Survivor: Kirsten Fisk
Season 2, Episode 699, Oct 24, 2022, 03:41 PM
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Recently in Palma de Mallorca, a young woman in yachting came forward identifying a Captain as her abuser and pressing charges. As a result, four other women from around the world have also shared their stories in regards to the very same individual.
Since being charged AND convicted in 2018, this man has managed to work his way around many countries, leaving a trail of terrorized women in his wake. When charges are filed, he flees that country, and finds work onboard another vessel, followed by, another victim.
A Serial offender has hunting patterns, which over time, escalate. The first woman that pressed charges, the pattern was drawn out, and the truth of the monster that lay beneath, stayed hidden for a considerable amount of time, until it wasn't. More recently, the grooming and isolation of his chosen victim, has intensified, creating a time line between the initial love bombing, to physical abuse, a matter of months rather than years.
Yachting, by it's very nature, is the perfect hiding spot for a man such as this. Where image and reputation is carefully guarded, unequal power relations between women and men, rigid gender roles, norms and hierarchies, and ascribing women lower status thru their sexualization from yacht shows to marketing.
Compounding that, history has shown, if you are a woman accusing a man of higher rank onboard of a crime, you will soon find yourself jobless, and possibly looking for a new career entirely.The accused continues to climb even further up the ranks, and once those waters are tested, his crime having been ignored, feels secure and within his rights to continue his pattern of behaviour.
We all need to do better.
Meet Kirsten Fisk, Survivor, and an advocate for change. This is her story.
For details on the arrest and conviction:
https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/man-sentenced-for-sharing-explicit-photos-of-ex-girlfriend/article_ba85040e-d8ee-11e9-8452-df43d2ef156b.html?fbclid=IwAR3-OtH11Pn8vuXuFtvjMn2ptNgU8Tqnn1gsNx9SVceZjHH3mOpo05t7eOw
Support Kirsten as she runs the New York Marathon in aid of Women and Girls:
https://give.komera.org/fundraiser/3870270
Domestic Violence Hotlines and Resources around the world by country:
https://www.hotpeachpages.net/a/countries.html
If you are the victim of an intimate partner crime, there are people that WILL believe you, WILL fight for you and WILL support you. One of these is Marien at yachtsmermaids.com who has spent a lot of time doing research and compiling a very complex directory for those that need help.
#domesticviolenceawarenessmonth
Recently in Palma de Mallorca, a young woman in yachting came forward identifying a Captain as her abuser and pressing charges. As a result, four other women from around the world have also shared their stories in regards to the very same individual.
Since being charged AND convicted in 2018, this man has managed to work his way around many countries, leaving a trail of terrorized women in his wake. When charges are filed, he flees that country, and finds work onboard another vessel, followed by, another victim.
A Serial offender has hunting patterns, which over time, escalate. The first woman that pressed charges, the pattern was drawn out, and the truth of the monster that lay beneath, stayed hidden for a considerable amount of time, until it wasn't. More recently, the grooming and isolation of his chosen victim, has intensified, creating a time line between the initial love bombing, to physical abuse, a matter of months rather than years.
Yachting, by it's very nature, is the perfect hiding spot for a man such as this. Where image and reputation is carefully guarded, unequal power relations between women and men, rigid gender roles, norms and hierarchies, and ascribing women lower status thru their sexualization from yacht shows to marketing.
Compounding that, history has shown, if you are a woman accusing a man of higher rank onboard of a crime, you will soon find yourself jobless, and possibly looking for a new career entirely.The accused continues to climb even further up the ranks, and once those waters are tested, his crime having been ignored, feels secure and within his rights to continue his pattern of behaviour.
We all need to do better.
Meet Kirsten Fisk, Survivor, and an advocate for change. This is her story.
For details on the arrest and conviction:
https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/man-sentenced-for-sharing-explicit-photos-of-ex-girlfriend/article_ba85040e-d8ee-11e9-8452-df43d2ef156b.html?fbclid=IwAR3-OtH11Pn8vuXuFtvjMn2ptNgU8Tqnn1gsNx9SVceZjHH3mOpo05t7eOw
Support Kirsten as she runs the New York Marathon in aid of Women and Girls:
https://give.komera.org/fundraiser/3870270
Domestic Violence Hotlines and Resources around the world by country:
https://www.hotpeachpages.net/a/countries.html
If you are the victim of an intimate partner crime, there are people that WILL believe you, WILL fight for you and WILL support you. One of these is Marien at yachtsmermaids.com who has spent a lot of time doing research and compiling a very complex directory for those that need help.
#domesticviolenceawarenessmonth