Domestic Violence 101: The personal vs. the political Part 3

Article here. Excerpt:

'Meanwhile, the laws in place allow total strangers to decide for women what their fate will be. There has recently been a media campaign in my area and others urging people to turn in their neighbors, friends, and relatives if they suspect domestic violence. A neighbor, hearing noise from a nearby house can phone police about suspected “domestic violence,” and regardless of the facts, set in motion an unstoppable sequence of events that may well be to the detriment of the family involved. Advocates have imposed a set of ever-more Draconian laws, and in their arrogance a sexist and bigoted belief system on people who are vulnerable, in pain, and in need of realistic methods to help them cope with their problem. In some cases, a problem has been created where none existed before.
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The “experts” on domestic violence are backpedaling furiously, engaging in all kinds of linguistic acrobatics claiming that women only use violence to defend themselves, and/or are given no choice but to use force by their designated batterer. There is now a movement afoot for laws that make it harder to arrest women for anything, so watch for bills to be quietly introduced in local, state or even federal legislatures that appear to be for the purposes of assisting battered women.'