Men Against Rape

The Men’s Story Project is a new public performance and community discussion project examining social ideas about masculinity, using the arts as a medium for community-building and social change. It aims to give voice to men’s stories that are less often heard; to break silences on issues including sexism, racism, heterosexism, ableism and violence and ways in which these interplay with norms around masculinity; to celebrate mens beauty and strength; and to stimulate active discussion on what being a man can be all about. The ultimate goal of this replicable project is to help expand the presence of genuine personal expression, open dialogue, peace, and social justice in communities. The project is getting started in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Josie Lehrer, creator of the project, is a public health researcher, community educator/organizer and musician. For the past 20 years, her volunteer and professional work has focused on youth development and prevention of HIV/STI and gender-based violence in the U.S. and Latin America. Josie completed a PhD program at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2004, and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. Josie also currently works as a community educator with San Francisco Women Against Rape and facilitates social support groups for youth who are living with HIV/AIDS through Bay Area Young Positives. Josie plays guitar and percussion and writes music related to social issues. Her family is from Chile.

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Dale Wells speaks about his experieces of domestic violence.

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This is a national domestic violence ad campaign in Australia launched by the Federal Government.

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This show is about discussing good, bad and ugly topics and finding solutions to the problems that we face in today’s society and worldwide. The goal is for all of us through comments, experience and advice to help someone who is in specific situation or circumstance to find a way out and healing in the process. Also I hope it gives people motivation to pursue dreams or goals that you have been putting aside for too long.

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Violence against men

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Domestic violence committed by women against men is generally ignored or minimized, yet more than 200 studies have found that women initiate at least as much domestic violence (DV) against their male partners as males initiate against their female partners. Research shows that men comprise about a third of DV injuries and deaths. Women often compensate for their lack of physical strength by employing weapons and the element of surprise — just as David Woods’ wife did, and just as recently murdered former NFL star Steve McNair’s girlfriend allegedly did.

But in 2008, David Woods was partially vindicated. He was the principal plaintiff in a successful lawsuit against the State of California. The Third District Court of Appeals ruled that it violates equal protection that California’s funding of domestic violence programs that offer services only to women but not to men.
Recent research on domestic violence

The most recent large-scale study of DV was conducted by Center for Disease Control and Prevention researchers and published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study, which surveyed 11,000 men and women, found that according to both men’s and women’s accounts, 50 percent of the violence in their relationships was reciprocal (involving both parties). In those cases, the women were more likely to have been the first to strike. Moreover, when the violence was one-sided, both women and men said that women were the perpetrators about 70 percent of the time.

The Obama administration recently appointed Lynn Rosenthal as the first-ever White House Advisor on Violence Against Women. Vice President Biden, who wrote the Violence Against Women Act, said that creating the post will help the White House focus on stopping domestic violence.

Many of the world’s leading authorities on domestic violence recently gathered at the “From Ideology to Inclusion 2009″ conference in Los Angeles and detailed new research contradicting this view and offering solutions that will benefit all. Researchers emphasized their findings that ignoring female-perpetrated DV puts children, men, and also women in harm’s way. The conference was presented by the California Alliance for Families & Children and co-sponsored by the Family Violence Treatment & Education Association.

DV researcher Deborah Capaldi, Ph.D., a social scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center, told the conference that the most dangerous DV scenario for women is that of reciprocal violence, particularly if that violence is initiated by women. The best way for many women to be safe is to not initiate violence against their male partners. “The question of initiation of violence is a crucial one … much DV is [reciprocated], and initiations — even that seem minor — may lead to escalation,” she explained.

Dr. Capaldi’s research shows that whereas men are often thought of as the only abusers and also as serial abusers, a young woman’s DV is just as predictive of her male partner’s future DV as the man’s own past DV.

While Rosenthal and numerous others have created many programs and services to help abused women, there are very few services available to abused men. Those who seek help often face hostility or indifference from domestic violence hotlines, service providers, and law enforcement.

Denise Hines, Ph.D., of Clark University in Worcester, Mass., has studied why many abused men hesitate to leave their female partners. Hines told the conference that while some of the men’s reasons for not leaving were similar to those of abused women (love, not believing in divorce, hoping the partner will change, etc.), the men’s overwhelming concern was for their children.

Men often don’t want to leave their wives because this would leave their children unprotected in the hands of an abuser. If the men choose to take their children away from the home, when they’re found, the children are likely to be taken away and given to the mother, and the men might be arrested for abducting their children. Moreover, they would possibly lose custody of their children in the divorce anyway, again leaving their children in harm’s way.

In Hines’s study of male victims of domestic violence, 64 percent of the men who called a DV hotline were told that they “only helped women,” and over half were referred to programs for male perpetrators. Overall, only 8 percent of the men who called hotlines classified them as “very helpful,” whereas 69 percent found them to be “not at all helpful.” Worse, when an abused man called the police, the police were more likely to arrest him than to arrest his abusive female partner.
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An ad for Violence Against Men; Australia Says ‘No.’ A parody of the government ads for Violence Against Women. Recreated very closely to the real ads in terms of format and structure! Enjoy!

EDIT: Mwahahaha! More views than the actual ads themselves! Thanks everyone! Now hit that refresh button! More view… MOAR!!!

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I remember about 20 years ago going in to the police station with a black eye, I wanted to report domestic violence from my partner at the time.
I said to the police man she is on heroin and speed and she has gone off her head in eratic behaviour.

The Cop Said to me you are big and strong enough to look after your self, if you hit her we will have to lock you up and charge you for domestic violence….

The Law of the time covered women being battered but not men

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Those who suffer abuse are now being urged to seek help as part of a nationwide awareness week.

Ian McNicholl told Sky News he had been trapped in a terrifying violent relationship.

He described how his former partner, Michelle Williamson, squirted bleach in his eyes, forced lit cigarettes up his nose and burnt his arms with a hot iron.

She also smashed his shoulder with a hammer with such ferocity that the handle snapped.

“It gets worse without you realising,” he explained.

“You can’t seem to think for yourself or separate fact from fiction. You just want to keep her happy by complying and keeping her happy.

“As bizarre as it sounds, I still loved her.”

As Mr McNicholl found himself on the brink of committing suicide, a concerned neighbour alerted the police and his 10-month ordeal came to an end.

In April 2009, Williamson was sentenced at Grimsby Crown Court to serve a total of 18 years in prison.

Mr McNicholl is now slowly rebuilding his life and is about to have reconstructive surgery on his fractured eye sockets.

He told Sky News: “The fear of repercussions certainly stops people from reporting things.

“At one stage I was walking into the same newsagent with a new black eye or injury every day. Nobody said or did anything.”

A new TV advert will be part of a week-long awareness campaign.

Dr Steve Connor from the National Centre for Domestic Violence said: “As a man, it can be difficult to admit that you are being abused.

“As the advert points out, a man might feel ashamed, embarrassed or worried that he may be considered less of a man by speaking out against his abuser.”

The NCDV can be contacted via http://www.ncdv.org.uk/, telephone 0844 8044 999 or text “NCDV” to 60777

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Intro to a new series of videos I will be doing about the treatment of Muslim women and women worldwide.

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