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NY Times: Enlisting the Aid of Hairstylists as Sentinels for Domestic Abuse
Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2008-11-30 23:33
Article here. Excerpt:
'The privileged, often therapeutic relationship between hairdressers and clients has long been the subject of magazine articles and movies. A growing movement in New York and across the nation tries to harness that bond to identify and prevent domestic violence, a pervasive problem that victims are often too ashamed to reveal to law enforcement or other public officials.
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The initiative joins similar efforts that have been sprouting across the nation; perhaps the best known, called Cut It Out and based in Chicago, has trained 40,000 salon workers in all 50 states to recognize signs of domestic abuse. In the past few months, the Cut It Out program was also adopted by the Empire Education Group, which has 87 cosmetology schools, and endorsed by the American Association of Cosmetology Schools, the trade organization representing another 800 schools.'
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My Jaw Dropped ........
....when I read this. Where do you think agencies like 'Cut It Out' are getting the cash to 'educate' these hair dressers? VAWA!
Comments from readers...
The comments from the readers are even more disturbing.
Will the truth never come out? Will the witch hunt never end?
Sometimes I see light at the end of the tunnel. And then, sometimes I don't.
This shit keeps me up at night.
The utilization of
The utilization of hairdressers in helping to identify DV victims and guide them towards services is not new at all. It was done in the 1970's.
One More Intrusion and Loss of Privacy
The feminists in the DV Industry are also targeting emergency room doctors and nurses, hoping to make them "mandatory reporters."
One reason for this is because there is no credible evidence to back up feminists' claim that "DV is the number one reason why women go to the emergency room." (Actually, it is accidental falls at home, followed by automobile accidents.)
Soon there will be laws to penalize mandatory reporters if they don't meet their quotas for referrals.
So, when medical professionals fear losing their licences, they will report even the slightest suspicion of DV, even if they have to make it up.
"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism." - John Stuart Mill
And women will just stop
And women will just stop trusting their hairdressers. Or there will be a lawsuit the first time a woman's husband is arrested and homelife are disrupted because she happens to mention her husband drinks a little more than she'd like.
This is another reason to
This is another reason to avoid having relationships with women, it's just getting to dangerous.
and then...
with completion of their training course hairdressers can become a part of the auxillary police force to ensure its Gestpao like function. Yes any relationship it too risky. I am also troubled that some of these women, both hairdressers and clients are mothers; mothers as a group have become abominable stewards of society.
manonthestreet Yes
manonthestreet
Yes Broadsword very dangerous indeed. But is there really any place to hide? In another comment I speculated(predicted) that men where on their way to even grater slavery. Just to avoid women mat not be sufficient to avoid this. The history of man kind has show time and time again that the pattern is for one group to be exploited by another. Do you think this history has come to an end. I think not. Also the oppression can last millennia.