Saturday, April 19, 2008

Feminists Myths And Distortions About Men - Part 2

"You don't have to be anti-man to be pro-woman."
~Jane Galvin Lewis

Feminist Myths about Domestic Violence


Myth #1: In violent heterosexual relationships, the aggressor is almost always the man, and the victim is almost always the woman.

Myth # 2: When women are violent, it is usually in self-defense.

Myth #3: Domestic violence is committed almost entirely by men, and lesbian relationships are gentler and provide women a refuge from male patriarchal dominance and violence.

Myth #4: Mothers are children's "first line of defense" against child abuse. [Read more]


Domestic Violence: A Two-Way Street


October is the seventh annual Domestic Violence Awareness Month, when activists and the media focus the nation's attention on violence against women. However, October's events only tell half the story. Why? Because the research on domestic violence overwhelmingly establishes that domestic assault is not a crime committed by men against women, but instead one committed by both men and women. By using weapons and the element of surprise, women are abusing their male partners as often as vice versa.

For example, veteran domestic violence researchers Richard Gelles, Murray Straus, and Susan Steinmetz, who were once hailed by the women's movement for their pioneering work on violence against women, have repeatedly found that women are just as likely as men to physically attack their spouses or partners.

Studies conducted by the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire in 1975, 1985, and 1992, found that abuse rates were equal between husbands and wives. In fact, the evidence suggests that abuse of wives by husbands is decreasing, while abuse of husbands by wives is increasing. [Read more]


Myths About Emergency Room Data on Domestic Violence

We hear that 20% to 35% of women who visit medical emergency rooms are there for injuries related to domestic violence, that battering is "the leading cause of injury to American women," or to women 15 to 44, and that domestic abuse causes more injuries to women than rape, auto accidents, and muggings combined. There's only one problem: none of these statements are true. [Read more]


THE INSIDIOUSNESS OF FEMINISM
* Happy Father's Day, Jerk
* Feminism may go too far in girls vs. boys by Holly Browne (Detroit Free Press, 3/28/08).

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
* Battered Men - The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence

MARRIAGE STRIKE:
* You Wonder Why There's a Marriage Strike?!
* "My added comments to the Ghost Nation"

EXAMPLES OF A JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND JUDGES GONE AWRY:
* Study: Divorce, unwed moms cost billions

EGREGIOUS EXAMPLES OF OUR "INJUSTICE" SYSTEM
* Fifth Circuit Recommends Impeachment of Federal Judge Based on ...
* More Connecticut Judicial Misconduct Exposed:

LEGAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH CORNER:
* Free Case Law Databases

INTERESTING READING:
* 'Murder by Mercedes' Killer Clara Harris Whining Again
* Police Cite Possible Drowning, Poisoning in Deaths of 3 New York Children
* A Comprehensive List of Female Teachers Who've Had Sex with Their Students

RELATED WEBSITES OF INTEREST:
* Dads Against The Divorce Industry

Be sure to visit these sites: www.abolish-alimony.org/ and www.alimonycentral.org

Participate in our Forum discussion group: http://reform.alimonyvictims.com/

Join the Alliance For Freedom From Alimony, Inc. to support the fight to abolish alimony. http://www.alimonyreform.org/membership.html

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