SIGN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT DOMESTIC ABUSE PETITION CALLING FOR EQUAL TREATMENT FOR SCOTTISH MEN

Two Scottish women, Alison Waugh and Jackie Walls, have put down a petition in the Scottish Parliament calling for:-

 "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."

Please sign and please send to anyone you know from Scotland to sign.

This is crucial given the fact that the Scottish Government's latest figures show a clear need for support for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence in Scotland

In addition, there is also a new web-site called Men in Scotland on the issue.

Comments

[Lionel Anthony]

Congratulations and good luck to Alison Waugh and Jackie Walls; the names on the petition are growing.
Domestic violence is not a gender issue and I feel there must be a real resistance to any trend that makes it one. All victims of violence whether children, women or men are victims of crime and the petition conceived by these two ladies could take us down the road to an equality before the law which, today, exists in name only. Domestic violence has been captured by a select few who benefit from the stereotyping and institutional sexism of current legislation and law enforcement.
From there it is easy to manipulate purely for political purposes and, somewhere along the line, the victim becomes a pawn.

[Jon Parker]

Hello My name is Jon Parker and I run a male domestic abuse service down in Hampshire, Historically men have not advacated the need for domestic abuse services for them,this is due to fears of ridicule or societys perceptions
its only now that men are speaking about such things and are making progress. Services for men are 30 years behind womens services. Well done to Alison and Jackie.

p.s why didnt men put in a petition