Would you support this campaign against the abuse of men?
February 202010
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
The truth is that the Domestic Abuse canard is that Feminists don’t want the problem resolved. Pizzey found that Feminists used it to fund their movement with Tax payers money. It became the core of their funding mechanism. Without it Feminism would have imploded. NOW has very few funding mechanisms. And Feministing.com’s Editor Jessica Valenti admits she barely makes a living from her Portal. The primary portal for the Feminist Movement in the US.
Feminists who support Women’s Studies are having difficulty finding real jobs for Women’s Studies Grads. Its like having a Buggy Whip business. Not alot of customers. Feminists are opposed to solving the Domestic Abuse problem for several reasons. Feminists goals are to divide Men and Women and to create distrust between the Genders. They declared Decades ago that Marriage was akin to Prostitution and their goal was to destroy it.
Now Feminists are blaming Men for bailing on Marriage. In the 1960s Women objected to being treated as "Sex Objects", now they have Cuntfests and call themselves Vagina Warriors. This is textbook mental Illness. Those of us around long enough cannot take Feminists seriously.
Domestic Abuse is a Human problem. Where violence is sometimes mutual, sometimes Males Primarily and sometimes Females Primarily. Feminists celebrated Lorena Bobbit mutilating and cutting off John Wayne Bobbit’s Male member. But ignored when she took a Butcher Knife to her Mother.
February 20th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Of course.
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February 20th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Yes I will… Indeed I think is a gender roles effect. Men doesn’t want to talk about being abused cause they are ashemed…
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February 20th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
I don’t know, but I’ll look more into it. As a Men’s Rights Activist, I’m willing to do anything to help my fellow men out.
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February 20th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
No, I say "grow a pair" and leave the abusive spouse, which is the same thing I would say to a woman. People need your permission to disrespect you.
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February 20th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
I’ll have to read up on the campaign at its methods, as I don’t want to be associated with any group who advocates special rights on anyone’s behalf.
But I’ll take a look at it, and if I campaigns against the abuse of men with equality and fairness, then yes I would support it.
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February 20th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Absolutely Yes, domestic violence is domestic violence whatever the gender. Will she covering violence between gay partners as well or is it just men/women?
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February 20th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
I thought her name is Erin Prizzy. She wrote the book called ‘The Watershed.’ Brilliant stuff once you get into it.
I find hard to believe 1 in 6 men suffer physical and mental abuse though. Still since I have not studied this who am I to say that.
Men need help too sometimes. It would be worthwhile looking into.
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February 20th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
I wouldn’t say it was met with rabid howls, but I can see what you mean.
This is a big taboo, partly because society still feels it has to have men seeming ‘macho’ and so can’t admit to the abuse, and partly because as much as people pay lip service to seeing women as equal they don’t think women are capable of doing harm. Which is wrong, because individuals can all potentially do harm, regardless of gender.
I’m glad the issue is being given some light.
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February 20th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
yes… yes I would
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February 20th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
how is it possible for a women to abuse a man? arent men stronger than women?
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February 20th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
well, yea we are Bella, but think about it, how many laws are there to protect women from men who abuse em… how am i supposed to defend myself from a woman if i’m gonna get arrested should i even lightly touch her?
I can guarantee you i would be arrested if i tried to defend myself from spousal abuse. They would clear me eventually, but i’d spend a few nights in jail if my wife claimed i’d hit her, even in self defense.
IMO domestic violence is domestic violence, and equality means you have EQUAL liabilities under the law as well.
Simply because women to men spousal abuse is not as common as man to woman, does not mean it should be overlooked.
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February 20th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
I wish some women would abuse me,
THANK YOU MOTHER, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!?
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February 21st, 2010 at 12:11 am
Yes. Men need love too.
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February 21st, 2010 at 12:57 am
I support a man’s right not to be abused.
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February 21st, 2010 at 1:42 am
I guarantee the mental abuse is higher then one in six…
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February 21st, 2010 at 1:47 am
Yes, I would. Violence is violence. I had a male friend who had an abusive gf. Of course, she wasn’t really abusive until he tried to break up with her, then she punched him and threw a knife at him. I couldn’t tell him to leave her fast enough. I just wish he had pressed charges, but he wouldn’t do it.
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February 21st, 2010 at 1:52 am
Of course
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February 21st, 2010 at 2:26 am
Absolutely.
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February 21st, 2010 at 2:35 am
Sure, I’ll support any initiative against abuse. However, I hardly think that domestic violence affects men on the same level that it affects women.
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February 21st, 2010 at 3:10 am
Men need to talk more about this abuse and be more open instead of ashamed to discuss it.
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February 21st, 2010 at 4:00 am
Violence against males isn’t as widely reported because they are less likely to seek help, not because it doesn’t exist, or because it’s not as bad. Yes, I’d support it.
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February 21st, 2010 at 4:31 am
Personally, having had my thoughts, feelings and words ignored, rebuked, walked over and abused: having my need for sleep disrupted and violated: having had my needs ignored, pushed away, denigrated, abused and have left me feeling abandoned: having been physically and emotionally abused AND having visited an A/E Dept as a result, I can attest to the ‘female abuse of the male’ from a 1st hand perspective.
For someone to suggest that I ‘make a stand’, or ‘fight back’ or to ‘grow a set of …..’ would have simply made matters exceedingly worse and more than likely have me looked at as being the one of created the situation for which ‘the Little Woman’ had to protect herself from.
I am the taller of the two, the man, the heavier of the two and apparently the stronger of the two and therefor have to be the ‘Protagonist’ and thus the guilty party.
Physically, if one cares to actually examine me, this case against me wouldn’t stand up to scrutiny, but then, that much examination rarely takes place and as nearly always, it’s a matter of those First Impressions that count.
Personally, I detest the attitude and the situation where ANYONE Ignores, walks over, violates, denigrates or abuses another person. I believe and advocate for TWO people having a share in their relationships, and for which each has a responsability the wellbeing of it. AND that each has a responsability for at least ATTEMPTING to communicate their thoughts, needs, feeling and desires ~ freely, without rebuke / attack or put-downs or denigration and a NEED to defend their selves.
Sash.
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February 21st, 2010 at 4:48 am
The truth is that the Domestic Abuse canard is that Feminists don’t want the problem resolved. Pizzey found that Feminists used it to fund their movement with Tax payers money. It became the core of their funding mechanism. Without it Feminism would have imploded. NOW has very few funding mechanisms. And Feministing.com’s Editor Jessica Valenti admits she barely makes a living from her Portal. The primary portal for the Feminist Movement in the US.
Feminists who support Women’s Studies are having difficulty finding real jobs for Women’s Studies Grads. Its like having a Buggy Whip business. Not alot of customers. Feminists are opposed to solving the Domestic Abuse problem for several reasons. Feminists goals are to divide Men and Women and to create distrust between the Genders. They declared Decades ago that Marriage was akin to Prostitution and their goal was to destroy it.
Now Feminists are blaming Men for bailing on Marriage. In the 1960s Women objected to being treated as "Sex Objects", now they have Cuntfests and call themselves Vagina Warriors. This is textbook mental Illness. Those of us around long enough cannot take Feminists seriously.
Domestic Abuse is a Human problem. Where violence is sometimes mutual, sometimes Males Primarily and sometimes Females Primarily. Feminists celebrated Lorena Bobbit mutilating and cutting off John Wayne Bobbit’s Male member. But ignored when she took a Butcher Knife to her Mother.
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February 21st, 2010 at 5:35 am
Search "mandefender" in your google
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February 21st, 2010 at 6:00 am
As long as they’re adults, I blame the victim whether they’re male or female, if they are in a long term relationship that they refuse to leave. I’ve never understood men or women that choose to stay in such relationships.
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February 21st, 2010 at 6:10 am
Yeah. I support ending all violence, not just violence against women. I never understood why we separate the two.
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February 21st, 2010 at 6:28 am
Definately! I would be a big supporter
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