A review by emily2348
Silenced Women: Why The Law Fails Women and How to Fight Back by Jennifer Robinson, Keina Yoshida

4.0

amazingly written book on how the law continues to allow abusive males to re-traumatise their victims, the chapters on amber heard were so emotionally impacting especially as it’s from the perspective of amber’s uk lawyer. i will always stand with amber heard. highly recommend!

“But what troubled me was that it didn't seem to matter. It didn't seem to matter that Depp had lost the case. It didn't seem to matter, to many at least, that the British courts had found him to be a wife-beater. The vile, misogynistic and violent language that Depp had used about the women in his life-which was on display in court and reported in the media for all to see— didn't seem to matter either. It was Amber who continued to face suspicion and online attacks and abuse. The online noise attacking her drowned out the fact that a judge had ruled she was a survivor-and that Depp had been violent towards her. What consequences were there for Depp?”