What I got from both the Clothesline Project and The Trials of Girlhood, was the importance of raising awareness of the problem. I am a firm believer that awareness and education is first step in making a change. If more people knew just how common domestic violence is, maybe there would be more importance placed on getting help available to not only the victims but the abusers as well. I found the last paragraph of The Trials of Girlhood really sent a message. "In view of these things, why are ye silent, ye free men and women of the north? Why do your tongues not falter in maintenance of the right?" People should never turn a blind eye to any type of domestic violence, and that is what the author was referring to. Just because people don't acknowledge what is going on, doesn't mean that it isn't going on. If someone knows about a domestic violence situation, they should do something about it.
I had never heard of the Clothesline Project before, but I think it is a really creative way to spread awareness, especially since the shirts were mostly designed by survivors of violence. There really need to be a lot more programs like this, maybe as a future social worker, I will create some!
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