Praxis International speaker: "I think I know a lot of men who deserve to be beaten"

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2009-09-24 19:40

Trudy Schuett mentions NCFM's work in her fantastic article in the Examiner about how Amanda McCormick of Praxis International apparently made a position statement on behalf of Praxis when she said she knows "a lot of men who deserve to be beaten" during her keynote address at the annual conference of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Thank you, Trudy!

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Ed.:
Conference page here.
Also reported here. Excerpt:

'Naturally, when asked for clarification about this comment, Janice Wick, Associate Director of Praxis, said:

"Amanda McCormick is an employee of Praxis International but was not representing Praxis at the Washington conference. As I was not present, I can not speak to your concerns. I would not want to make a judgment based on a sentence that may or may not have been taken out of context. I will forward your email to Amanda and she will respond to you directly."

Notice how there is always an excuse when PC comments are made in most organizations, one that would not be tolerated had the sexes been reversed. I am glad to see that people who were attending were outraged and that Ms. Schuett is on the case.'

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..."is a nonprofit research and training organization that works toward the elimination of violence in the lives of women and children."

No mention of men so what else can we expect?

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Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Fri, 2009-09-25 09:39

That's one I've never heard before - "we the company are not responsible for what she said." The point, stupid, is that she said it publicly...and she works for your company. It may even be a reflection of their 'corporate culture'. They would of course immediately fire someone who made such a statement about women, or any other group for that matter.

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Fri, 2009-09-25 21:28