Wyatt earp
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- Apr 21, 2012
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You know, this isn't such a bad idea for a law. Why? Because salons are generally one of the few places that a woman in an abusive relationship can go without her husband hovering over her. I know, I lived with an abusive stepfather for a couple of years. If a law like this had been in place, maybe my mother wouldn't have gotten the crap kicked out of her on a weekly basis.
And................training isn't just limited to salons, because Uber sends it's drivers tips on how to spot human traffickers, and this week, because of that, an Uber driver not only saved a runaway from being pimped out, but he also managed to break up a sex trafficking ring.
Read the story, it's pretty cool. I saw this on the evening news tonight.
Uber driver saves 16-year-old girl from sex trafficking
I was kinda of thinking the same thing, but couldn't resist the cut down..
But I don't get what they are suppose to do? And don't they do that anyways for the past 100 years?
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Actually, there is no requirement for hairdressers to report abuse that I know of. And, people who abuse their spouses usually have a very set way of doing it. My stepfather would never hit my mother in the face, but if you looked at her shoulders, arms, legs and back, you would see the bruises. Hairdressers not only would be able to spot stuff like that, but women tend to have a special relationship with their stylist and will talk to them about a lot of stuff.
Just like the Uber driver who saw something that didn't look right and called the police, if the stylist suspects that a woman is being abused, she should look at the suspected person who is being abused, and if they show up on a regular basis with suspicious bruises, they should be reported.
I remember the only time that abuse was reported in my family, and it wasn't because of the stylist, it was because of my 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Goode. She touched my shoulder one morning and I damn near jumped out of my skin from the pain. She sent me to the nurse and they saw what had been done to me.
I'd been beaten with a belt buckle so hard that you could see what the belt buckle picture was clearly. A man on a bucking bronc with a lariat, and there were several places on my back that the imprint was clear.
It was shortly after that incident that my mother filed for divorce, but it came 2 years too late.
Yes, I think a law like this would be helpful.
I see more of your point now instead of just talking, listen to what they are not saying and watch for the signs.. Some people need to be trained for that.
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