly, Stacey A Palmer.
[1] Director of economic justice programs, National Network to End Domestic Violence
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This is my favourite section: “Aside from financial regression and poverty retention, the effects of financial abuse, for example, have other devastating impacts that are often not publicly unearthed.” Financial independence is something that a lot of victims do not possess, and it’s a fairly difficult state to attain.
Wonderful…….love the information
THE SILENCE IS DEAFENING! Let us, therefore, re-present this evil and raise awareness so that this abuse variant can be given its dose of chastisement and solution that it deserves. I will take this part from it, great content.