"Domestic violence reality check for the 'manosphere'"

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2013-10-04 21:22

Article here. Excerpt:

'Domestic violence is a crime in which, overwhelmingly, the victims are women and the perpetrators are men. A recent 11-year summary of domestic violence trends in Victoria by the Department of Justice found that nearly 80 per cent of victims were female and over 90 per cent of perpetrators were male.

Yet lately it seems that there has been a subtle shift in community perception. Whenever the topic of domestic violence is raised in the media, talkback radio, online comments and letters to the editor are suddenly flooded with demands that we acknowledge that men, too, are victims. According to a VicHealth report, one fifth of the community now believes that men and women are equal perpetrators of violence in the home.
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The misrepresentation of domestic violence as gender-neutral is dangerous for a number of reasons. Firstly, this 'what about men?' campaign wastes precious air time and column space that Blay believes would be better spent 'having real conversations about family violence — examining the figures, exposing the myths and getting the stories out from behind closed doors'. Secondly, it raises suspicion about all domestic violence claims by suggesting that women routinely exaggerate or invent abuse.

But finally, and perhaps most dangerously of all, the claims of men's rights groups downplay the amount and impact of domestic violence on women. By characterising violence as mutual or a two-way street, they trivialise the ongoing, severe and sometimes fatal nature of domestic violence.'

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If one looks just at arrest records, which one would expect from the Department of Justice, then one would probably find more men are arrested for DV than women. That's hardly surprising because police have been taught to arrest the man because feminists have told them repeatedly that he's the guilty party. Often a man who calls police because his wife attacked him is arrested.

On the other hand, if one looks at the results of scientific studies on DV, one finds it's mutual, with women leading in certain categories. Feminists never admit the existence of these studies, instead focusing on "studies" that give the result they want.

As to the harm cause by DV, that applies equally to men. DV can be fatal for men. Feminists routinely deny the harm women do and the harm men suffer. Whatever a woman does is okay and if a man is harmed in the process, it doesn't matter.

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Submitted by el cid on Sat, 2013-10-05 14:02

The gender feminist run domestic violence industry has been lying about domestic violence for more than a decade. I'm glad to see the truth getting out as told in "Witch-Hunting Males" at Youtube.
http://tinyurl.com/65dpzwu
And as shown in "Los Misandry" at Youtube.
http://tinyurl.com/27oh7cp

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Submitted by MR on Sun, 2013-10-06 17:24