Originally posted by frivolousz21
you know its weaker to blame your problems and make up things about women then it is to be clueless.
do you think all divorces are because of women?
how many women get beat?
or cheated on?
or mis treated?
why isnt there talk shows like oprah where 8 million men watch everyday to see how they get used and abused.
BECAUSE 8 MIL MEN DONT GET ABUSED.
Just being a MAN you already have an advantage..im sorry you cant use it for ur self
Some FACTS taken from various articles found in Men’s Issues….I hope you can comprehend what it is I'm trying to tell you.
“VAWA-funded organizations routinely discriminate against men seeking help. Ten VAWA-funded women's shelters in Los Angeles were recently sued for refusing a male victim help.”
“Although the U.S. Dept. of Justice reports that 36% of all people physically assaulted by their intimate partner are men (835,000 men annually), many battered women's advocates insist that only 5% of victims are male.” 36%!! From YOUR Dept. of Justice.
“Columnist Cathy Young notes a case in her files that "speaks volumes about most advocates' view of female violence. Brenda C. was admitted to a shelter after being arrested for assaulting her husband (during a divorce) and ordered out of their home. A letter to her attorney from a shelter counselor gave a fairly accurate account of what happened: In an argument, 'Mrs. C. grabbed Mr. C. by his necktie (and) he pushed her away. Mrs. C. then punched his face and her nail cut his neck.'" The shelter's assessment? "'Physical abuse' of Brenda by her husband."”
“Time and time again VAWA-funded women's organizations have demonstrated indifference or outright hostility toward male victims. Meanwhile, federal regulations are routinely cited to justify denying funding to organizations that want to help men.8 The Texas VAWA funding application form is typical. Item number one under "ineligible activities" is "Programs that focus on children and/or men".9
Richard Gelles, Dean of the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, was one of the first researchers to study family violence. He notes that although there are more than 1,800 shelters for women, there's nowhere for men to turn. Shelters for battered men are occasionally created, but usually fail due to lack of funding.10
Gelles also reports that men who retain their children in order to protect them from abusive mothers, often find themselves arrested for "child kidnapping."11 How many children are harmed by these gender-biased policies? How many children are victimized by a system that removes the father they feel safe with and gives total control to their abusive mother?
Having grown up in such a family myself, I find the prospect horrifying.
Many fathers stay in abusive marriages to protect their children.”
“A study of how one court in Massachusetts applies its abuse prevention
statute (ch.209A) as measured by the issuance of "209A restraining orders"
has just been published in the June issue of Journal of Family Violence.
The study found that women were 38% more likely than men to be granted a
protection order at an ex parte hearing, where only the victim is present
and the alleged abuser is unaware of the proceedings. Conversely, men were
240% more likely than women to be denied the immediate protection of an
emergency restraining order at ex parte hearings.
Similarly, the study found that women were 32% more likely than men to be
granted a permanent restraining order, usually for a year, when a temporary
order was pursued at the follow-up 10-day hearing.
Men, however, were 383% more likely to be denied protection when they
sought an extended or new restraining order at the 10-day hearing.
One of the more striking findings was that at 10-day hearings, if no
emergency order had been granted at the ex parte hearing (the decision was
deferred), 19% of the men requesting permanent orders were denied, but
women's requests for permanent orders were denied only 2% of the time. For
these cases, men were thus 850% more likely to have their request for
protection denied.”
