It has long been clear that women who leave violent partners are at risk of death or serious injury. What hasn't sufficiently been recognised until now is that abusers who can no longer hurt members of their own families might, in a small number of cases, pose a lethal threat to complete strangers. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, Rachid Redouane and Darren Osborne had all been thrown out by their partners in the weeks or months before they committed a terrorist attack, a humiliating blow that also deprived them of access to their primary victims; like most of the terrorists in this book, their concept of family life was founded on control and they couldn't bear the loss of it. But that is not the only common factor among this apparently disparate group of men: most of them, including Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Man Monis, Driss Oukabir and Ahmad Rahimi, were on a downward spiral when they began to plot terrorist attacks. The situations they found themselves in were entirely a consequence of their own actions, but they chose to blame their predicament on anyone but themselves. Several - notably Khalid Masood, Omar Mateen and the London Bridge attackers - espoused a particularly toxic version of masculinity, using steroids to pump themselves up and dull their reactions to the pain of their victims. Indeed, all of the men in this chapter displayed symptoms of insecurity, resentment and rage before they turned to terrorism, suggesting that the extremist ideology they discovered was a ‘justification’ for acting on pre-existing violent impulses. In most cases, the first victims of those impulses were their wives, ex-wives and children - but eventually they were transferred to the public sphere, with absolutely catastrophic consequences.
-Joan Smith, Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists
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Hiii what’s your top 5 favourite Hollyoaks characters?
okay imma answer this question twice
my top five in current hollyoaks are:
1. james nightingale
2. ste hay
3. ethan williams
4. sienna blake
5. darren osborne
my top five overall are:
1. james nightingale
2. brendan brady
3. ste hay
4. doug carter
5. kyle kelly
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congratulations on your acceptance, spoop, angel, art, & jay ! please make sure you check the next steps here
robert buckley, homosexual, male + he/him → isn’t that jack jacobs? i’ve seen them hanging out with the humans. i hear they're 35, but they’ve only been in alexandria for 13 years. they seem to be amicable & generous, but also gullible & needy. they are heightened!
parker young, homosexual, male + he/him → isn’t that baelfire malone? i’ve seen them hanging out with the half ghosts. i hear they’re 31, but they’ve only been in alexandria for a year. they seem to be courageous & welcoming, but also reckless & impulsive.
darren criss, homosexual, cis male+ he/him→ isn’t that marian osborn? i’ve seen them hanging out with the witches. i hear they're 29, but they’ve only been in alexandria for arrived last week. they seem to be understanding & compassionate but also reserved & analytical. it’s cool that they’re capable of photokinesis, healing, and teleportation.
george sears, homosexual, trans sexual + he/him→ isn’t that kendall anderson? i’ve seen them hanging out with the half ghosts. i hear they’re 56 (26), but they’ve only been in alexandria for 56 years. they seem to be generous & empathetic, but also gullible & indecisive.
brandon grace, homosexual, male + he/him → isn’t that tao long? i’ve seen them hanging out with the phoenixes. i hear they’re 87, but they’ve only been in alexandria for 4 years. they seem to be charming & reliable, but also calculating & ruthless. they have been reborn at least once already!
penn badgley, pansexual, cis male + he/him → isn’t that hyde morgan? i’ve seen them hanging out with the darklighters. i hear they’re 411, but they’ve only been in alexandria for 4 months. they seem to be alert & efficient, but also callous & pushy.
simu liu, pansexual, cis male + he/him → isn’t that winston zhao? i’ve seen them hanging out with the kitsunes. i hear they’re 858, but they’ve only been in alexandria for 10 years. they seem to be gentle & hospitable, but also evasive & indecisive. it’s cool that they’re spirit fox!
jesse williams, pansexual, cis male + he/him → isn’t that marven waters? i’ve seen them hanging out with the merfolk. i hear they're 294, but they’ve only been in alexandria for 1 year. they seem to be loyal & sensitive, but also materialistic & pretentious.
also 1 new location ADDED !
BLESSED HOLLOWS: a gothic style church that sits towards the east of the town. the stained glass windows are ornate and each section depicts one of the mysteries. the floors are marble and the walls are high, people can barely even see the paintings on the ceilings. the seats are actually comfortable, even the ones up on the altar. there's a second floor for the choir. the confessionals are on the bottom floor in an L shape, starting from the left side and then going down the back. ceremonies are held there all the time, but the sermons/masses happen at 5 pm on thursdays + saturdays and then 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am, and 12:30pm on sundays. employees: hyde (pastor)
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