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"I woke to a stranger..." Distressing news article about SA. *MNHQ has altered title*

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IwantToRetire · 17/06/2026 19:27

For years, ‘Lucy’ had endured years of abuse at the hands of her husband.

"A night or two before our wedding, he punched me by the front door, so I had to put a lot of our wedding photos in black and white so the bruises wouldn't show”.

But nothing prepared her what she discovered one night in late 2021.

"I woke to a stranger on top of me raping me and my husband in the room watching over. The stranger got up and ran off quite quickly, and then I barricaded myself in my children's room and called my father...and called the police."

He confessed that he'd invited strangers into their family home to abuse her. Men who are still free.

"I said, what have you have you done? And he said, I have to go inside or I'm going to end up killing you. And I said, what do you mean? He said, this has happened eight more times. This isn't the first time."

"I spend every day of my life in fear and worry. But more than that, I feel upset that these men are walking free."

Lucy said that she doesn’t know who her perpetrators are. She said, “They probably think that they've completely got away with the crimes that they've done and therefore may even be continuing."

Article continues at https://www.itv.com/news/2026-06-17/the-woman-searching-for-the-men-invited-by-her-husband-to-abuse-her-as-she-slept

I thought there was a thread about this and I was going to add that she has been interviewed by ITV. But couldn't find one - sorry if this is a duplicate.

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IwantToRetire · 23/06/2026 18:52

IwantToRetire · 23/06/2026 03:14

Apologies - I just copied the title of the article.

What would you suggest? I am happy to ask MNHQ to change it.

Thanks

Flowers

I see the title has been changed which is fine by me.

However, how does that change help in terms of reading the article.

Should there be a trigger warning at the start of an OP to warn that the article is about rape. Or should the word not be use and instead SA as in new title?

Genuine question as would like to know should I want to share a similar article in the future.

If you have time - thanks.

Flowers
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Emilesgran · 23/06/2026 19:56

FemaleAndLearning · 20/06/2026 00:32

The campaign name is very strange. Thanks for the explanation but it's a bit niche to capture an audience unless they start splashing what it means around a bit more. I looked all over the website and couldn't find anything.

This is a really important campaign and they need to explain that much better.

The name is weird - I had no idea what it was about until I saw it explained on here. Maybe they didn't want a "triggering" name, but it's so vague as to be misleading.

Slimtoddy · 23/06/2026 20:07

I saw a clip on social media that sums it up. A man and woman clearly having an argument/debate and he says in an irritated tone says "if you eradicated all the men on the planet, who would look after the women?". She replies " From what?"

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