VAWA Is an Excellent Target for Spending Cuts

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-02-01 17:50

Article here. Excerpt:

'While the U.S. House is trying to figure out how to cut wasteful and/or extravagant federal spending, members should be mindful of Reagan's advice to begin by cutting programs that are harmful. One that fits this definition is the billion-dollar-a-year Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), now up for re-authorization.

This week is the 18th anniversary of an event that precipitated passage of VAWA in 1994. It's known as the Super Bowl Hoax, the assertion made on Jan. 28, 1993, in Pasadena, Calif., with fulsome media coverage, that more women are victims of domestic violence on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year.

That radical feminist fairy tale lacked even a shred of truth. It was designed to feed the feminist anti-male and anti-masculine prejudices that men are naturally batterers, women are naturally victims, sports fans are prone to aggression and macho posturing, and football is especially guilty.'

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Domestic Violence Coordinator, Department of County Human Services Supplemental Questionnaire

*1. Describe at least four ways in which gender impacts victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. Select one item from the four, and outline its scope and impact and how you would describe and address the issue in a public forum.

*2. Describe where and how you obtained at least 5 or more years of progressively more responsible work in the field of domestic violence, with at least 2 years of full-time victim advocacy experience.

*3. Describe the knowledge, skills and experience you have in fostering social change as it relates to domestic violence intervention and prevention. Give a specific example of your involvement in a process that resulted in changes in attitude, policies, procedures or practice that improved an institution's response or outcomes for survivors. What role did you play in that process?

*4. Describe what you mean by and how you incorporate the following into your work in domestic violence:
a. A victim-centered approach, AND
b. Cultural competency, inclusiveness of and responsiveness to diversity

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Submitted by oregon dad on Wed, 2011-02-02 22:01