You hear rumours, Pumpkins, but I've never actually met a real spontaneous slapper. Pouring wine for you one minute, punching you in the head the next.
It's such a confusing mating process that many women are struck dumb. And stay mum.
The dinkettes have looked like they are about to slug me from time to time. Come to think of it, so have some clients.
But Jian Ghomeshi style battering is in a fear category all its own. The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde seduction routine can be a little bewildering. You trust someone and whamo! their knuckles are in your face. But he's so cute. Was it just a slip of the fist?
The reality is, a man in power can make women cower. And lord knows travel's dark alleys have hidden an abuser or two. But they're so wonderfully important, who will listen?
You can't sugar coat abuse. It's a horror show.
The fright fest list includes: The Shouter. The Name Caller. The Toucher. The Stalker. The Molester.
Ladies (and men. Women can be fiendishly foul), if you spot any of these ghouls haunting your office, dahrlings, for hound's sake, speak up. As for the rest of us, we have to listen.
