South Africa Domestic Abuse Video-Experiment

[Che -Guevara]

A South African advocacy group's powerful ad about the realities of domestic abuse has become an Internet sensation, the Guardian is reporting.

 

Produced by People Opposing Women Abuse (or POWA), the experimental new video begins with a scene showing young musician practicing on a drum set while at home in a Johannesburg apartment complex. Within minutes, miffed neighbors arrive at the man's doorstep and hand him a written warning for creating the noise. Later, a recording of a violent domestic dispute -- complete with sounds of glasses smashing and a woman's screams -- plays at maximum volume, yet none of the neighbors respond. The clip concludes with a stark message: "Every year 1,400 women are killed by their partners."

 

POWA officials say they were astonished at the lack of response to the violent recording. "We were astonished," Fran Luckin, the advertising executive who created the film, told the Guardian. "People complained about the drums within minutes...I think nobody really believes that someone dies in a domestic argument."

 

Attracting over 500,000 views, the video's surge in popularity reportedly comes on the heels of a disturbing survey conducted in South Africa's Gauteng province, which found 37.4% of local men admitting to at least one act of rape.

 

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[Che -Guevara]

So people what would you do if you heard a domestic abuse taking place?

[Haatu]

A guy was once telling me about one experiment socialists conducted. He said a group of people were asked who they would help, a dog with an abusive master or a lady with an abusive partner. Majority of the people said they would help the dog because it would never return to an abusive master, whereas a women will go back to her abusive partner.

[Ismalura]

What would I do? I would prefer to help the women beat her husband up but since that is against the law I would just report it to the authorities.

 

I have zero tolerance for domestic abuse even though I grew up in a place where it is considered ok to a large extent.

[Somalina]

Originally posted by Che -Guevara:

So people what would you do if you heard a domestic abuse taking place?

If I hear it, then I will call the cops!

If I see it, I will call the cops n then I'll throw my cellphone at him (aiming at the nose).

On second thought, I will let my dog Baby take care of the abuser. Let see how he enjoys getting eaten alive.

[Chocolate and Honey]

If I hear it I will DEFINETLY call the police. If I see it, I might tell him to stop while dialing the police. But the tricky thing about domestic abuse is you never know if the woman will thank you or attack you herself. Once a woman is used to the abuse she is like a possesed person, lacking all sense of reasoning.

 

Hada a good friend of mine baan waxaan ka kari la'nahay a man who hit her more than once. She started romanticizing the whole shit. One day she'll swear off of him, the next they're together all lovey-dovey. The family is scared shitless.