The Rights Of Man

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTION ORDERS AND THE CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE ON MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE

One of the most distressing things when you are a group that continues to fail to get a fair deal is when the media and politics continue and purposely marginalise you. Often and this site has raised it, it is a form of discrimination by omission.

Today, has been a classic example of how discrimination against men continues to be endemic in the uK. It is no surprise on the International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls

This morning we were all greeted with the news that the Home Office has made £28 million available to end sexual and domestic violence against women and girls. Not a penny for male victims of sexual and domestic violence.No one is saying women and grils should not be supported who suffer in this way but many men do as well.

There is even a full blown strategy where conveniently the figures are highlighted showing that there are over 1 million women in England and Wales who are victims of domestic abuse and that 1 in 4 will be victim in their lifetime. Conveninetly the facts (as produced from the Home Office and collated by the ManKind Initiative) show that the male equivalent figures are 629,000 and 1 in 6.

The governement also announced (see bottom of press release) that they would pilot domestic violence protection orders in four areas. The quote greeeting everyone in the newspapers and in the media this morning from Home Secretary Theresa May was "Domestic violence is an appalling crime that sees two women per week die at the hands of her attackers." Wait a minute though, one man per fortnight also dies in this way but May does not mention that.

The whole issue of institutional discrimination against male victims of domestic abuse is of course exacerbated, albeit encouraged by a biased quote from the Home Secretary, by the media reporting. Once again, we have a gender neutral policy turned into one that is headlined and prefaced with the words 'wife-beater' or 'powers for police to ban men who abuse women' etc (see end for some examples).

But why instituntional discrimination in the way the orders are portayed by the government and the media?

It is because the orders apply to both male or female perpetrators of domestic abuse. Not only do they have to legally apply to all genders (though we know in a practical sense the police are only very likely to use them against male perpetrators and not female ones) but also because on BBC Radio 5 this morning, the presenter asked the Minister for Equalities, Lynne Featherstone, whether they applied to those who committed domestic violence against men. She said 'yes', but then used the usual caveat that most victims of domestic violence are women, thereby relegating male victims again to second class status.

But would you have known any of that by reading the govenment's annoucements or by reading any of the coverage? Of course not.

Today's announcement on the new money to tackle violence against women and girls (and nothing for men) as well as the deliberately inaccurate portrayal of the domestic violence control orders is another  classic example of the institutional discrimination by omission against men and male victims of domestic abuse.

This form of covert discrimination by omission is worse than overt discrimination because it is deliberately aimed at hiding the truth away. No wonder a government with a Minster for Women (and no Minster for Men) and numerous equalities ministers laugh in the face of men and the true meaning of equality.

Posted by Skimmington 

Examples of some of the worst of the media coverage - Daily Mail  , The Independent, The Guardian, ITN

NOVEMBER ARTICLE UPDATE

As is customary when a number of good articles have appeared but there has not been enough time to present or comment on them all, the site produces a list for general perusal and comment, and here are the latest:

Norman Tebbit - Why on earth should children need to study Women's History (Daily Telegraph)

UK Parliament - Family Courts (Families Need Fathers speaking)

Catherine Bennett - Women should stop whingeing about the coalition cuts (The Observer)

Patrick Heery - Who grows a moustache, er me... (BBC)

BBC - Why men are the weaker sex (BBC)

Jane Dudman - CAFCASS not fit for purpose (Guardian)

Westminster University, LSE and INSEAD - Pupils make effort with male teachers as they are seen as fair (Daily Mail) and research doc.

Daily Mail - Banned from mechanics course because he is a man (Daily Mail)

Harriet Sargeant - The cruelty of women who use children as weapons in divorce cases (Daily Mail)

Alice Azania-Jarvis - Why we are living in a young womens world (Independent on Sunday)

BBC Bristol - School told to admit boys or close (BBC Bristol)

Andrew Levy - Glamour girl who cried rape is jailed (Daily Mail)

Andrew Nicoll - Male victims of domestic abuse trebles (Scottish Sun)

Ericka Rackley - How feminism could improve judicial decision-making (The Guardian)

BBC Surrey - Kate Woodhead jailed for false rape accusation (BBC Surrey)

Daniel Razzaz - Crisis of Masculinty (Varsity)

Shropshire Star - £60,000 spent on false rape claims  (Shropshire Star)

Grimsby Telegraph - Women jailed for two and a half years for wicked false rape lies (Grimsbyy Telegraph)

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REPORT ON INEQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION AFFECTING MEN

Reece Wilks, a 17 year old student, who last year demanded that there should be a Minister for Men has produced a dissertation on inequality and discrimination against men on the 21st century.

It is avialable for downloading and reading:

Download Explore the issues of inequality and discrimination affecting men in the 21st century .

It is first class.

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COALITION'S COWARDICE WILL LEAD TO FALSELY ACCUSED MEN STILL LIVING WITH BLIGHTED REPUTATIONS

One of the great hopes that when the Coalition Government came together in May this year was this pledge in their agreement (page 24):

We will extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants

That is as black and white as you can possible get.

Over the ensuing months, following the onslaught by Harman, Flint and the rest (covered on the site), Crispin Blunt said that the "proposals did not stand on its merits."

The report that accompanied the U-turn states that there is insufficient empirical evidence in false accuasations to recommends a policy change. This is pretty weaselly considering that the report states the standard estimate is that 8-11% of rape allegations in England and Wales are false (see page 12), plus page 16 reports from research about the nature of false allegations.

This raises a number of issues, bar another U-turn in Government policy:

As raised here, there is an epidemic of false allegations, almost one per week is reported in the newapaper which is also covered by the the excellent False Rape Society which has rolling news on this issue and of cases of false allegation.

Each and every man accused of rape via a false allegation will continue to have their reputation stained (and stained forever because of the internet) with all the ensuing damage on the family, employment opportunities and psychology. Men have committed suicide becuase of this and some men have fled the country. Blunt thinks this is OK.

The second point which is most chilling is the fact that men have no hope of making sufficient gains in terms of equality (except for the review on Family Law and pensions!) because whenever a measure is put forward that brings equality for men, the Government buckle under the weight of the rantings and ravings from those who dislike men so much (Harman, Flint, Cooper, Fawcett Society, Equalities and Human Rights Commission etc).

We have already witnessed the laughable and dangerous antics of those who think equality only applies to women over the public sector cuts and pension changes. This u-turn sets an a very damaging presecdnet because it means they are terrified of the onslaught. The backbone of a jellyfish. 

Rather than stand firm on their manifesto commitment, equality in the British justice system and to prtuiect those falsely accused of rape, they buckled under the onslaught of the the nato-male Marxist feminists. They ran away like cowards under the cover of a report designed to give their u-turn some type of credibility to avioid being seen of being scared of the anti-male lobby.

Media coverage - Daily Mirror, Independent, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian

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CELEBRATE ON FRIDAY - IT'S INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY

Sorry there has not been any recent posts lately things cropped up which meant normal service was interrupted but will be resumed again now.

Anyhow, November is the most significant month for men in the UK and around the world. November is of course Movember, a campaign that gathers momentum and credibility each year.

On the 11th, it was Armistice day and the following Sunday was of course Remembrance Sunday when so many men (and women of course) gave their lives to our country.

And then on Friday, it is International Men's Day (now in its 12th year)  which this year has the theme of "Our Children, Our Future"

Britain's participation is being led by The Men's Network (run by Glenn Poole and Ben Dew), based in Brighton the4y are the UK's national coordinator for International Men's Day who have organised a conference on Friday morning, a Tash Dash on Saturday and a whole hots of other activities. They have an excellent Facebook site which also mentions support in Hartlepool. Is there anywhere else in the UK?

With the success and the impetus given by the Men's Network and the steady but very slow growth in awareness of issues facing Britain's Men and Boys, this year's events should act as a springboard for 2011.

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