Action Alert Standing with men of Scotland

Misandry in DV Enforcement OK with Dept. of Justice; Men in Scotland Disagree
January 15th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.

Here's a petition that's worth signing. It seems that the Scottish Parliament is amenable to actually hearing from citizens about topics that are important to them. So this organization that calls itself Men in Scotland has a petition on domestic violence. Here it is in full:

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that all publicly funded action (campaigns, publications, action plans, projects, training programmes, etc.) on domestic abuse/violence are overhauled to fully acknowledge the extent to which men are at the receiving end and to address the needs of male victims and their children.

As you can see, it's a modest request - that public monies be spent so as to publicize and deal with domestic violence in ways that reflect its actual occurrence. That would seem to be not only the most basic common sense and the most basic fairness, but also the most intelligent way of trying to lessen the incidence and impact of DV. After all, if you ignore half the victims and half the perpetrators, you're not going to address the issue completely.

Into the bargain, here in the States, we've some impressive studies that show that the surest way for a woman to avoid becoming a victim of DV is to not initiate a physical fight with her partner. So by pretending that women don't commit domestic violence, we remove from those very women the most important tool they have for avoiding injury at the hands of a partner.

The petition can be signed by anyone; you don't have to live in Scotland to do so.

And here's a little item from the U.S. While Men in Scotland is trying to make DV law and practice gender-neutral, we in the U.S. already have policies in place to prevent just that. It's a publication by the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. It's a gem.

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