Silence Is The Enemy

"Do you know that millions of women around the world look up to you? Okay, maybe not so specifically, but to us, as American women. Violence against women is a global issue – one that each of us has the opportunity to take positive action in..."

"Ask yourself – as a woman living in the US, are you honoring your potential to help set a precedent? Regardless of how we actually view our reality as Americans, the truth remains that there is a starry-eyed ideal often held on to by women from other countries about how life must be for us here or maybe more accurately, how life may be for them if they were here..."

"We think abuse is something that happens to other people; to women in lesser developed nations or low income environments... "

"The truth is that abuse does happen to all of us – if it is allowed to continue anywhere, then it continues to be a threat to our health, happiness and safety as well as to those we love, regardless of where we live or may come from..."

For this complete article, please visit my Inspired column on the Michigan Women's Forum.

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Hear No Evil, See No Evil - How Absolutely Disgusting

Bravo to Keira Knightly for being a part of the Women's Aid ad campaign to help raise awareness about domestic violence.

Amazingly, the video is receiving criticism for going "too far" and being "ugly" and "violent". Um, hello?! What the hell do these genius critics think domestic violence is? Pretty?

Part of the problem with our society, in my opinion, is the fact that so many people choose to ignore the truth and would rather not be upset by such images.

You should be upset. It should piss you off immensely that there is probably a woman in your neighborhood, school, work, church or even family that is being hit, yelled at, threatened, living in constant fear, stress and uncertainty and yet still this topic is shunned as seemingly "too disturbing to acknowledge" by so many, maybe even you.

The most disturbing and "ugly" decision is the one that chooses not to listen, see or speak the truth about an epidemic we can work together to overcome. Domestic violence really happens to real women - this video is no where near an exaggeration - it's just that most women are too scared and ashamed to admit it and most suspecting "friends" would rather not be "disturbed"... how very sad and frankly, sickening.

Silence, ignorance and inaction are disgusting, not a video raising awareness.