Domestic Violence by Any Other Name

Story here. Excerpt:

'I’VE always known AMY WINEHOUSE was a feisty lady, but she’s going to end up in a cell next to PARIS HILTON if she keeps on misbehaving.
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The Back To Black singer admitted she has a violent streak that comes out when she drinks — and she often uses new hubby Blake Fielder-Civil as a punch bag.
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“I’ll beat up Blake when I’m drunk. I don’t think I’ve ever bruised him, but I do have my way. If he says one thing I don’t like then I’ll chin him.
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“I don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.”'

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More Dangerous Books for Boys

Blog entry here. Excerpt:

"Max Elliot Anderson’s books are perfect for summer reading, especially for boys who might not like to read. If there is a boy in your family, or in your circle of friends, he will enjoy these action-adventures and mysteries."

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South Africa: Incentives To Lie About Rape

Story here. Excerpt:

"Desperate women who fear they might be HIV-positive are allegedly laying false rape complaints with police to jump the queue for anti-retroviral drugs to prevent infection.

Port Elizabeth police say the increase in rape cases over the last year had been “incredible”, but the complainants seemed to disappear as soon as they were treated with post-exposure ARV drugs."

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"Women rule" by Kathleen Parker

Essay here. Excerpt:

"Men have begun fighting back against what they now perceive to be bias toward women's health, lobbying the past few years for a federal Office of Men's Health. Ultimately, of course, no one wins the war of healthier-than-thou, while another layer of bureaucratic one-upmanship is just that.

A better means for improving men's health -- and saving the males -- is for women to recognize that males are in trouble and that a world without men, while perhaps calmer, would be far less interesting and fun.

As we've recently witnessed, when women want something, they usually get it."

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"Man" in teen sex case should go free, judge rules

Everyone remember the boy that got 10 years for getting oral sex from a consenting 15 year old? Well, a judge effectively voided that sentence. Article here. Excerpt:

"A Georgia judge ordered the release Monday of a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17."

I put "Man" in quotes because the guy involved is 17 years old. Nice try, mainstream media.

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Mothers upset when fathers step up as stay-at-home dads

Article here. Excerpt:

"But almost four years into it, McClure-Metz began to feel her husband was maybe too capable. He had become more competent and assertive in the child-care arena and it showed in small ways."

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Baby-wielding mothers seeks withdrawal of guilty plea

Remember this one? Update here. Excerpt:

"ERIE, Pennsylvania — A mother who admitted swinging her 4-week-old son like a bat to hit her boyfriend, fracturing the infant's skull, wants to withdrew her guilty plea.

Chytoria Graham, 27, of Erie, asked to withdraw her plea Friday — the day she was to be sentenced to at least five years in prison.

Under an agreement with prosecutors, Graham had pleaded guilty in March to aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child; reckless endangerment and simple assault charges were dropped.

Graham now says she was not responsible for the injuries to Jarron Troop, who has since recovered."

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Lots of Lucre in False Claims of Abuse

MRA commentator Carey Roberts asks – “In a country that prides itself on the "innocent until proven guilty" principle, how do we account for these legal travesties?

In some cases, the false accusers were emotionally unstable. Other times the women acted out of spite and vindictiveness.”

Four tales of false domestic violence allegations against innocent men, bilked of thousands of dollars to prove they committed absolutely no crime.

The DV INDUSTRY at work.

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Domestic Violence Registry proposed in Pennsylvania: "Robin's Law"

First New York wants to put Dog Tags on men accused of domestic violence and then THIS. Excerpt:

"Two years after a man shot his wife and later killed himself in Quakertown, officials in the Upper Bucks borough will likely urge commonwealth legislators to create a state-wide Internet registry of domestic violence offenders to help prevent such tragedies from happening again.
Borough council expects to approve a resolution tonight calling on the Legislature to pass a bill known as “Robin's Law.”

Introduced in the state House on May 31, the bill would create a Megan's Law-style database. Instead of sexual predators though, the picture, address and crime of domestic violence convicts will be posted online for anyone to see, according to a preliminary draft of the bill."

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'Army mom' gets honorable discharge over child custody dispute

Story here. Excerpt:

"CONCORD, N.H. - A soldier charged with desertion while fighting for custody of her 7-year-old daughter has been granted an honorable discharge from the Army, her lawyer said Saturday.
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Hayes, 32, was serving her second tour of duty in
Iraq when she learned of possible domestic violence in the home of her ex-husband, Tim Knight, who had primary custody of Brystal.

According to police and Hayes, Knight was a victim in one domestic violence incident, and a second involved a fight between his mother and girlfriend. The judge who awarded Hayes temporary custody said Knight's problems with alcohol and a stormy relationship with his girlfriend made his home unsuitable for Brystal.
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After her surrender at Fort Dix on Tuesday, Army lawyers helped her refile for a hardship discharge and it was granted within hours, Theroux said.
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A custody hearing is scheduled Tuesday, Theroux said."

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8-Year-Old Charged For Sexual Conduct With Sitter

Check this out:

"A mother is upset after a 14-year-old babysitter engaged in sexual conduct with her eight-year-old boy, and the eight-year-old was charged with lewd conduct.
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Grosbeck says the Salt Lake County District Attorney told her both the child and teenager were equal participants. But Mrs. Grosbeck didn’t believe that.

“My son is eight, he’s a little boy. He does not have the ability to participate on the same level as a fourteen-year-old,” she said.

Although the charges against her son were dropped, she is concerned that the same thing could happen to other victims of sexual abuse."

Why did they drop the charges on the boy? They had a serious sexual predator on their hands! I ask once again, what's wrong with the people in charge of our justice system?

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Cops called to hunt for man taking daughter for a walk

Story here.

Toronto father takes daughter for a walk.
Cops called, 4-hour manhunt ensues... excerpt:

"It's a classic case of how looks can truly be deceiving. After a frantic four hour-plus search through a heavily wooded area, police at last have an answer in a case that paralyzed part of the downtown core late Thursday. A young girl they believed had been abducted was found safe, sound and never in any real danger.
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It was the finale many expected would come to pass because police never received any calls about a missing child, something that most certainly would have happened had a little girl been gone for that long.

In the end, it was a complete and expensive overreaction, but one that cops couldn't afford not to take."

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Daly: Wife attacked me with steak knife

Story here. Excerpt:

'MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - John Daly told authorities his wife tried stab him with a steak knife, and the golfer had red marks on his cheeks when he showed up to play Friday on the course where he lives.

Daly called police about 6 a.m. on Friday, Shelby County Sheriff's department spokesman Steve Shular said. When deputies arrived, wife Sherrie and the couple's children were not there. Deputies could not find the knife he claimed she used.
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He did not speak with reporters, but issued a statement saying he was the "victim of an assault by my wife."

"I filed a complaint with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. They are investigating, and I'll have no further comment on the matter while they pursue their investigation. My only concern at this point is for the safety of my children and myself," the statement said.'

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Shocking Update: Mary Winkler Could Only Serve 60 Days

Story here. Excerpt:

"A woman who killed her preacher husband with a shotgun blast to the back as he lay in bed was sentenced Friday to three years in prison, but she may end up serving only 60 days in a mental hospital.
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That leaves only two months, and McCraw said up to 60 days of the sentence could be served in a facility where she could receive mental health treatment. That means Winkler may not serve any significant time in prison."

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California Woman Fakes Abduction to Get Out of Date

Story here. Excerpt:

'A bride-to-be who wanted to get out of a date with a man she met on a phone chat line sent officers on a wild chase when she faked her abduction, police said.

Sara White, 20, was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor charge of abusing emergency dispatch services for telling authorities she had been hit on the head and dragged into the trunk of a car while sitting in a Sacramento park.

White said she concocted the story Monday after changing her mind about meeting the man, with whom she'd been talking on the phone for two weeks.'

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