Today’s In His Own Words is yet another tale of what can happen when a lonely, vulnerable man ignores his better judgment and gets involved with an abusive, toxic woman who, in this case, was also a raging drug addict and violent criminal.
It is Day 4 of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the forth day in our series on men who suffer abuse in their relationships and who are often subsequently abused by social policy, public ignorance, and even the law of the land.
Has Suz become a celebrity gossip columnist? No but it might look that way. Suzanne McCarley further chronicles the exploits of Pauley Perrette, whose vindictive campaign of harassment against her former husband, reads a bit like, er, a screenplay.
Ty Henry points out some glaring double standards in the coverage of the sports world when it comes to rape and female-perpetuated domestic violence… even against other women. Female athlete shoots at her female partner’s vehicle and beats on it with a bat? Mums the word! Henry puts out another another call to activism for the MRA community to end the silence.
Mix one part Violence Against Women Act, one part Patriot Act, one part Duluth Model, and shake like crazy. Strain and serve during court hearings over a rocky custody battle to a drug-abusing ex-wife. The toxic, teeth-rattling backlash will make chemotherapy seem like a cakewalk. Just ask our intrepid Della Burton, who saw the whole excruciating ordeal play out first hand. [Illustration by Typhonblue]
This is Chapter Two of Erin Pizzey’s must-read suppressed blockbuster, “Prone to Violence.” In Chapter 2, we explore the phenomenon Erin calls addiction to violent relationships. Some people grow up with so much violence in their family home that violence becomes inextricably linked with their identity and their sense of security. You need to get this into the hands of anyone from an abusive family background.
The United States Constitution includes assurances against violation of citizens’ personal freedoms, including freedom from unlawful search and seizure. Police in Nevada decided that investigation of a domestic violence report supersedes all of those rights. Was the Violence Against Women act intended to fight alleged abuse with abuse of power? Do we even need to ask?
Erin Pizzey founded the first nationally and internationally recognized refuge for battered wives in England in 1971. She has two children and two grandchildren from her first marriage. Here she shares with the AVfM audience serial excerpts from her seminal work on domestic abuse, “Prone to Violence.” This installment: Chapter 1, The Way We See It.
What may appear on the surface to be a small but positive news story for the MHRM is actually something of massive proportions, especially if followed up on properly. The New South Wales[NSW] government has decided to recognize male victims of domestic violence and offer them services one reserved for women only.
Isaac T. Quill, woozle hunter extraordinaire, ventures into the wilds where woozles wander, tracks them down, bags them and displays them here at A Voice for Men for your edification. What are woozles, you wonder? They are a wascally way for cwazy wimmens to waylay weality! Weally! We wouldn’t make it up!
