Behind Closed Doors: The Stigma of Domestic Violence with Jennie Girado

Jennie Girardo is an award-winning director and producer with hundreds of behind-the-scenes, social, and branded content efforts under her belt. She’s created content for Apple TV’s Masters of the Air, Amazon Prime's Mr. And Mrs. Smith, and HBO's Game of Thrones and more. In 2024, Jennie made her narrative directorial debut with short film The Fuscos, which touches on the subject of domestic violence. She hopes that this film will help encourage women to use their voices to rise above the taboo, share their stories, and ultimately put an end to this epidemic. In her free time, you can find Jennie hiking in the mountains of California with her beloved four-legged children, Monte Carlo and Hudson.Episode Description: Domestic abuse (sometimes called 'domestic violence' or 'intimate partner violence') is an incident or a pattern of behaviour that is used by someone to control or obtain power over their partner or ex-partner. It is never the fault of the person who is experiencing it, and it is a crime. An equal act of domestic abuse can also be known as emotional abuse, which includes non-physical behaviours that are meant to control, isolate, or frighten you. This may present in romantic relationships as threats, insults, constant monitoring, excessive jealousy, manipulation, humiliation, intimidation, and dismissiveness, among others. Alarmingly, the stats pointing to domestic abuse remine rife and incomprehensible. In this honest, insightful and sensitive chat, together, Jennie and Ally share their personal experiences of domestic abuse and the ways, stages, and courageous steps they took to escape and heal from it. In this episode, Jennie and Ally discuss:The varying forms of domestic abuse The links between domestic violence and myths surrounding domestic violence leading to isolating stigmasHow to spot the red flags of domestic abuseFinding the power to speak up and speak outDiscovering the courage to walk away from domestic abuseHow the public and judicial system perceive domestic abuseThe impact of domestic abuse trauma and living a new lifeFollow: For more about Jennie and a portfolio of her work, visit: www.jenniecreates.coPersonal IG: @jenniecreatescoMonte and Hudson's IG: @monteandhudsonThe Fusco's IG: @thefuscosfilmIf you love this episode, please share and leave a review — let’s smoke out stigma and make truth-telling the next biggest trend.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.