- •Life in the 90s
- •Too Many or Too Few?
- •Britain Today
- •A View of the City
- •Theme one Family Life
- •The Odd Couple
- •How Battered Wives Can Learn to Leave
- •One Beating Every 15 Seconds
- •Why She Didn't Leave
- •The Double Life of Batterers
- •Making the Break
- •After the Shame: a New Life
- •Can Abusive Husbands Be Cured
- •1. Find out in the story the proof of the following statements:
- •2. Now think about and discuss the following questions and statements:
- •Civil Cases
- •Here Come the dinKs
- •Independently from their parents is changing.
- •Show Me the Way to Go Home
- •Vocabulary
- •Questions and activities comprehension questions
- •Discussion questions
- •Group activities
- •Theme two a Place to Live and Work
- •Little Has Changed on the Streets of London
- •Unemployment
- •Migration
- •Theme three work and study Equal at Work
- •Unit two Communication
- •The Press in Britain
- •Language in the News
- •Theme one Getting the Message Across Publicising the Circus
- •You Too Could Become a Communication Expert
- •In Just 15 Minutes
- •The Development of Advertising
- •Living in Portugal
- •Theme two First Impressions
- •Text a The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
- •Gestures
- •«Open» and «Closed» gestures
- •Clothes
- •Text в Girl Talk - Where You Can Buy Success in the Coffee Break
- •It is from your self-image that you:
- •Language Awareness: The Language of Newspapers Special Vocabulary
- •Style in the Tabloids
- •Theme three The Media
- •Out of Print
- •The Press at Work
- •Talking Points a. Read the extract, and answer the questions which follow
- •The Internet-Ready Resume
- •Job Applications
- •Unit three Reputation
- •In meaning to:
- •Theme two Public Image Circus People
- •The Cockney Hero with a Difference
- •Chanel public fame and private enigma
- •Robert Browning
- •A Brief History of Time
- •The Hawking Story
- •Theme three Two Women
- •Mother Teresa
- •С. Read the text and answer the questions that follow. Hounding of the Princess
- •Confronted
- •Why Diana moved us so
- •It was Tony Time
- •Section two rendering
- •Render the text in English and discuss the main points. Письма в «Тайме»
- •Принцесса Анна
- •Цена славы
- •Количество смертей, вызванных насилием в семье, значительно снизилось в графстве Санта Клара
- •I. Language focus.
- •Ш. The film discussion.
- •IV. Extention.
- •I. Discussion of the film.
- •III. Discussion of the language.
- •Diana Interviewed
- •An Interview with Margaret Thatcher
- •I. Lead-in. Discuss with other students:
- •IV. Name the three factors which, according to m. Thatcher, made up Britain.
- •V. Express your own opinion of pr technologies and political views of Margaret Thatcher.
- •Section four sample tests
- •The Fast No-fuss Way To Make Your Dreams Come True
- •Incur..........
Making the Break
So why don't battered women leave? Contrary to popular perceptions, most do. Battered women leave even though studies show that leaving can be very dangerous. When the batterer is no longer in control, he characteristically responds by escalating the violence. In almost three fourths of spousal assaults, the woman was divorced or separated at the time of the attack. And more women are killed when they try to flee than at any other time.
Leaving an abusive marriage is an enormous psychological and practical undertaking. Further trapping of a battered woman is her emotional dependency on her batterer. Studies have shown a correlation between a battered woman's state of mind and the so-called Stockholm Syndrome, in which prisoners, no matter how maltreated, come to identify with their captors. «A battered wife identifies with her violent husband because she chose this person as a life partner», explains Smith.
Typically, a battered wife makes the break when she can no longer deny the roll the abuse is taking on her children. But without resources, many battered women are stuck. Most abused wives are economically dependent on their abusers. Nicole Brown was an 18-year-old waitress when she met OJ. Simpson. She never had her own income. In Kate Bumham's case, her husband kept her spending on a tight leash, using that as another lever for humiliation and control. By and large, advocates say, women on the run are broke. And there is often nowhere to go. A woman fleeing a violent man often can't run to her family and close friends, because he is sun: there first. And if he's armed, she could be endangering them.
Renting is often not an option because landlords don't rent out advance payment of the first and last month's rent. Then too, moving to a low-end neighborhood holds little appeal for women accustomed to the security and comfort of a middle-class lifestyle. «We hear many women say, I'd rather deal with violence in my home than violence in die streets», says Cusick.
Shelters are usually the option of last resort. Few women have a clue about how to contact a battered-worn en's shelter. In many states battered-women's shelters turn away five women for every two they accept. And if a woman ends up stranded on the streets with her child, the state has a name for that: neglect. It is not at all uncommon, lawyers say, for a batterer to win custody of his children simply because he has more money to care for them. A study by the National Center for Protective Parents found that 63 to 84 percent of men who attempt to win custody succeed - even when there is a history of domestic violence.
After the Shame: a New Life
Against this backdrop, Kate Burnham was courageous enough to break her silence. While Americans still tolerate a grisly level of daily violence, talking openly about domestic abuse is an important beginning. Burnham's decision to speak out about her past means that, for the first time, she has people to turn to for help. «I used to address the world with my head down)), she says. «Now I can walk into a room with people and look someone in the eye when I'm talking to them. For the first time in many years, I can honestly say that I like myself». She has a new job, loyal friends and a new credo. «The one thing I know is, when you keep secrets, it's dangerous».