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SFGE informs campus
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
By: Beth Prusaczyk
Issue date: 10/12/06 Section: LifeStyle
Tina Turner is more than just a soul-singing, hip-shaking, looks-great-at-any-age legend. She also is unfortunately the victim of domestic violence.
Turner stars as herself in the biographical movie "What's Love Got To Do With It," in which she finds the courage to leave her abusive husband and singing partner, Ike Turner. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Students For Gender Equality will screen the movie this month.
SFGE President Kara Miller said the movie will screen sometime the week after fall break, but they have yet to set a specific date or time. In addition to the film, Miller, a senior video production and German major, said SFGE is printing flyers with domestic violence statistics to post around campus. Miller also said they have chalked the statistics on sidewalks around campus.
Miller said it is important for college students to be aware of domestic violence because it gives them an understanding of the problem and puts them in a better position to help anyone that might be affected.
"The expression that we use a lot this month is 'domestic violence feeds on silence,'" Miller said. "Nothing is worse for someone experiencing abuse than for people to think the problem doesn't exist, isn't that bad, doesn't happen to someone like them, or, God forbid, that it's their fault."
Patrick Stack, director of Counseling and Life Development at Webster, said domestic violence affects everyone within the family system. He said there is a great likelihood that children who witness abuse will repeat the pattern. However, Stack said the good thing is that adults have a choice to do something about it, such as talk to a therapist or a member of the clergy.
There are different kinds of abuse, such as physical, emotional and psychological, Stack said. Withholding affection, playing mind games and even a tone of voice also can all be forms of abuse.
"When dealing with somebody, you have to ask yourself, 'Would I treat a total stranger the way I treat this person?'" Stack said. "The answer is 'no.'"
Turner stars as herself in the biographical movie "What's Love Got To Do With It," in which she finds the courage to leave her abusive husband and singing partner, Ike Turner. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Students For Gender Equality will screen the movie this month.
SFGE President Kara Miller said the movie will screen sometime the week after fall break, but they have yet to set a specific date or time. In addition to the film, Miller, a senior video production and German major, said SFGE is printing flyers with domestic violence statistics to post around campus. Miller also said they have chalked the statistics on sidewalks around campus.
Miller said it is important for college students to be aware of domestic violence because it gives them an understanding of the problem and puts them in a better position to help anyone that might be affected.
"The expression that we use a lot this month is 'domestic violence feeds on silence,'" Miller said. "Nothing is worse for someone experiencing abuse than for people to think the problem doesn't exist, isn't that bad, doesn't happen to someone like them, or, God forbid, that it's their fault."
Patrick Stack, director of Counseling and Life Development at Webster, said domestic violence affects everyone within the family system. He said there is a great likelihood that children who witness abuse will repeat the pattern. However, Stack said the good thing is that adults have a choice to do something about it, such as talk to a therapist or a member of the clergy.
There are different kinds of abuse, such as physical, emotional and psychological, Stack said. Withholding affection, playing mind games and even a tone of voice also can all be forms of abuse.
"When dealing with somebody, you have to ask yourself, 'Would I treat a total stranger the way I treat this person?'" Stack said. "The answer is 'no.'"
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