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Trauma therapist says taking accountability would be a great place for Barb Adams to start as she takes over as justice minister for the ousted Brad Johns amid gender-based violence controversy.
Brad Johns stepped down as justice minister this week, not because his comments about gender-based violence were stupid at best and dangerous at worst, but officially, “to maintain confidence in government.” What’s most perplexing about this reasoning is that it suggests that when it comes to issues of gender-based violence, there was ever any confidence to begin with. “I saw the article about him resigning and him saying that he did that because he didn’t want people to lose faith in our current government, but it wasn’t a forced move from the Houston government and that’s disappointing”, said trauma therapist and victim advocate, Kristina Fifield...
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