TW: Abuse, SA, Custody 

Tess shares her story with us for the first time. We walk through abuse and how it manifests as a “slow grow”. We talk about SA in a 6 year long relationship and how we need to remove the notion that to be assaulted only happens in a dark alleyway. How we’re missing the mark as a society asking women “Why they stayed?” rather than asking men “Why they abuse?” We discuss financial abuse and the way that women are stripped of their independence in order to be dependent on the man. All things post separation abuse and how abuse doesn’t end after abuse when you share children. Thank you Tess for opening up your story to us here at What was her name, we love you!