Canada: Atlantic Ballet focuses on domestic violence

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2010-12-29 19:53

Article here. Excerpt:

'The Atlantic Ballet's latest production is an effort to raise awareness about domestic abuse.

Susan Chalmers-Gauvin, CEO of the Moncton, N.B.-based ballet company, says Ghosts of Violence will be on tour across the country.

"The most shocking statistic, I think, is the fact that the largest number of women killed are under the age of 25 years, so we really would like to be able to reach out to that younger demographic," said Chalmers-Gauvin.'

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"The most shocking statistic, I think, is the fact that the largest number of women killed are under the age of 25 years, so we really would like to be able to reach out to that younger demographic," said Chalmers-Gauvin.'

She means reach out to the young demographic and teach them feminist doctrine.

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Submitted by fondueguy on Thu, 2010-12-30 03:47

Wow, I'm surprised by some of the excellent comments on the CBC website even though most of the voters don't agree with them.

I like this one comment in particular: "Amazing. But very telling.

I don't normally watch the thumb thingys but I had time to spare. In the space of ten minutes zero downvotes turned to nine.

Nobody posted anything. Nobody had the courage to respond to the victim who was speaking out on behalf of himself and so many others.

Nothing but demeaning, downgrading denial."

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Submitted by the_captain on Thu, 2010-12-30 19:59