People Opposing Women Abuse ad

POWA ad for People Opposing Women Abuse by Ogilvy Johannesburg

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• Powa
• women abuse
• violence
• Ogilvy Johannesburg
• People Opposing Women Abuse
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[Awesomewithaz]

The cat was going to stop the abuse but got scared when it got closer.

[8teen0rolder]

makes total sense but shouldnt it be spousal abuse? i mean men can be victims of the same crime

[fidivo]

this guy is an idiot?

In my street we play people like that rock on!

[quitejaded]

@aftermathsample305 Ok but no one did... They knocked on the door for the drums, but not for a movie?

[aftermathsample305]

No one complained because the neighbors were like "well, bitch probably left the kitchen for too long" Besides.. its sound, ppl could knock on door and be like "hey turn down the volume on that movie your watching, we trying to sleep"

[dragonnargle]

I don't know if u should like or dislike the video to show my support...

[scootsie119]

to be honest in my neighbor hood i woulldnt stop this if i seen it. I would call the cops or something. Girls around here are crazy, as soon as you try to help their hitting and scratching you for touching their abusive boyfriend who most likely sells drugs and thinks hes a gansta.

but when i kow the peopel i get involved. like i have an asshole uncle who treats his "babys-mama" like shit (theyre both over 40 too SMH) and ill step in and stop him. why shes still with him ill never know

[kfjstudios]

The sound of an actual fight is quite different than the sound of a fight coming through a set of speakers.

[thejerrymobile]

This very accurately depicts social psychological phenomena such as "diffusion of responsibility," inability to determine appropriate response and avoidance of involvement.

Kind of odd and unfortunate that these responses are considered normative...

[DarkLionInteractive]

@8teen0rolder Of course not. You see, it is widely believed that we live in a society where only women can be beaten and only men can get good jobs. It will take time before we realize the TRUE differences between men and women and appreciate each gender for what it really is, not for what society makes it. Until then, only women can be subject to spousal abuse.

[anitasassassine]

@Magmacano I find your view pretty cold-hearted. We're talking about people here, 1400 women murdered by their partners. When does something become a major problem in society? At 10% occurrence? 15% occurrence? 1400 is "only" the number of women killed. The rate of occurrence for "simple" abuse is likely to be much higher, after all SA has one of the highest incidents of rape in the world.

[Magmacano]

@anitassassasine People are numbers. We are statistics. If something can happen, it will happen. If there are more chances for it to happen (something a ballooning population brings) then it will happen more.

It turns out that POWA is only South African, but that is still a ridiculously low occurrence rate for this sort of thing to be trumpeted as a major problem.

Men are murdered by their partners too, but it quite often gets chalked up to "duress".