Cherchez la Femme: Feminism and Violence
The October 2015 CLF show focused on an important, and timely, topic: violence against women. Our panellists for the night were Nabila Farhat, Jax Jacki Brown, Fiona McCormack, Grace Lee, and Celeste Liddle. The show was hosted by Karen Pickering, and held at the Melba Spiegeltent in Collingwood
@ThatPickering acknowledging horrifying statistics- women murdered through violence in Aus this year stands at 67. 2 per week. #clfvaw- You can find statistics on the number of women murdered due to violence at Destroy the Joint's "Counting Dead Women" project, here:
- During the show, Celeste talked about her own "Counting Dead Aboriginal Women" project. You can find it here:
Rantings of an Aboriginal FeministSince the beginning of the year, following a similar confronting poll which was run by feminist organisations in the UK last year, two polls have been running. The first one, tallied by Destroy the Joint, is entitled "Counting Dead Women 2015" and has been focussing on all women killed in violent attacks.- Up to 40% of trans women report being assaulted by their domestic partner- @Miss_GraceLee #CLFVAW
- According to the Our Watch website, violence can be classified as:
- Physical eg slapping, hitting, choking, stabbing
- Sexual eg rape, harassment, being forced to watch pornography, sexual pressure and coercion, sexualised bullying, sexual harassment, unwanted kissing or sexual touching
- Emotional or psychological eg isolating the person from friends, family, culture, threats against children, threats to commit suicide or self-harm
- Economic eg withholding money, controlling family finances, taking out loans in a partner’s name without consent
- Stalking eg repeated following, watching or harassing.
- For more info on the statistics that women with disabilities face when they encounter violence, check out the Women With Disabilitie Australia website:
- 'Double the Odds' - Domestic Violence and Women with Disabilities - Women With Disabilities AustraliaWritten by Sue Salthouse and Carolyn Frohmader. This paper was presented to the 'Home Truths' Conference, Sheraton Towers, Southgate, Melbourne 15 -17 September 2004. Copyright 2004. 1. Introduction I would like to begin by acknowledging the people of the Woiworung nation on whose land we stand today.
- "Why do men hurt women?". Is there a definitive answer? Asks @ThatPickering. #CLFVAW
- Men are, statistically speaking, more likely to be the perpetrators of violence against other people of all genders. For more information, please see this 2013 ABS report:
- 4906.0 - Personal Safety, Australia, 2012PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE The 2012 PSS collected detailed information from men and women aged 18 years and over about their experience of violence since the age of 15 by different types of male and female perpetrators. Perpetrator types include current partner, previous partner, boyfriend/girlfriend or date, other known man/woman, and stranger.
