Episode 196: Where Partner Violence Meets the Workplace
The Broad Experience
The Broad Experience
5.0 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
When longtime Canadian journalist Anna Maria Tremonti was 23, she married a charming guy she met through work. He turned out to be violent, a secret Anna Maria kept from everyone, including her colleagues. This was quite a feat given his attacks would sometimes leave her with visible bruises she’d have to cover up before heading into work.
In this episode she and I talk about her long-ago marriage and the scars it left behind. We discuss the positive role work played in her life, even as she strove to keep any signs of her tumultuous home life hidden. Anna Maria is the writer and host of the six-part CBC podcast Welcome to Paradise.
My second guest is Beth Lewis, director of Standing Firm, a Pittsburgh-based organization that trains businesses to spot signs of abuse in their employees, as well as signs that they might have an abuser on staff. Standing against partner violence and abuse is a big part of health and wellness that many companies currently bypass.
You will hear some descriptions of partner violence in this episode.
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| 0:37.8 | Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace and success. I'm Ashley |
| 0:54.7 | Meltonite. This time, maybe at some point in your work life you've worried about a colleague, |
| 1:02.6 | there have been enough signs that you've wondered, is her partner hurting her? It happens more |
| 1:09.3 | often than we like to think. |
| 1:11.6 | I went back into the house, and that is when I received the worst beating that I have ever received. |
| 1:19.3 | And two days later, I had a job interview at the CBC. |
| 1:25.7 | And I had a ring of bruises around my neck from his hands. |
| 1:32.0 | I realized I had to try to cover it up. |
| 1:34.7 | Covering up is the norm for victims. |
| 1:37.4 | But some employers are uncovering what's happening |
| 1:39.9 | and trying to do something about it, |
| 1:42.7 | stepping into challenging new territory. |
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