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Rosie Batty: Men can sometimes see women as a possession
Rosie Batty will appear on Tuesday’s episode of Interview with Andrew Denton, speaking about her experience with domestic violence.
From what will no doubt be a compelling chat, a preview has been released where Rosie speaks against her main critic Mark Latham.
“He said that men beat up women because they naturally hate them,” Andrew Denton said. “Is that why men commit acts of violence?”
“I hope not, that’s not how I look at it,” Rosie responded. “I think men have a sense of privilege and entitlement and they can see women as a possession and [also] their children.”
Rosie then went on to speak about how generations of the past encouraged the ideal that the man was “the head of the house” and women and ones to “love, honour and obey”.
“You can talk to many generations of women, of grandma’s and their grandma’s before them, ‘you made your bed, you had to lie in it’,” she said.
“So there was nowhere to go and if you were experiencing violence, there was no one to turn to,” she continued.
“For the police, it was just domestic. There are many stories that they didn’t want to get involved in domestics, [but] that’s changed. It’s still not perfect, but it has changed exponentially.”
Rosie went through the unspeakable tragedy of seeing her husband murder her only child, Luke, at age 11 in 2014.
You can watch the full interview on Tuesday 19 June at 8.45pm.
If you are concerned about the mental health of yourself or a loved one, seek support and information by calling Lifeline 13 11 14, Mensline 1300 789 978, or Kids Helpline 1800 551 800.
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