Scream quietly or the neighbors will hear
Erin Pizzey
In 1971 Erin Pizzey (who started the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world) wrote 'scream quietly or the neighbours will hear', a book documenting the experiences of battered women.
Domestic violence is nowadays defined as any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been, intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. The abuse can encompass, but is not limited to:
psychological
physical
sexual
financial
emotional
Research shows that domestic violence can be reciprocal, and that women are as equally capable of violence as men, but that it is a deeply cultural gender issue which disproportionately affects women and children.
