Verizon Foundation Launches New Domestic Violence Awareness Effort Encouraging All Men to Join and Engage in Prevention Efforts

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2012-10-25 05:12

Article here. Excerpt:

'Ted Bunch, co-founder of A CALL TO MEN, said, "We encourage and invite men to become the solution to preventing domestic violence by raising their voices and awareness through Your Voice Counts. Together, we can all create a better world for our daughters, our sons, our sisters, our mothers and ultimately ourselves."

Domestic violence is one of the most critical public health issues for women, resulting in serious, long-term health impacts and devastating effects on children and families. According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 4 women and nearly 1 in 7 men in the U.S. have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetimes.

Maile Zambuto, CEO of the Joyful Heart Foundation, said: "Despite the pervasiveness of domestic violence, it remains a widely hidden issue in our society. And although women and children represent the majority of victims of domestic violence, it isn't just a women's issue. Men are affected as well - as victims, as perpetrators and as witnesses and bystanders. Engaging men is an important part of the movement to address, prevent and - one day - end domestic violence."
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The Your Voice Counts action guide contains concrete steps for how users can help prevent domestic violence and intervene if it is suspected. The guide's tools include a list of five ways men can speak up about domestic violence; examples of how to start conversations with others including friends, co-workers, children, survivors, coaches and students; and facts and statistics about the issue, including who is impacted and in what ways.'

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"five ways men can speak up about domestic violence..."

One way is to disabuse others of the myth that only men commit DV. That is one major component of any way a man can discuss DV, or woman, for that matter.

Now, why is Verizon all over this topic and not, say, AT&T, or maybe McDonald's, or whatever? As always, "follow the money", or in this case, "follow the leadership at the top". Google makes it easy enough. If you have never heard of theyrule.net, consider yourself now duly informed. (Tech note: You must allow Flash to run in your browser). When the site comes up, at the left, click "Companies". A list of companies will come up, scroll down to "Verizon Communications" and click it. Mouse over the icon in the middle of the screen and click "Show Directors".

Re Sandra O. Moose, here:
"As SVP, she held numerous leadership roles within the firm. She led the New York office from 1988 to 1998 and served as chair of the East Coast region from 1994 to 1998. She also chaired or served on several firmwide committees, including the executive committee, the officer compensation committee, and the audit committee. In addition, she is credited with founding and later leading BCG’s global Women’s Initiative."

Re BCG's Global Women's Initiative:

"BCG strives to be the very best place for women who want a career in professional services and considers attracting and retaining top female talent key to its advantage. The Women's Initiative helps to recruit the best available female talent for the firm and retain and advance current BCG women through effective management of their careers."

Equality? You want equality? No effort to attract and retain top talent regardless of sex... it's only good if it's female.

Melanie Healy, discussed here, also here:

"In addition to her current business responsibilities, Melanie is the leader of P&G’s North America’s Diversity and Inclusion Team as well as the Global Corporate Women’s Leadership Team. Melanie serves as a member of Verizon Board of Directors, Kenton County Kentucky Airport Board of Directors, and she has been a director of Bacardi & Co. Limited for the past four years. Since 2007, she has been recognized in multiple business leadership lists, including Fortune magazine’s “Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business,” Forbes magazine’s “The 100 Most Powerful Women,” and the Wall Street Journal’s “The 50 Women to Watch.” She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Richmond, Va. – where she is currently a member of the Board of Trustees."

That's just two members of the Verizon Board. And I just did a few Google searches. Point is, neither of these two members seem really interested in equality of the sexes; they are members of organizations that simply seek to increase the headcount of one sex regardless of whether this is a good or bad thing (ie, whether or not there are others of "the other sex" ore qualified for a given position).

Feminism isn't about justice, it's about power. They understand this. I wonder why so many men do not?

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2012-10-25 16:56

"And although women and children represent the majority of victims of domestic violence, it isn't just a women's issue."

Much better than their monster ad, but still intellectually dishonest. It's a shame, but not a surprise, that it doesn't have a comments section. The above statement alone shows the issue. It can just as easily be said that men and children make up the majority of victims of abuse.

And again, it seems only men are being held responsible for the solution. Are women to frail and weak to be called upon or something?

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Submitted by Kratch on Fri, 2012-10-26 04:41