Thank you.Thank you Amelia for sharing. And thank you for being the only lady to share. Lived experiences resonate more than my conjecture. TBH I'm really disappointed that more men haven't joined this discussion. Lot's of post likes but very few comments/contributions. It's time for men to own the bad behaviour of their fellow men. Call it out, help your mates, offer solutions and support. make a difference! Stop men killing their loved ones.
The system continues to abuse the victim too which is also another reason women are too scared to leave, alot of the time they are also financially abused so they don't have the means to leave, but also once they leave it gets worse.
If you report it you have to prove yourself over and over, defence lawyers will do whatever they can to discredit your character to show your obviously lying about the abuse, in WA there is only a couple of judges who deal with family and domestic violence meaning it going through the courts can take years, you have to live in fear until they get sentenced IF they get sentenced whilst they continue to abuse you through the courts, it's awful. You have to be so strong and alot of women are broken down that they just give up meaning that man is free to do it again to them or to someone else.
It's pretty scary how common it it and how long the delay is for it to go through the courts.