The desire to punch someone....

[texaslawchick]

Have ya'll seen the new PSA that Kiera Knightly did?

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I thought it was quite well done, and I hope that the campaign works. My first ever legal job was working at the Houston Area Women's Center as a legal advocate for battered women, and I really understood that this sort of crap happens at all income levels, education levels and societal

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[charlayne]

Great ad.

And the ass may be secretly abusing his own...

Been there, had that, not something I want anyone else to go through. And it's not just hitting, words too.

I'm glad they are going that far.

[charlayne]

BTW,..the youtube is gone, I only got what was in the GMA discussion.

[raithen]

link removed by user. *BiG SIGH* (ps and random: Celosa and Crianza vids were AWESOME!!)

[thatrachie]

I read a very interesting article in The Guardian earlier this week, which is where I first found out about this advert. The view espoused was that the advert was unlikely to do much good because real women couldn't relate properly to a celebrity, especially one who they knew hadn't actually suffered domestic violence.

More importantly, however, the article said that a much bigger impact would be if, say, Brad Pitt appeared in such an advert as the agressor, with the message that anyone is capable of carrying out spousal abuse, but that nobody should simply accept it. This puts the emphasis on naming and shaming the abuser, which, in the long run, is surely going to be the best way of reducing the problem. The victim is in a much stronger position if there is support from their friends (and from the abuser's friends).

I'm still weighing up my feelings about the advert and the article I read, but both are certainly thought-provoking.