Conference Educates on Bullying/Domestic Violence Prevention

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'The Wildwood Convention Center was the site of the “Bullying/Domestic Violence Prevention Conference” sponsored by the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office. Ed Rodgers welcomed visitors and made sure they were headed in the right direction. The event itself began at 8:30 a.m. and wrapped up about 3 p.m. The event was paid for by drug forfeiture money.

The goal of the conference was to make progress in preventing both bullying and domestic violence. The theme, according to Cape May County Prosecutor Robert Taylor, was ‘Creating Safe School Environments and Safe Communities.’

Taylor referenced some disturbing statistics. One in four women have been targets of domestic violence; 60 percent of boys who were bullies in grade school go on to commit a crime as adults; 40 percent commit three crimes by age 24.
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One gentleman who asked to be identified by his first name only, David, said he found the conference informative but wished that there had been more discussion about the rights of fathers. “Sometimes I think the men get a raw deal. I think the system views men as automatically in the wrong. But nobody should be a bully.”'

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Sounds like the typical PC-complying event that speaks of bullying and its relationship to DV (and indeed, DV can be used as a bullying tactic rather than "merely" a problem of someone having a physically violent temper) as if only men could behave that way. But I wonder about the quoted attendee, David, re his question about the lack of discussion re fathers' rights. The conference was about bullying/DV, not fathers' rights. Perhaps it is a relevant issue to bring up when discussing false allegations of DV being used vs. fathers in custody hearings, but aside from that, it isn't of direct relevance, as neither fathers nor mothers have the right to bully or abuse their spouse or kids.

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