SAFE posts recommendations for VAWA 2005

	posted by Matt on 11:01 PM June 1st, 2005
	Jade Rubick writes "Stop Abuse For Everyone has posted a set of Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act 2005. SAFE calls for gender-inclusive language in the bill, so that people can receive services regardless of what type of person they are."

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VAWA-Make it Gender Inclusivie/neutral or dump it! (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 11:26 PM June 1st, 2005 EST (#1) "Throughout the Act and in all revisions to the Act, the term, men, be added when women are specifically named as victims to reflect the legislative intent. The legislative intent could be significantly strengthened by legislation renaming the act: The Family Violence and Sexual Assault Act. The language of all federal grant applications should specifically name men victims as equal recipients of in-kind services when women victims are specifically named." I agree. We've had enough of the systematic, institutionalized hatred of men that has come from VAWA, and has ruined so many men's lives. Ray

Accountability, Accountability, Accountability!! (Score:2) by frank h on 12:41 PM June 2nd, 2005 EST (#2) Nothing in these suggestions will accomplish a damned thing UNLESS the grantors of these funds are compelled to demonstrate, through tracking of who is served, that they are not discriminating. In the obvious case, that they are not discriminating against men. Unless the operators of all of these shelters are compelled to prove who they are serving, and unless the bureauocrats who sign the checks are required to report to Congress and to the public, then nothing proposed in these amendments will change a thing. It will all just be lip service.

Re:Accountability, Accountability, Accountability! (Score:1) by Gregory on 01:29 PM June 2nd, 2005 EST (#3) You make a good point. But won't complaints and possible lawsuits from males who are refused services or male-serving programs refused grants help improve the chances that the money will be used to serve both sexes? Maybe I'm naive.

Re:Accountability, Accountability, Accountability! (Score:2) by frank h on 07:34 AM June 3rd, 2005 EST (#5) Lawsuits will help, of course. But what do you base your claims of discrimination on? You do need some information to work with, and compelling these people to collect the information themselves makes your lawyer's life a lot easier. Besides, why rely on lawsuits? They're expensive, and the courts are unpredictable. If you compel these people to collect this infomation and make it public, then they're far more likely to avoid the near occasion of lawsuits and just do things more fairly, whether out of paranoia or altruism.

Use Congress.org to Write Your State's Reps (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 07:18 PM June 2nd, 2005 EST (#4) The web site Congress.org has a very convenient "Write Your Elected Officials" feature at the top of its Home Page that allows you to type in your zip code and get a directory of all your pols with e-mail, telephone, and snail mail contacts. It takes a very few minutes to send an e-mail to your state or federal reps to express your views about VAWA's reauthorization. BTW, a little digging on this site will reveal a lot about how your elected representatives have voted, and whether they've even bothered to attend key legislative sessions.

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