RADAR – How Can I Help?

Are you are tired of media articles that depict men as abusers and batterers? Are you worried that one day you might be falsely accused of domestic violence? Have you felt frustrated wondering what you can do to stop this?

Now, there’s a solution in sight. RADAR – which stands for Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting -- is a campaign that will harness the efforts of hundreds, if not thousands, of men’s and father’s rights advocates around the country.

Click "Read more..." for more.RADAR has identified five key messages:

1. Women are just as likely as men to commit domestic violence
2. Men sustain over one-third of all domestic violence-related injuries
3. Men are far less likely to report the incident
4. Media coverage of the DV issue is often biased
5. That bias often allows DV myths to continue and to grow

These messages will be conveyed to representatives of the media through e-mail communications, telephone calls, and letters to the editor.

So how can people get involved? Here are eight steps to success:

1. Visit our website, and visit frequently: http://www.mediaradar.org/. We need to get our site listed high in the Google search engine. Every time you visit, that ups the Google rating. And when reporters do a search on "domestic violence," they are more likely to find our web site.
2. Become knowledgeable about the facts of domestic violence. We have assembled the key information under the Resources section of our home page.
3. Begin to track how your local media covers the DV story. Pick one local media outlet – newspaper, radio, or TV – and establish positive contacts with its reporters, editors, or producers.
4. If you are tracking a major media outlet, join the national network of Media Monitors.
5. Sign up to receive the RADAR E-lerts. You can do that at the RADAR home page.
6. When you receive an E-lert, respond promptly. Send an e-mail or letter, or telephone the listed editor. Your message doesn’t have to be detailed or lengthy. Suggestions on how to get your letter published can be found here.
7. Disseminate the male perspective on DV to the blog scene.
8. When you get your letter to the editor published, or convince your local paper to run a story on male victims, let us know about your successes. We’ll list them in our Campaign Successes section!

The men's/father's rights movement has become the civil rights movement of the 21st century, and we are on the cutting edge. Now, let’s do it!

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