SAVE launches social media initiative

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2010-09-04 02:17

From Abusegate Bob:

Today Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – SAVE – is launching our new Social Media initiative:

1. SAVE for Victims and Survivors: http://www.saveservices.org/victims-and-survivors
2. SAVE for DV Service Providers: http://www.saveservices.org/service-providers
3. SAVE for Policymakers: http://www.saveservices.org/policymakers
4. SAVE for Persons Falsely-Accused: http://www.saveservices.org/falsely-accused

For each group, we have assembled:

1. An extensive array of resources, information, and advice
2. Facebook page to receive announcements, updates, and Alerts
3. Yahoo page for discussion

A new era of VAWA reform is about to begin! Catch the Wave!!

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Nice work!!

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2010-09-04 02:22

The stats provided still perpetuate the myth that women are more frequently the victims and men are more frequently the perpetrators. I don't understand. The CDC themselves did a study and found that female-on-male is more frequent. Why are they now claiming that the reverse is true? Maybe I am just not reading the stats clearly enough. It pretty much seems counterproductive.

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Submitted by Scottie on Sat, 2010-09-04 03:05

First,the CDC claims this:
"Each year, women experience about 4.8 million intimate
partner related physical assaults and rapes. Men are the
victims of about 2.9 million intimate partner related
physical assaults."

and in a different section, SAVE claims this:

"Over 250 scholarly studies “demonstrate that women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners."

Is it just me or is that a contradiction? Its late. Maybe I'm just reading incorrectly.

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Submitted by Scottie on Sat, 2010-09-04 03:10

Scottie,
My guess is that one can be physically aggressive without actually causing physical harm, which would be termed physical assault.

So, although women can and are more physically aggressive (just watch when she doesn't get her way), they don't cause 'harm' to most men. I put 'harm' in quotes, as harm is defined differently by both genders. A man can be pushed, hit, or kicked, and he thinks nothing of it. Just another day in the life of a man. But, grab a woman's arm in a confrontation or block her blows? She'll file charges and say you 'harmed' her.
Just my 2 cents.

MAJ

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Submitted by digital_dreamer on Sat, 2010-09-04 04:01

That was my thought,too; there are enough differences in the phraseology to caused the differences in the stats. However, if I understand correctly, the victim doesn't need to be harmed in order for the charge to be physical assault. My guess is that the numbers that were cited from the CDC came from a watered-down study as they were afraid to reference the 'politically incorrect' stats.
SAVE was probably just piecing together the best package that they could; taking the good with the bad.

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Submitted by Scottie on Sat, 2010-09-04 12:59

The CDC adds partner rape to the IPV stats, which doesn't take into account female-to-male sexual coercion. The SAVE stats come from the Fiebert Metanalysis, a collection of peer reviewed studies ranging over the last 35 years. It is the definitive word on DV stats, and a url every MRA/FRA should have at the ready (and a site that should be bookmarked). Another site for the academically-minded MRA is http://www.dvstats.org/, which conveniently number crunches for you.

These are handy tools for debunking misandry.

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Submitted by Hunchback on Sat, 2010-09-04 13:57

That site is amazing. It gives succinct information on the law, research, and the economics related to DV and sites everything. The site is well organized and comes across as professionally concerned.

Its a great place too learn and get references as an MRA and I think a great place to send other non-MRAs.

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Submitted by fondueguy on Sat, 2010-09-04 15:28