Creative Speculation

To some you may sound like someone who wants to learn more about abuse of women, and perhaps may even be interested in learning about physical battery of women.

May I suggest a book for you? It is by Hedda Nussbaum. I don't know if you've ever heard of her or lived in New York or if you are a woman or if you stayed home from work to watch the trial on tv against her lawyer-husband-abuser, as she looked like a train ran over her when she was first brought to the public attention, after the death of their adopted daughter, Lisa.

Surprisingly, perhaps, not all women supported her, as some blamed her for "not getting out sooner" or thought she was responsible for her 7 year old daughter's death.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Nussbaum

Analyses

According to D. Kelly Weisberg,[7] the Nussbaum case polarized feminist scholars and activists. Some saw Nussbaum as an archetypal victim of domestic violence whose actions were controlled and restricted not only by her abusive partner, but also by the culture at large that denies the seriousness of abuse in the home. Other leading feminists—notably Susan Brownmiller—suggested that while Nussbaum suffered violence from her partner, she may also have shared full culpability for Lisa's death.[8]



Again, this was an example of physical abuse, as well as other types of abuse.


Thank you again for your thoughtful comment. It's nice to know there are people like you who care about the abuse and potential abuse of women.

From: http://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Intimate-Terrorism-Hedda-Nussbaum/dp/1468086766

Surviving Intimate Terrorism Paperback – January 1, 2012
by Hedda Nussbaum (Author)
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Hedda Nussbaum, battered and bruised after years of domestic torture by her live-in partner, Joel Steinberg, was abruptly thrown into the public spotlight in November 1987 after Steinberg assaulted and killed their daughter, Lisa. This book tells the painful story of Hedda’s 12 years with Steinberg, how she went from quiet book editor to notorious battered woman blamed for her daughter’s death because she didn’t “get out” soon enough. But, as the title suggests, Hedda not only survived the double abuse, but grew strong in the process and went on to become an advocate for other battered women - writing and speaking, teaching women how to stay out of and/or to survive intimate terrorism. In her Prologue, Ms. Nussbaum states the book’s primary purpose: “I pray that my story be an inspiration to women to see the truth before it’s too late and to use their inner strength to save their own lives and those of their children. If this book saves just one child or one mother, I will be content. If it saves even more, I will be fulfilled.” Ms. Nussbaum is a former senior editor at Random House and the author of the children’s books Plants Do Amazing Things and Animals Build Amazing Homes.