Press release here. Excerpt:

'Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is a victim-advocacy organization working for evidence-based solutions to the problem of domestic violence. Stop Violent and Abusive Environments supports the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

SAVE advocates for all victims of domestic violence, regardless of their race, sex, or gender identity. Unfortunately, false claims of domestic violence and sexual assault have become widespread, a problem that robs true victims of desperately needed services, protections, and credibility. (http://www.saveservices.org/downloads/False-DV-Allegations-Cost-20-Billion)

Letter sent by NCFM:

'Dear National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges,

Your Checklist for judges uses sex-specific language with regard to domestic violence, referring only to "fathers" but not to mothers.
www.ncjfcj.org/resource-library/publications/checklist-promote-perpetrator-accountability-dependency-cases

As an organization that works with male victims of domestic abuse, we are concerned that this language stereotypes fathers and keeps female perpetration invisible as usual.

Link here. Excerpt:

'Doctors should screen all of their female patients for signs of partner violence, whether face-to-face or through a waiting room questionnaire, a new report suggests.

The review of the current evidence on screening for partner abuse, from researchers at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, is the first step toward new recommendations on screening from the government-sponsored United States Preventive Services Task Force.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to three in 10 U.S. women have experienced rape, stalking or physical violence by a partner. Other studies suggest as many as half of women will experience psychological aggression from an intimate partner at some point in their lives.'

Release here. Excerpt:

'Washington, DC/May 8, 2012 — States that enacted mandatory arrest policies saw a 60 percent increase in intimate partner homicides, according to a Harvard U. study. Now, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is calling on lawmakers involved in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to halt funding for such lethal policies.

Beginning in 1994, VAWA pushed states to change their domestic violence arrest standards from probable cause to the more aggressive mandatory arrest policy. Under mandatory arrest, the accused person is taken away in handcuffs if the police are called, even in the absence of evidence of physical violence.

VAWA’s 2005 reauthorization did away with the mandatory arrest language, but states continued to enforce these harmful policies. SAVE insists that the House of Representatives insert language in its version of VAWA that would stop taxpayer funding of arrest without probable cause.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A 28-year-old woman is accused of cutting off a man's penis during a fatal stabbing in a Dallas motel room Saturday, according to police documents.

Cristal Paulette Richardson (right) faces a murder charge in the gruesome death of Cedric Lamont Owens, 34. He was found dead in a room at a Motel 6 in the 8500 block of East R.L. Thornton Freeway about 5:20 p.m., police said.

Motel video surveillance showed Richardson one day earlier renting the room alone. About 4 on Saturday, a security guard said he heard man and woman "in a loud verbal and physical disturbance" in the third-floor room, police said.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Earlier this week, a damning report by Stonewall revealed that UK healthcare is failing men – especially gay men. But what's new? From divorce, circumcision and paternal rights to domestic violence and a failing education system, boys and men are also victims of sexual discrimination.

Now, finally, a men's movement is gathering pace. Here, in a bid to silence the bigots who dismiss misandry, we spoke to Professor David Benatar about his vital new book The Second Sexism, which is out next month.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A Naperville woman who had consensual sex with a man, then later accused him of rape, has been charged with disorderly conduct for filing a false police report, Aurora police said.

Sarah C. Eschbach, 22, turned herself in Thursday night after a warrant was issued for her arrest, police said.

On March 26, Eschbach told police she had been sexually assaulted by a 21-year-old Aurora man she knew at his apartment, police said. But a police investigation revealed the two engaged in consensual sex and no assault had taken place.

Eschbach was being held in the DuPage County Jail on $1,500 bail.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'ELYRIA — A Sheffield Township woman was sentenced to three years of probation for trying to frame a man for rape and abduction.

Gabrielle Bracken pleaded guilty in March to tampering with records, forgery and falsification in March.

Bracken and her husband, James Bracken, on Sept. 24, 2010, lured Joseph Melendez, 35, of Cleveland, to their Fleming Avenue home in Sheffield Township, according to the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office.

The Brackens initially claimed Melendez put a knife to Gabrielle Bracken and tried to rape her. Melendez was charged with rape, but the charges were dropped after Melendez passed a polygraph test and investigators spoke with a witness.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A bill that would have restored Medicaid funding for circumcisions in Colorado died Friday.

The measure squeaked through a hearing in the House Health and Environment Committee on Thursday, then died in Appropriations Friday morning.

Opponents, who included health professionals, budget hawks and anti-circumcision activists told health committee members on Thursday that circumcision is cosmetic and potentially harmful, and taxpayers should not fund it.

Proponents for the bill argued that funding for circumcision for babies on Medicaid is a social justice issue. In general, insurance companies pay for the procedure for insured Colorado babies even though the American Academy of Pediatrics does not deem circumcisions to be “medically necessary.” Meanwhile, low-income parents who want their babies circumcised are being put on waiting lists for the procedure until parents can prove they’ve paid in advance.'

After careful examination of both House versions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), we find HR 4970 the better choice.

HR 4970 puts victims first, with stronger fiscal accountability.

HR 4970 includes reform to curb VAWA immigration fraud.

HR 4970 is gender inclusive, (except Title IX, re: Indian women)

Please call the Capitol Hill Switchboard: 202.224.3121.

Tell the operator your zip code and ask to be connected to your Representative's office.

Or find their phone number here: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find

Tell your Representative to vote YES on HR 4970.

We're in the homestretch, folks! Let's give it our all!

Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org

Article here. Excerpt:

"The twice-divorced Trierweiler once slapped a colleague who said something she deemed sexist. When her own magazine put her on its cover under the headline 'Francois Hollande's charming asset', she tweeted: 'Bravo Paris Match for its sexism . . . my thoughts go out to all angry women.'"

Article here. Excerpt:

'"Last time I was down, I had them turn on one of the calls. And a young women, a young women was on the phone saying "I'm calling. Oh my god, oh my god. I see him, he's coming. I'm standing between Radioshack and Gap. I'm in the mall Please, please, oh god!" That's the reality. And I love these people who why don't these women have the courage to get up and leave. Can you imagine the courage it takes to pick up that phone and make the call. We should all have so much courage."'

From Marc A.:

Imagine if a male lawmaker joked about reducing girls' sexual pleasure by removing their clitoral foreskins in order to combat teen pregnancy and "female irresponsibility." The media would be covering it and that lawmaker would have to publicly apologize. Well that is exactly what Colorado lawmaker Sue Schafer, D-Wheat Ridge (sue.schafer.house-at-state.co.us) publicly said about boys in a hearing on whether to reestablish MediCaid funding for male circumcision. The bill failed. But the laughter about reducing male sexual pleasure through male genital mutilation is sexist and unacceptable.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Those without children can help lift the load, but the burden still lies most heavily on the actual parents, of course. Fortunately, there’s a very efficient incubator in which to maximise successful child-rearing: the emotional bond between mothers and fathers. The heterosexual family.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A mother has been charged with incest after she was found in hotel room with her teenage son along with videos of them having sex.

Police said the 16-year-old had videos on his cell phone that showed his mother Mistie Atkinson performing oral sex on him.

They also recovered nude photographs the 32-year-old had sent her son as she began the illicit relationship earlier this year.
...
The boy, who lives with his father who has sole custody, was aware Atkinson was his biological mother.

Court records do not reveal how much contact the teen had with his mother before they began their affair.

But investigators said Atkinson had no custody rights to the boy.

'Atkinson and the victim are aware they are biological mother and son,' investigators wrote in an arrest affidavit.'