Calgary DV Month Kickoff continues to ignore male victims

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'While the campaign refers to all individuals who are victimized, talk of domestic abuse still focuses on adult female victims. That trend is slowly changing as the government, aid agencies and society begin to recognize other victims.

The least discussed group, says men’s rights activists, is men. It is a politically charged topic as adult males are also seen as the main perpetrators of abuse. Toronto social worker Adam McPhee says that doesn’t mean male victims can be ignored.

McPhee is employed at a Toronto AIDS counselling centre and an emergency drop-in shelter. He is also a spokesperson for the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE).

CAFE says its mandate is universal equality, but that it is focused on male well-being at a time when men are suffering from disproportionate rates of suicide, poor educational performance and legal bias.

CAFE has also been accused of being a hate group. Protestors forced it to call off a presentation at the University of Toronto in November 2012.

“We’re having our discussion kind of squashed and being told that any discussion of men’s issues is kind of misogynistic and, by its nature, it’s got to be in opposition to women,” says McPhee. He says he wants society to talk about abuse regardless of gender.'