A Sister sent an email to me and other Sisters this week with a link to an article that was printed in the August 5th Kaieteur News, titled, “Following spate of domestic violence… Don’t leave our men out of the counseling set-up.” While this Sister completely agreed with the notion in the article of involving the men in the process of eliminating domestic violence, she was outraged at what a “community leader” had to say about the role women play in being beaten and murdered.
First of all, it is important to point out that the person making these statements is not identified in the article. This fact alone lends to serious credibility issues – both from the person Kaieteur News refers to as a “community leader” and from the newspaper itself. There was no good reason to grant anonymity for such an article and if this leader could not bear the responsibility for the public statements she made, then she should not make them public.
According to the article, this anonymous community leader said “From speaking to both sexes, she believes that there are cases in which women are living beyond their means and nagging their spouses to provide things that they
