The Human of Being: Take back the night ...

My blogging activity has been poor recently due to the mountain of work that is currently building up in my diary. This week has been a busy one, with admissions tests and mock exams, so on Friday nights I like to relax and read some emails...

With being a part of the "Stop the Violence" campaign network, I regularly get informed of other great charities who support our cause. Tonight, ironically, the organisation I am looking at is called Take Back the Night - Website can be found

http://www.takebackthenight.org/

A woman walks alone down a dark, deserted street. With every shadow she sees and every sound she hears, her pounding heart flutters and leaps in her chest. She hurries her pace as she sees her destination draw closer. She is almost there. She reaches the front door, goes inside, collects herself, and moves on. The lock she secures helps her to forget, at least for tonight, the gripping fear that momentarily consumed her.

Take Back the Night Foundation seek to end sexual assualt, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual abuse and all other forms of sexual violence. It aims to create safe environments and respectful relationships. As highlighted on of my previous posts I reiterated the silence that is violence against women ... WAGGGS Stop the Violence campaign along with other organisations such as Take Back the Night aim to turn this silence into a shout!

Personally, the aim of creating respectful relationships is one that I believe will be a large task. The stigma of relationships, teenage especially, is that you let the male be in control and the female is inferior, and relies on the male ... she has the status of "in a relationship" therefore has lost all independence ... NO this isn't how it should be!

Girls, remember L'oreal says "you're worth it!" ... You are worth so much more than to be abused in a relationship (both emotionally, mentally and physically) and you definitely don't deserve any of it!