No Visible Bruises

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An award winning journalist s intimate investigation of the true scope of domestic violence, revealing how the roots of America s most pressing social crises are buried in abuse that happens behind closed doors We call it domestic violence We call it private violence Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a global epidemic In America, domestic violence accounts for 15 percent of all violent crime, and yet it remains locked in silence, even as its tendrils reach unseen into so many of our most pressing national issues, from our economy to our education system, from mass shootings to mass incarceration to MeToo We still have not taken the true measure of this problem.In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don t know we re seeing She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths that if things were bad enough, victims would just leave that a violent person cannot become nonviolent that shelter is an adequate response that violence inside the home is separate from other forms of violence like mass shootings, gang violence, and sexual assault Through the stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, and reform movements from across the country, Snyder explores not only the dark corners of private violence, but also its far reaching consequences for society, and what it will take to truly address it. New Read [ No Visible Bruises ] Author [ Rachel Louise Snyder ] – kino-fada.fr This book is a WOW book for me I know about domestic violence and worked briefly at a shelter when I was in college, but the book still blew me away Snyder is the rare author that can make broader points by telling individual stories She sneaks in facts a...A now former Facebook friend posted a meme on his page a few weeks ago a photo of an attractive young woman sighting down the barrel of a gun The caption read This stops rape Not a whistle Every fiber of my being screamed NO Only in America would someone think to put a gun in a woman s hand and say Save yourself I trembled with rage, but I didn t have the arguments, the vocabulary, to understand why that photo enraged me, shook me to my core A week later I began reading Rachel Louise A now former Facebook friend posted a meme on his page a few weeks ago a photo of an attractive young w...There are few books that manage to highlight a complex social issue, show you just how little you understand it, AND THEN provide a litany of ways we as individuals and a society can have a huge impact right now Snyder made me understand that domestic violence impacts every life and society, and then did something that felt amazing in a world of depressing articles and troubling news reports she demonstrated concrete ways to make change She gave me policies to advocate for NO VISIBLE BRUISES There are few books that manage to highlight a complex social issue, show you just how little you understand it, AND THEN provide a litany of ways we as individuals and a society ...It s a global epidemic It affects everyone of every nationality, color, creed and socio economic status It s intimate, personal, and it s terrorism.The MeToo movement and social awareness has raised domestic violence to a higher platform but not high enough.We must break the glass ceiling for all involved including men, women, and children and most certainly families if we are to succeed.I know I m a survivor of domestic violence by a former spouse and malignant narcissism personality trait It s a global epidemic It affects everyone of every nationality, color, creed and socio economic status It s intimate, personal, and it s terrorism.The MeToo movement and social awareness has raised domestic violence to a higher platform but not high enough.We must break the glass ceiling for all involved including men, women, and children and mos...Given the subject matter, clearly a lot of CWs here, particularly around violence and emotional abuseThis is exemplary non fiction I m not totally sure if this should be characterized as narrative non fiction, because while sections of it definitely read that way, other sections arein line with a kind of deep reportage style that is common to a lot of non fiction on these kinds of sociological or cultural topics Taken all ...This is such an important book, and also one of the most well written non fiction books that I have ever read it is an absolute page turner I feel that a copy of this should be sent to every law maker in America, to help understand how to combat one of the leading causes of d...Everyone who might want to save another person s life needs to read this book.This is not an easy book to read For some reason I expectedstatistics or adry recounting of facts.But it s very journalistically specific It tells the story of a young woman who came under the complete influence of an older man He had coercive control over her She was fourteen when they met They had two children together before she graduated from high school.Many of the principles for recognizing wha Everyone who might want to save another person s life needs to read this book.This is not an easy book to read For some reason I expectedstatistics or adry recounting of facts.But it s very journalistically specific It tells the stor...Not an easy read, but a compelling one Snyder has turned out a first rate piece of research and writing that will shock and appall you I hope this book winds every major prize possible, and that it gets tons of attention ...This book is absolutely heartbreaking, but it s also 100% necessary It s terrifying TERRIFYING But it s required reading You should read it I m not kidding.I know that I m going to be thinking about this book for a really long time, and it has radically informed what I thought I knew about intimate partner terrorism domestic violence I m just in awe of this book Also, the read time in no way indicates how compelling the book is I constantly wanted to be reading it, but I also needed b This book is absolutely heartbreaking, but it s also 100% necessary It s ...This is probably the most important book I ll ever read in my life.

No Visible Bruises
  • 03 November 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 320 pages
  • Rachel Louise Snyder
  • No Visible Bruises