Domestic violence

[Osem]

A new crime of domestic abuse could be created under plans being considered by ministers.

Home Secretary Theresa May is consulting on creating the offence in England and Wales as part of attempts to improve police performance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28860213

I wonder if all those women who routinely use their children to exert control over their current or former partners will be the focus of any police attention...

Yet again another BBC article on domestic abuse which fails to acknowledge the existence of male victims at all. This really is a shocking betrayal of all those men who are abused by their partners.

The bill being discussed is about domestic abuse of PARTNERS..it's not going to differentiate between the sexes.That has to be a good thing.

It's the Media who don't pick up on this not the MPs..and when abused men refuse to speak out and make it clear what's going on in their lives then the myth will be perpetuated for ever.Women have begun to speak out about it so we need to get those cases involving men brought to the attention of the media.If you see a bias in the media WRITE to them pointing out that just as many men suffer from such abuse.Complain to the BBC and demand that they stop the bias..

Sadly moaning about it in forums like this won't change anything.

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

and when abused men refuse to speak out and make it clear what's going on in their lives then the myth will be perpetuated for ever.(

It would be helpful to look in to why men refuse to speak out. I think assuming it's due to ego and pride is the lazy option - my opinion is it's more due to a lack of belief in the system to deal with female perpetrators properly as well as little faith in there being enough support available.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

The bill being discussed is about domestic abuse of PARTNERS..it's not going to differentiate between the sexes.That has to be a good thing.

It's the Media who don't pick up on this not the MPs..and when abused men refuse to speak out and make it clear what's going on in their lives then the myth will be perpetuated for ever.Women have begun to speak out about it so we need to get those cases involving men brought to the attention of the media.If you see a bias in the media WRITE to them pointing out that just as many men suffer from such abuse.Complain to the BBC and demand that they stop the bias..

Sadly moaning about it in forums like this won't change anything.

I've done that and continue to do so, the Home Office too - surprise, surprise they're not interested, can't think why??

Maybe the BBC takes a bit too much notice of the outpourings of the likes of Harriet Harman and Yvette Cooper who after all their time in power and since, I've never yet heard acknowledge that male victims of domestic violence/ abuse even exist let alone anything else. Where are the images and mentions of suffering male victims in official literature, media reports etc?

I'm pointing out the reality of the reporting of the problem, the resources allocated to the victims and the very clear priorities attached to the subject by those charged with implementing the policy. Men come off worse at every turn and the more men (and fair-minded women) who read about this and start 'moaning' about it the sooner it'll change.

I'll stop 'moaning' about this gross unfairness when the drafting, reporting and implementation of these laws reflects the reality that men are being very badly let down by the system and suffer a great deal of physical and psychological abuse at the hands of bullying, manipulative and misandrist women. Maybe that's one major reason why suicide is such a major killer of men under 50 and men under 35 in particular, not that we should concern ourselves with the reason that's the case and try to do something about it.
When we start seeing in the courts, women being prosecuted for the most awful, controlling and manipulative abuse of their partners via innocent children I'll start believing that the law is being implemented even-handedly. I won't be holding my breath however.

[Osem]

The BBC ought to be ashamed at publishing an article about domestic abuse in which all the images and content refer only to female victims. No wonder male victims are reluctant to come forward!

And thanks to the CF member who confirmed to me privately just how badly the system treats men who dare to report abuse against them.

[Russ]

Will they jail contact deniers?

Lol just kidding. No chance of that.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Osem

The BBC ought to be ashamed at publishing an article about domestic abuse in which all the images and content refer only to female victims. No wonder male victims are reluctant to come forward!

And thanks to the CF member who confirmed to me privately just how badly the system treats men who dare to report abuse against them.

The BBC should've considered 40% of victims of domestic violence are male and a married man is more likely to be a victim than a married woman

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...home-rise.html

Whilst a long time ago I doubt much has changed, during my short spell as a special constable I only ever saw one guy make a complaint and the way he was treated by the so called investigating officers was disgraceful. They basically humiliated him into doing nothing by constantly telling him how pathetic it would sound in court and how no one would look at his wife and take the allegation seriously anything to get rid of him without any further action. I asked the senior officer I was with why the treatment of him had been so bad and he said "domestic abuse against men is far more common then anyone would believe but the system doesn't want to know" seems nothing changes.

[MalteseFalcon]

If I hadn't read about it happening, I must admit that my first response would be to laugh. I know that sounds wrong, but it is true. Unless you read accounts of it happening, it seems daft to think of a man being abused.