It's great to bring awareness about such a serious issue and I am glad it has sparked some good discussions among the students. The only problem is...
I life in constant fear of accidentally saying "Domestic Discipline" in stead of violence...because I'm so used to discipline being the next word!! It just naturally flows in my head. I think about it all the time and I hear "Discipline" much more often than I do "violence."
It's like someone saying "Go above and!"
You naturally have to finish the sentence with "Beyond!"
I know the two are very, very different things. I just have to be very, VERY conscious about what I say and speak slowly so I don't have to answer a lot of questions!!
Totally understand JJ. You need to borrow Stormy's definition and start thinking in terms of Domestic Harmony (DH) instead of DD. Then if you slip, you can say that a friend of yours refers to her marriage that way. ;) The cartoon has me ROFL.
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LOL Yes but unlike Stormy (I LOVE HER) but unlike her, I don't mind the word "discipline" hehe :) But DH does work as well!! I googled "Freudian slips" and that came up and I thought you all would love it! :D
DeleteJJ, it is funny how both words stand out to me more-- Domestic and Discipline. Also the abbreviation for Domestic Discipline is DD and I've used DD for "direct deposit" change in a job and so everytime I wrote DD my mind did a double flip of that Direct Deposit or Domestic Discipline. Cute Cartoon. Hope you are having a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteLOL that is so funny!! There have been so many things that people say or initials or innuendoes where I want to say something DD related and I have to bite my tongue! :)
DeleteOH no, you don't want to mix those up. Good luck JJ!
ReplyDeletehehe thanks! I was extremely careful and I think I made it through without slipping up! :)
DeleteThat is a hilarious cartoon! I really lol'd for real!
ReplyDeleteThe thing about mixing it up and if you accidentally say "Domestic Discipline" out loud...
if they actually know what it means, you may have just made a new friend! lol
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LOL so true! I venture to say most people on my feminist college campus don't know about DD and if they did they would probably be against it. But I guess you never know for sure!! :D Thanks for the comment!
DeleteOoh, yeah, hope you don't slip! That cartoon is very funny:)
ReplyDeletehehe thanks! :D
DeleteDo you ever mention as part of this campaign that women are perpetrators of domestic violence almost as much as men are, if not more so? It would be a very unpopular stance, but there is lots of data to back it up. Women can be extremely violent!
ReplyDeleteActually yes! We discussed this in my family issues class for about a week! It is very true that women are just as violent as men and there is an unfair standard where men can get arrested for hitting a women but women can beat up on men a lot without consequences. It is very sad but true! Thanks for bringing that up!! :)
DeleteHappy LOL Day, JJ. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThanks SNP! I'm sorry I haven't been around! I'm back now and I'll be getting caught up on everyone's blogs over the next few days! :D
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