00:00:00.000I know full well, it weren't ingrained in me to hate men, but as you grow up and you see them act a certain way, then you're going to have an opinion of them.
00:00:07.680I wouldn't go swimming. I wouldn't go swimming in Australia.
00:00:10.720Even if there was one shark attack, I wouldn't go near it because I know the consequences.
00:00:13.940But yet, as women, we're expected to still trust men that hurt us.
00:23:44.880Too many people go out there who have been abused, whether it's men or women, and they
00:23:49.680make all these accusations in public without any proof.
00:23:53.280And as far as I'm concerned, if I was a man and I was beating on a woman and the woman ain't got
00:23:58.960the guts enough to go to the police and report it, but she's got guts enough to go and sit down on social media and tell the whole world, I'm going to go and take it up with her.
00:24:06.960I'm going to go and take it up with her.
00:24:10.640Because as far as I'm concerned, that's defamation of character.
00:30:18.320Like I said, any records that need to be used will be used.
00:30:21.320And the reason why I would prefer to use this platform to speak about it and to do that is because like I said,
00:30:26.320I don't only just champion women and men, and sometimes men, today I'm meant to be on the voice side.
00:30:32.320And I also champion the black community.
00:30:34.320Culturally, there's certain things that I decided not to do because I, I have a complete, a complex makeup.
00:30:40.320So I'd rather sit here and tell girls, if you're being abused and you don't know what to do and you're lost
00:30:45.320and you feel like your world is so lonely and nobody can help you.
00:30:49.320I'm telling you can get out of it. You don't, if you don't feel like reporting to the police, don't go speak to somebody.
00:30:54.320Somebody will understand because people have gone through and they've come out out of it stronger than whatever situation they were in.
00:31:00.320So that's all I'm saying. Abuse exists. It's real. It's very, very deep.
00:31:04.320And that's why people sometimes don't talk about it. The same way it goes for men, the same way it goes for women.
00:31:08.320But let's not try and act like women don't actually go through this.
00:31:11.320And a lot of the time, like you said, women will all then say, Oh yeah, I was abused as well.
00:31:15.320Yeah. Because a lot of people go through things and they hide it.
00:31:17.320They embarrassed or they, they feel ashamed or especially when you're not talking about, Oh yeah, but you're damaged goods.
00:31:22.320You know, things like that. People won't speak up. That's what it is.
00:31:25.320Listen, right. You can go if you're abused and you can report it and nobody will know about it.
00:31:32.320Nobody would know about it. They've even got special codes now that you can go into a shop and you can say to them, you know, give them a keyword.
00:31:41.320I can't remember what the name is. It's a woman's name. Yeah. Where is the code? Exactly.
00:31:45.320At the bar. It's called Angela. If you look at the bartender and you tell them I need to call Angela.
00:31:50.320Or even in any shops or chemists or, you know what I mean? Some pharmacies. Where is that for men?
00:31:56.320So it's not to say that, Oh, you're going to feel shame. Listen, right. If anybody's out there getting abused, report it.
00:32:02.320Don't go and talk to your friends about it. Go and report it. There's nothing to be ashamed about.
00:32:06.320Nobody needs to know. Don't go out there and advertise it. Go and talk to somebody about it.
00:32:11.320That's what you need to do. I am champion for the women. It's nothing to do with culture.
00:32:16.320It's nothing to do with the blackness. It's to do with women and men full stop.
00:32:20.320If you are getting abused, go and report it. Don't talk to your friends about it.
00:32:25.320As soon as it happens, go and report it because there is help for you.
00:32:29.320And I would like them to be codes for men too. There should be codes for men.
00:32:32.320So that if a man is getting abused, rather than going somewhere and you think to yourself,
00:32:36.320Well, I'm a man and I have to go and report this. There should be a code where a man goes into a police station,
00:32:42.320said the code, and then he gets treated the same way as if a woman says the code.
00:32:46.320I hear you, auntie, but you get some people out there that they just won't go to the police either
00:32:53.320because they feel like the police ain't going to do nothing about it. Do you know what I'm saying?