Natasha O’Brien’s story shows the dark side of masculinity – the side that will beat women to the ground

Natasha O’Brien’s story shows the dark side of masculinity – the side that will beat women to the ground

This is a strange story. Not because it contains an unprovoked physical assault on a young woman by a young man. That is not strange or unusual at all. But because it is a reminder of what violence really does; the bone-shaking changes that it brings.