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Jun 14, 2009 Letters
Dear Editor,
Violence against our womenfolk in Guyana is on the rise with each act of abuse becoming more and more gruesome – the latest victim being Miss Charmaine Mckay of Bachelors Adventure.
It is alleged that the perpetrator of this crime is her common law husband. She is the latest addition to the growing list of women who suffer at the hands of their male counterparts.
Though barbaric and reprehensible, these acts of domestic violence or crimes of passion are the stark reality that too many of the suspects go unpunished and I am afraid this last incident would go the way of countless others before it. The victims are more often than not the reason for these criminals walking free; they simply do not litigate. Even if they do, many of the victims stay away from court proceedings or they might deliberately give conflicting accounts of the matter, thus causing such cases to be thrown out.
A classic example was the woman who was saved by an observant police officer at a road block, the policeman rescued her from an irate boyfriend who threatened to kill her with a sword he had in his possession.
Ironically, this woman failed to prosecute her boyfriend, and this is the gut feeling I get when I read of such cases of abuse. Women, you need to stop protecting the men who abuse you, stop pretending that these men “love” you, they do not, abusive men never change; the situation only gets worse.
Women need to empower themselves by seeking legal redress when they are caught up in abusive relationships. You are the only ones who can free yourself from this scourge; there will be no reverse in the trend if women fail to stand up for their rights. There is no other way.
Neil Adams
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