Would you support this campaign against abusive women?
February 222010
Erin Pizzey, the campaigner who pioneered treatment for abused women by setting up the world’s first refuge centre for victims of domestic violence in the 1970s, is now turning her attention to another group of often overlooked victims: men.
Launching an online campaign and research project aimed at bringing the issue out in the open, Ms Pizzey, wife of broadcaster Jack Pizzey, aims to raise awareness of abuse perpetrated by women against men, a subject she describes as "one of the last taboos".
As many as one in six men are thought to suffer physical and mental abuse at the hands of women, yet the topic is widely seen as insignificant or implausible. Says Ms Pizzey: I feel that this kind of violence is one of the last taboos men are reluctant to talk about it, and so are the women who are doing it, said Ms Pizzey, whose father was abused by her mother. Much is known and studied about male violence, but very little is written about women, and any attempt to discuss female violence is met with rabid attacks and howls of ‘blaming the victim’.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/defender-of-abused-women-finds-a-new-cause-male-victims-770636.html
I think its wonderful that someone is finally bringing to light male victims. Abuse should never be tolerated, no matter who the victim is or who the abuser is. Any person who wants to deny that there are male victims at the hands of abusive women are sexist and/or severely ignorant. Having known a gentleman who was abused by his wife for years, I know all to well that it is a reality. Its great that the issue is being raised in the media and I hope Pizzey is able to change the social stigma surrounding male victims and abuse.
February 22nd, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Abuse is never right no matter who the target is.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 5:53 pm
I would be supportive to any campaign against any form of abuse, no matter what gender the abuser is. Abuse is abuse !
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February 22nd, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Yes, I would. Good on Ms. Pizzey. It’s a tragedy when anyone is abused.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Indeed I would. Lets just hope that the men that she helps don’t follow the footsteps of the women she was trying to help….
Look it up, you’ll understand.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 6:42 pm
You know I would.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I think its wonderful that someone is finally bringing to light male victims. Abuse should never be tolerated, no matter who the victim is or who the abuser is. Any person who wants to deny that there are male victims at the hands of abusive women are sexist and/or severely ignorant. Having known a gentleman who was abused by his wife for years, I know all to well that it is a reality. Its great that the issue is being raised in the media and I hope Pizzey is able to change the social stigma surrounding male victims and abuse.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Absolutely, I would fight abuse of any kind against any innocent party.
It’s rampant everywhere.
The evil in homes against so called loved ones astounds me the most.
Although I have issue with all anger, outrage & even death from abuse.
If your not aware, check it out. WAKE UP & TUNE IN. ~~~~~
Its so sad, it breaks my heart ~~~
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jill
February 22nd, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Ms. Pizzey sounds like a great person and I would support her and her program 100%.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Abuse is wrong in whatever form it takes, be it physical, mental, sexual or financial. Abuse of another person or living thing should never be tolerated. Lots of forms of abuse are still hidden and still taboo so they are not talked about. Elder abuse in particular comes to mind. Yes I would support any campaign against any form of abuse against any living thing.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Yes, I would. My reason being I know of a man, who wouldn’t hurt a woman than to look at her; he’s got this sister who when and if he looks at her cross-eyed she beats the crap out of him. Yet, if a person, a male, gets on his blind side they’re done for; he just refuses to hit a woman; what I see is baby sister taking advantage of that. I also know of another one who literally beats up her own husband; most definitely something should be done; what they say about him is he’s mild mannered; could he, too be taken advantage of?
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February 22nd, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Yes, of course. I would love to see the downfall of all the bullies in the world, regardless of gender, who somehow believe they have the right to hurt other people because of their own issues and inadequacies.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 10:06 pm
I say we mold the two anti-violence campaigns together and forget about gender.
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February 22nd, 2010 at 10:46 pm
The reason why men are many times turned away from abuse shelters is because the idea that women abuse too would blow a big hole in feminism, in that they believe every man is an abuser and rapist. Of course she’s going to have rabid attacks and howls. There was even a recent question on here where the best answer was given to the person who showed their hatred towards men in this same manner.
Of course, we know that abuse shelters have womens studies grads a lot of the time. The sexism towards men will keep getting passed down, in attempts to keep the womens revolution alive, many times in the form of false statistics. To give the benefit of the doubt, most political groups do the same in spirit of the Law of Self-Preservation.
To answer: I would support any non-sexist shelter that helps any victim, whether it be any race, sex, age, …
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February 22nd, 2010 at 11:19 pm
I would if Pizzey wasn’t running it. There are many flaws in her approach – the Chiswick refuge was run unprofessionally and she became an egotist who wanted to run the whole show.
There will need to be a big change in culture before men talk about abuse from female partners as much as women talk about the men that abuse them. Yes, I acknowledge that there is a problem, but I do not in any way accept that there is parity between men and women in this respect.
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