[ID] RODNEY LENTIT: MEMBERS' STATEMENT ON VERBAL ABUSE
08 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Mr RODNEY LENTIT says there is a weapon that destroys the family unit on a daily basis; and it is the SHARP TONGUE of many fathers, husbands and male relatives in ALL communities and in ALL walks of life...
Deputy Speaker...
Last week, I felt a familiar PAIN as an Honourable Member of this House
reminisced on the emotional abuse that she had to endure for the sake
of her children. Painful!
There is a weapon that destroys the family unit on a daily basis; and
it is the SHARP TONGUE of many fathers, husbands and male relatives in
ALL communities and in ALL walks of life.
Ek kan nog duidelik onthou hoe my biologiese pa, my ma agter gelaat
het vir groener weivelde. ‘n Paar jaar later moes ek en my jonger broer
aanskou hoedat ‘n eers goed gesinde stiefpa daagliks op ‘n
agresiewe verbale wyse ons ma verneder. Hy het wel finansiel en op
alle vlakke van ons kinder jare goed na ons omgesien; maar die
emosionele mishandling en vernedering voor vreemde mense was
PYNLIK.
My mummy moes dit alles verduur want die welstand van haar kinders was
vir haar meer belangriker as die uitlatings van sy skerp tong. Ek is
dankbaar dat my mummy die wysheid, leierskap en geloof gehad het, om
haar kinders eerste te stel, en ‘n gesonde keuse uit ge-oefen het,
sodoende het sy haar rug gekeer op ‘n mishandelde verlede.
So het sy ons Vryheid gebring!
My wish is that over the festive season, there will be no emotional
abuse by men to their wives, mothers, sisters, daughters and young
brothers.
Imagine that...
I thank you!
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