Violence Against Women and There Really Is A First Time

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The violence against Women critique of, if he beat her now he must have beat her in the past, as directive to abused and assaulted Women to get out of negative and unwholesome relationships is lazy reasoning cloaked as commonsensical deductions.  Because the reality is there is always a first time when violence and brutality is expressed in a relationship.

Unless we are saying that there isn't any redemption for perpetrators of violence is a relationship and once that rubicon is crossed the only recourse is the dissolution of the relationship.  Then the practical thing we should do is listen to minds that instruct us that the first and fundamental taboo in an society even taking precedence over the taboo of homicide is:  The male, a Man should never ever under any circumstance assault, batter or dehumanize a female or Women.

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