Reid Unapologetic for Linking Unemployment to Violence Against Women

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2010-02-24 16:47

Story here. Excerpt:

'Advocates for men are calling for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to apologize for suggesting that men are more likely than women to commit domestic violence, especially when they're out of work for long periods of time.

But Reid's spokesman told FoxNews.com on Tuesday that the Nevada Democrat is not apologizing for arguing during Senate debate a day earlier that the $15 billion jobs bill he is sponsoring should be passed to help prevent an uptick in violence.

Marty Nemko, co-president of The National Organization for Men, described Reid's comments as "irresponsible," citing numerous studies that show women are just as likely or even more so to commit domestic violence against their male partners.
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"Instead of looking to try and find men jobs, he's bashing men completely unfairly," Nemko told FoxNews.com.'
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Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting (RADAR) took Reid to task for his comments, arguing that the $787 billion stimulus package that he supported last year funneled close to half of the spending to programs that women while 80 percent of those who lost jobs in the recession were men.

"Grant for the moment that, in spite of all the scientific research to the contrary, maybe Sen. Reid is naïve enough to believe that only men, and not women, turn violence to their partners when unemployed," the group said in a press release. "What kind of misogynist promotes a bill as unjust as last year's massive stimulus package while sincerely believing that doing so will cause more women to be beaten?"'

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"There is no question that people being out of work causes more people to be involved in domestic violence. I mean, I didn't make that up. I was told that by two people who run domestic crisis shelters," he said."

He was informed by the people who DID make that nonsense up. Now everything's clear. He's merely repeating the lie.

I suppose the domestic crisis shelters he spoke to about this issue serve male victims of domestic violence as well as female victims? I suppose the two shelters are staffed 50% male and 50% female and dedicated to stopping ALL forms of violence against PEOPLE, and not just a group of man-hating lesbians looking to secure more money from his bill to fund their uptick in business?

I'm sure neither of those shelters had a bias or agenda to cause them to turn a blind labia to the other 50% of the domestic violence problem.

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Submitted by Paragon on Thu, 2010-02-25 06:44

Notice how when 80% of the job losses happened to men the focus is in how it makes women!? the victims. Add to that a false statement guided by misandry. This example is very typical of how the situation is always twisted to make women the sole victims.

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Submitted by fondueguy on Fri, 2010-02-26 02:37

We need a RESIGNATION !!

But that will come soon enough...and then we'll find out if Harry abuses his wife when he become unemployed.

oregon dad

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Submitted by oregon dad on Sat, 2010-02-27 16:49