Pearl Thusi shares own experience with abuse and breaks down
Pearl Thusi was at a recent women’s month event where she shared her experience with abuse from her parent’s marriage. This, she says, impacted the way she views love.
Pearl Thusi speaks about how witnessing the abuse her mother affected her as a child at the #MercuryUnileverWomensDayLunch #SayNoToGenderViolence pic.twitter.com/cqT4EfqKNo
— The Mercury™ (@TheMercurySA) August 3, 2018
In a video from the event, Thuso is heard saying: “as a teenager, I swore never to marry a black man because at the time, they were the only ones that I was exposed to and they were the reason I was able to witness women being abused… Of course [now] I know better but… As a child, I had made that decision.
“So what I’m saying, by looking at my mother’s abuse and what I went through in particular… we need to stop comparing pain. Abuse is abuse, it needs to be nipped in the bud.”
Pearl recounted her story of begging her mother to leave. At this point, she could not hold back her tears and she broke down.
"Excluding ourselves and making excuses because of shame is not necessary. Talking, whether it be your friends or a professional therapist, go…" said Pearl Thusi at #MercuryUnileverWomensDayLunch #SayNoToViolence pic.twitter.com/VxmdPyl6Zz
— The Mercury™ (@TheMercurySA) August 3, 2018
