Charissa Howe
@revdrcch.bsky.social
Pastor. Writer. Publisher. Amateur musician. Wannabe artist. Hopeless wanderer.
I'm especially looking at you, men. It's largely women leading the fight against DV/IPV, but the powers out there clearly don't care to stop and listen to female voices. We need you to be out there publicly and have our back.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm especially looking at you, men. It's largely women leading the fight against DV/IPV, but the powers out there clearly don't care to stop and listen to female voices. We need you to be out there publicly and have our back.
If you would like information on how to support a local organization that is working to prevent domestic violence and provide anti-violence education in our communities, please let me know. As non-profits and community services agencies are losing funding, every minute and every dollar matter.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you would like information on how to support a local organization that is working to prevent domestic violence and provide anti-violence education in our communities, please let me know. As non-profits and community services agencies are losing funding, every minute and every dollar matter.
The more we as a culture believe the lies about IPV and how people deserve to be treated in their own homes, the more people are at risk of violence in what should be the safest place in the world for them.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The more we as a culture believe the lies about IPV and how people deserve to be treated in their own homes, the more people are at risk of violence in what should be the safest place in the world for them.
"You shouldn't have done anything to provoke him." (Or as the pastor I sought council from in 2001 said, "You really should just work harder to be a better wife.")
This is dangerous. This is appalling. This is the patriarchy at its most condescending and violent.
This is dangerous. This is appalling. This is the patriarchy at its most condescending and violent.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"You shouldn't have done anything to provoke him." (Or as the pastor I sought council from in 2001 said, "You really should just work harder to be a better wife.")
This is dangerous. This is appalling. This is the patriarchy at its most condescending and violent.
This is dangerous. This is appalling. This is the patriarchy at its most condescending and violent.
If you've ever been the victim of intimate partner violence, you've heard this BS before. It's been used to shame you, gaslight you, and make you lose hope.
"What happens at home should stay at home."
"It's a personal issue, don't make it public."
"It's not really as bad as you think it is."
"What happens at home should stay at home."
"It's a personal issue, don't make it public."
"It's not really as bad as you think it is."
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you've ever been the victim of intimate partner violence, you've heard this BS before. It's been used to shame you, gaslight you, and make you lose hope.
"What happens at home should stay at home."
"It's a personal issue, don't make it public."
"It's not really as bad as you think it is."
"What happens at home should stay at home."
"It's a personal issue, don't make it public."
"It's not really as bad as you think it is."
Let me be clear -- he said that crime will never be 100% erradicated because women are reporting things that happen at home that shouldn't be counted as crime.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Let me be clear -- he said that crime will never be 100% erradicated because women are reporting things that happen at home that shouldn't be counted as crime.
An average of 3 women die every day in the US at the hand of a partner. This usually happens in their home. About 75% of these incidents occur when the woman is trying to leave, after many other incidents Trump has just chalked up as "a little fight with the wife" and claimed is not a real crime.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
An average of 3 women die every day in the US at the hand of a partner. This usually happens in their home. About 75% of these incidents occur when the woman is trying to leave, after many other incidents Trump has just chalked up as "a little fight with the wife" and claimed is not a real crime.
This is another shameful attempt to diminish the voices of victims -- especially women. And this is very, very dangerous.
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is another shameful attempt to diminish the voices of victims -- especially women. And this is very, very dangerous.
Then, admitting that the crime isn't 0, this man actually said, "Things that take place in the home, they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime scene. So now I can't claim 100%,"
September 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Then, admitting that the crime isn't 0, this man actually said, "Things that take place in the home, they call crime. You know, they'll do anything they can to find something. If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime scene. So now I can't claim 100%,"