Abuse of women
Sir: Richard Ifigrams has fallen over his coat Mead Ends', 24 March). The Women's Movement is accustomed to the hatred of a certain type of man, and it's usually nqt worth comment. But total absence of compassion is always horrifying. It may be difficult for Ingrams to extend his imagination towards the obviously desperate situation of the wOmen he had publicly abused. Perhaps he is so in control of, if in possession of, his lust, that he cannot conceive of the brutality that many women suffer, often for many years, for the sake of their children and because they have no means, and nowhere to go. It is difficult to radiate rosy-checked motherhood when your teeth are being knocked down your throat.
His comments betray an outlook all too familiar. It's coals in the bath time again. Look at these incoherent, ill-spoken, poorly groomed people . . . not worth saving . . . who'd want her anyway? In any case, he assures us, in a few months it will be the joys of family life for all. No doubt he's looked at the housing lists lately. And isn't there a familiar ring to those last phrases? Something about Kinder, Kirche,'Kuche?
Pam Gems 45, Walham Grove, London SW6
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