Domestic Abuse: Difference between revisions

 

 

* ''[[Andy Capp]]'' used to qualify. In one of Britain's longest-running newspaper comics, things are getting steadily better. Andy Capp used to give Flo black eyes on a regular basis. Later, she was more and more often shown winning the fights, sending Andy tumbling out of the house and into the gutter. In fact, Andy looked like he was becoming an abused husband for a while. Now, however, they almost never resort to violence and attend marriage guidance meetings. He's [[Jumped the Shark|stopped smoking]], too.

* The newspaper comic ''[[Bringing Up Father]]'' used to ''own'' this trope, at least until the sixties. Jiggs' wife Maggie was notoriously violent, and her rolling pin became a trademark of the comic.

 

 

* Example [[Older Than Steam|too venerable]] [[Grandfather Clause|to stop soon]]: it seems unlikely that Mr. Punch will stop clubbing Judy.

* ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''

* In [[Moliere]]'s ''[[The Doctor in Spite of Himself]]'' (a.k.a. ''Le Médecin Malgré Lui'' or ''The Unwitting Doctor''), the whole plot starts when Martine decides to get even with [[Lazy Husband|Sganarelle]] for beating her up.

* During the short play ''Trifles'' by Susan Glaspell it becomes obvious that the relationship between Mrs. Wright and her husband is a textbook case of Domestic Abuse, with the apparent tipping point that led her to kill him being when he killed her canary, who was her soul companion and source of joy.

 

 

* ''[[Silent Hill: Shattered Memories]]'' has the [[Multiple Endings|Wicked and Weak ending]] which shows {{spoiler|a woman verbally and physically abusing a man without being [[Played for Laughs]]}}. [[It Got Worse|What's worse]], {{spoiler|the entire incident is seen ''and filmed'' by their seven-year-old daughter, who was wandering around the house with a video camera}}.

 

 

== Real Life ==

* Still a huge problem around the world, but at least it's not ''acceptable'' behavior in many countries anymore. And then, in some it is. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8375291.stm

* [[Chris Brown]]. Although in that case, it might have been the [[Masochism Tango]], as Rhianna was reputedly the type to go blow-for-blow with him.

* This is subverted in a fashion in Russia. The fine for being found guilty of wife beating was $200. The fine for wrestling with a bear was $1000.