Illustrating the kind of asshole the Watchtower Society thinks a “long-suffering” wife ought to endure.Tumblr (3.0; @steveandselma)http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3a8md4cx41rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22113113771http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22113113771Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:54:13 -0400misogynymemeabusiveabusersabusedomestic violenceWatchtowerJehovah's WitnessesJWJWs<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3a86vPB5Z1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Posted today at JWN (@stuckinamovement)</p> <p>Spousal abuse is a blessing.  Truly Orwellian war-is-peace doublethink.</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22112907022http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22112907022Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:44:00 -0400misogynyabuseabusiveabusersWatchtowerJehovah's WitnessesJWJWssexismdomestic violencedisgustingsteveandselma“Domestic violence is still the number one threat to a woman’s life and physical and emotional well-being under the age of 45.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/225127/3/They-just-said-at-the-WT-study-that-the-wife-needs-to-suck-it-up-in-a-abusive-home#4335822">ZeusRocks</a></em>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22111743682http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22111743682Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:57:00 -0400misogynysexismdomestic violencewomen<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WhIL0mXFji4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>REACTION VIDEO: “Out the window….a story of domestic violence” (@slanelcla)</p> <p>This.  Please be sure to listen to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owHErEsHcgA">part 2</a>.</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22110274564http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22110274564Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:08:00 -0400misogynyabuseabusiveabusersJehovah's WitnessesJWJWsWatchtowerwtdomestic violence<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YUT_9S583PA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>REACTION VIDEO: “Jehovah’s Witnesses and Domestic Violence” (@thehappyfreethinker)</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22109063153http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22109063153Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:34:39 -0400misogynysexismsexistJehovah's WitnessesJWJWsWatchtowerwtwife<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39z9wCBxH1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Posted today at JWN (@blindnomore)</p> <p>Another report about how this article was discussed today at the congregation Watchtower study.  Two women discussed their experiences with violently abusive unbelieving husbands; the first tried everything short of leaving the abuser with no success.  The second blamed herself for the abuse and felt she solved the problem by submitting to the abuser.  The study conductor, referring to Selma and Steve, blamed the victim by invoking the Golden Rule; the onus was on Selma to properly “show love” to her abuser.  Also implied is that Selma does not unconditionally deserve “love” (which in this context really means “being treated as an actual human being”) from her spouse.</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22106275346http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22106275346Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:32:00 -0400misogynyabuseabusiveabusersreligionJehovah's WitnessesJWJWsWatchtowerwtsexismsexiststeveandselma<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39yc0eZmU1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Inspired by the 1964 Watchtower article.</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22105170468http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22105170468Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:12:00 -0400misogynysexismsexismsickeningWatchtowerwtJehovah's WitnessesJWJWsdomestic violencedisgusting advicesteveandselmameme<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39u5yC0zn1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Back in 1964, the Watchtower Society told JW spouses that they should “put up with … abuse” as a sort of spiritual duty to give their abusive unbelieving mates “the best opportunity” to embrace the same faith.</p> <p>From the April 15, 1964 Watchtower (p. 249).</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22099477136http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22099477136Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:41:00 -0400misogynyabuseabusiveabuserssexismsexistJehovah's WitnessesJWJWswtWatchtowersteveandselmadisgusting advice“It is profoundly irresponsible, bewilderingly arrogant and grossly negligent on the part of the Governing Body to persist in perpetuating the myth that advice contained in the bible constitutes a one-size-fits-all antidote to any and all cases of domestic violence. I have no way of knowing the true scope of the collateral damage that this approach has inflicted over the years, or the number of women who have been seriously harmed (or worse) by applying such ill-considered advice. All I know is, it must end now before there are any further casualties.”<br/><br/> - <em>@cedars (<a href="http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/won-without-a-word-at-what-cost" title="http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/won-without-a-word-at-what-cost"><a href="http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/won-without-a-word-at-what-cost">http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/won-without-a-word-at-what-cost</a></a>)</em>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22097059138http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22097059138Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:09:00 -0400misogynysexismsexistJehovah's WitnessesJWJWsWatchtowerwtsteveandselma<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39r3bMCsT1rv0fzwo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Posted today at JWN (@life is to short).</p> <p>UPDATE: The same person later wrote: “It is beyond mind blowing listening it. I cannot even wrap my mind around their thinking. No one and I mean no one said it was wrong for Steve to hit Selma. NO ONE! It is unbelievable. The main thing was Selma needed to be more loving to Steve, that is what was stressed by these people who I truly felt for most of my life were sane normal people.”</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22094401709http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22094401709Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:35:00 -0400misogynydomestic violenceabuseabusiveabuserssexismsickeningsteveandselmasexistWatchtowerwtwifeJehovah's WitnessesJWJWs<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JrrESnlxGTI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>VIDEO REACTION: “Reaction to Feb 15 2012 WT” (@erbell98)</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22069980326http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22069980326Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:58:00 -0400misogynydomestic violenceabuseabusiveabusersWatchtowerwtJehovah's WitnessesJWJWsmarriagesexism<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hNtEzntyV60?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>VIDEO REACTION: “The Watchtower, Domestic Violence, and Jehovah’s Witnesses” (@Danmera)</p>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22069427691http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22069427691Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:50:00 -0400misogynydomestic violenceabuseabusiveabusersWatchtowerwtJehovah's WitnessesJWJWswifehusband<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m397muJxlL1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22064022512http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22064022512Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:35:00 -0400misogynyabusersabuseabusiveJehovah's WitnessesJWsJWWatchtowerwifehusbandsexismsickeningSelmaStevememesteveandselmasexistwtdomestic violence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m396iqMMXD1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22062325221http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22062325221Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:11:00 -0400misogynyJehovah's WitnessesJWJWsWatchtowerwifesexismSelmaabusiveabuseatheismabuserssickeningmemesteveandselmasexistwtdomestic violence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2n3f4KozK1r1dluuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scarlettbaltimore.tumblr.com/post/21280302580/i-learned-to-read-with-this-book-i-taught-my">scarlettbaltimore</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>i learned to read with this book</p> <p>i taught my little brother to read with this book</p> <p>this is the shit i was raised on</p> <p>Kids, if you are “forced to lie down with someone” it’s wrong because that’s sex before marriage, not because its rape! And it’s your fault because you were hanging out with the wrong crowd! And if you tell anyone, an entire village could die for your sins!</p> <p>here’s a pretty good parody of this story <a href="http://i.imgur.com/7C4pk.jpg"><a href="http://i.imgur.com/7C4pk.jpg">http://i.imgur.com/7C4pk.jpg</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22055828268http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22055828268Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:36:48 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38jlban521rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22040025872http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22040025872Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:55:00 -0400misogynyabusersabuseabusiveJehovah's WitnessesJWsJWWatchtowerwifereligionsteveandselmasexistwtdomestic violencememe<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38hkjkiME1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22039031649http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22039031649Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:12:00 -0400misogynyJehovah's WitnessesWatchtowerabuseabusiveSelmaabusersreligiondisgustingsteveandselmasexistwtdomestic violencememe<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38hipNZr61rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22039007593http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22039007593Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:11:00 -0400misogynyWatchtowerJehovah's WitnessesabuseabusiveSelmafeminismreligionmemesteveandselmasexistwtdomestic violence<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38hholzdd1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22038994315http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22038994315Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:10:00 -0400misogynyabuseabusiveJehovah's WitnessesWatchtowersteveandselmasexistwtdomestic violencememe<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38hgdV7fY1rv0fzwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22038976683http://steveandselma.tumblr.com/post/22038976683Sun, 29 Apr 2012 05:09:00 -0400misogynyabuseabusiveJehovah's WitnessesWatchtowerfeminismmemesteveandselmasexistwtdomestic violence