The Rights Of Man

MEN CAN USE FALSE ALLEGATIONS CRITERIA BUT WHY SO MANY WOMEN'S GROUPS ARE SILENT?

The Crown Prosecution Service this week announced the results of its review on prosecuting those who retract allegations of rape and domestic abuse (covered on the site here). The CPS decided that the law in this area needed to be clearer because of a case in Swansea where a woman was sent to prison for retracting an allegation, even though she was forced to retract it.

The problem with a case like this is the failure of the CPS and police to understand why this woman was placed in this position which therefore opens up the floodgates for the anti-male feminists to bring in new laws and rules in favour of women. They never miss a trick.

However, given the epidemic of prosecutions in the papers each week (61 women prosecuted for false allegations last year), the CPS have also recognised this remains a problem. This has been helped by some male Conservative MP's raising the problem in Parliament before the government's infamous u-turn on defendant anonymity, the numbers of clear cut cases where women have been sent to prison and the pressure from organisations like Parity, Men's Aid and of course the False Allegations Support Organisation (respondents listed here).

Whilst the premise for the CPS policy remains on protecting women who retract allegations and making it easier for them to do so (thereby it can be said encouraging them to make false allegations), there is now a clear test in the guidance for prosecuting false allegations which will help organisations helping men, men themselves and the police/prosecutors. Not just rape but also domestic abuse/violence.

These are in section 26 of the guidance which says:

Applying the public interest factors set out in the Code, prosecutors should bear in mind that a prosecution for perverting the course of justice is more likely to be required where -  

• a false complaint was motivated by malice
• a false complaint was sustained over a period of time (particularly where there were opportunities to retract)
• the suspect in the original allegation was charged and remanded in custody
• the suspect in the original allegation was tried, convicted and/or sentenced
• the person who made the original allegation has previous convictions or out-of-court disposals relevant to this offence, or a history of making demonstrably false complaints
• the suspect in the original allegation was in a vulnerable position or had been taken advantage of
• the suspect in the original allegation has sustained significant damage to his or her reputation.

By stating it so clearly, this actually gives men and organisations supporting the falsely accused clearer power to challenge those making false allegations and put pressure on the police and CPS who refuse to prosecute.

One last point is on the silence of female groups involved in providing support to women who are raped or are victims of domestic violence. Whenever there is a story of women going to prison for a false allegation, you never hear a peep from Refuge/Women's Aid/Fawcett Society etc, even though that person making the false allegation is damaging those women who have been raped.

The only conclusion is that anti-male Marxist feminsists can never bring themselves to criticise a woman no matter how awful she has been. Their ideology dictates it so and shows that beneath the bonnett, no matter what has happened it is men=bad, women=good.

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Media coverage - Guardian

WELSH IPCC DOES NOT RECOGNISE MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE EITHER

In April the site commented that the Director of Public Prosecutions at the Crown Prosecution Service, Kier Starmer, did not recognise the existence of male victims of domestic abuse.

Now the Independent Police Compliants Commissioner for Wales, Tom Davies, does not either.

At a conference this week in Wales he makes no mention of their existence, only the existence of female victims. Welsh male victims do not exist according to the leader of the Welsh IPCC. No mention in the press release either and nothing on the BBC from the IPCC although the broadcaster does mention the increase in females arrested.

There was a session on male victims as mentioned here but if all victims of domestic abuse are to be recognised people like Davies cannot continue to ignore male victims. They must show leadership and stop ignoring a key number of victims because of their gender. 

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DOMESTIC ABUSE - NO RESPECT FOR RESPECT OR CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE

Sorry for the delay in putting any posts up in June, it has been pretty full on and as you know always happy to publish other people's work.

Part of the delay this week was to try and see where the story BBC Radio 5 ran with on Monday went and also to pick out any salient points (there were 137 comments on their piece). The story was about male victims of domestic abuse and the fact that the number of female perpetrators had doubled in the last five years to nearly 4,000. We received an email to say the ManKind Initiative had been helping the production team on it and their chairman, Mark Brooks, was quoted.

There were three main points worth picking up:

(1) On Radio 5, the interview between Respect (who run the Men's Advice Line a Home Office funded helpline despite being a charity about perpetrators) and Dr Nicola Graham-Kevan, a professor at the University of Central Lancashire. This is on just after 7am (one hour in) via BBC Radio 5's iplayer (A fuller interview with Mark Brooks is at the beginning of the three hour show). In this lively piece, Ippo Panteloudakis who runs the Men's Advice Line is dismissive of male victims. He says after firstly avoiding the question on whether he agrees with the Doctor on whether as many women are as violent as men in domestic relationships (he says 'dispelling' but is cut off- it'd been nice to find out what he was dispelling!) says:

"It doesn't really change the picture overall that the majority of domestic abuse perpertrators are male, the overwhelming majority. Women do occasionally use violence in their intimate relationships and this is what this report is telling us."

When pushed again on whether women are capable of violence, he goes on to say "We are all capable, it is a matter of whether we use violence or not and in my professional experience the overwhelming majority of perpetrators are male with a female victim." 

Firstly, he is not telling the truth as the government's figures show (highlighted on ManKind Initiative's website) that one in three victims of severe force are male and the doctor believes the figures are 50:50. Parity complained to the UK Statistics Authority about the use of 'overwhelming' - perhaps Respect ought to know or do they know but choose to ignore it.

Secondly, what is so disconcerting is that fact that all Respect want to do is try and downplay male victims and basically say this is a non-story becuase there are far more female victims. The problem is that no one is saying there are no female victims, that men should have better services and women should be ignored. All true equality campaigners want is to ensure there is full recognition of male victims in the same way as there is for female victims and that there are support services.

Respect seem to want to run a men's helpline but actually they don't really believe in what they are doing because male victims are not as important as female victims. Such hypocrisy is startling, but alas, not surprising. They are the enemy within.

(2) Later on in the subsequent Radio 5 phone in which covered the subject with lots of men being candid about their experiences including those at the hands of the police (the Association of Chief Police officers says that male victims are treated seriously), Nicky Campbell read out (22 minutes in) a statement from the Crown Prosecution Service stating  

"Any form of domestic abuse is a serious crime that ruins lives and breaks up families irrespective of whether the victim is male or female. There is no bias or lack of concern on the part of the CPS when dealing with cases involving male victims. The pernicious nature of the offending remains the same irrelevant of whether the victim is male or female. Our domestic violence policies are purposefully gender neutral - the wording does not single out men or women. We welcome any representations from groups or individuals who have concerns about how we deal with domestic violence."

Sometimes you do not know where to start but if one thing highlights this untruth it is Kier Starmer's speech (he is the director of public prosecutions) which did not even recognise that male victims exist. Sorry but the CPS is talking rubbish - there is the proof! Plus this from a few years back

And of course the policy may be gender neutral but the application is not. Has anyone seen a CPS leaflet encouraging men to come forward? I see tumbleweed.

(3) The last piece of interest was Dr Nicola Graham-Kevan's piecein the Guardian outlining how feminism has shut out recognition and services for male victims. Certainly will have ruffled a few feminist feathers. A first for the Guardian surely! However, the piece attracted over 480 comments.  

Overall, it has to be hats off to Radio 5, ManKind, Dr Graham-Kevan and all those men who came forward to discuss the issue. Only by this sort of coverage can the walls of anti-male feminism and anti-equality campaigners come crashing down.

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Editors note

Coverage on the issue has been widespread (ITV Daybreak, News 24, Radio 1 etc) including in these places which add a bit extra to the story: Daily Mail, Bicester Advertiser, The Wright Stuff and a blog by the journalist who originated the story.

ARTICLES UPDATE

A few articles for the end of the month.

Daily Mail - Woman chopped off man's penis as he 'attempted to rape her' before taking it to the police as evidence (Rob Cooper) - Read the awful awful misandry in the comments section.

Jersey News - Male domestic abuse stigma is shattered 

BBC Wales - Pale male courts need more women judges - More calls for discrimination against men

The Guardian - How the government is letting down women (Polly Curtis)

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ARTICLES UPDATE

Please find below some recent articles that may be of interest and have not been covered on the site in the past month.

Bestbear.co.uk - Sexual discrimination against male nannies

Daily Mail - Paramedic was unfairly dismissed after false rape claim

Daily Mail - More girls join the Scouts than boys (Steve Doughty)

Daily Mail - Fire service relaxes tests to make it easier for women

Legal Week - Eversheds sex discrimination rejected by tribunal  -A disgraceful attempt by Eversheds to applea against their discrimination against a man. It shows the lengths some go to deny discrimination exists against men.

BBC News - Girls behaviour deteriorating in the classroom

Guardian - MPs warn against false allegations in family courts

Daily Mail - Sexism is dead say British women (Steve Doughty)

Guardian - Quotas and women-only shortlists aren't popular but they work (Suzanne Moore)

Guardian - Glencore Chairman says women prefer bringing up children than being in the boardroom

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CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE - MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE DO NOT EXIST

I know the site bangs on sometimes about discrimination by omission being one of the most covert, insidious and invsible forms of discrimination against men, but it is used as a weapon so much.

One of the starkest examples was in the field of domestic abuse when Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions at the Crown Prosecution Service, launched a new domestic violence initiative and set out in his speech entitled - Domestic Violence: the facts, the issues and the future.

All male victims and those men and women who support and know them will weep at its content.

There is not one mention of men in the press release nor in the speech. Nothing at all. There are no facts about them.

It shows clearly that the Crown Prosecution Service - the state prosecutor that supposedly ensures there is justice in Britain and the upholder of equality before the law - has no interest at all in equality when it comes to domestic violence.

As shown by the government figures (via the ManKind Initiative), one in three victims are male yet they get no mention. 

What makes it worse is that in his speech Keir Starmer provides a whole bank of statistics on female victims yet there is no mention of the reciprocal male statistics even though they are from the same research. For example:

• Two women a week are killed by a partner or ex-partner (the figure is one per fortnight for men) - British Crime Survey 
• 1 million women were victims of domestic abuse last year (700,000 men were also) - British Crime Survey
• 19% per cent of women have said they have been stalked since 16 (9% of men also report the same) - British Crime Survey. Read this about Facebook.
 

Part of the reason for the announcement was to ensure that all domestic abuse murders were reviewed as set out by the BBC (it is worth noting that the BBC use the figure for men which means all the lobbying has worked because a year ago they would not have done - congratulations to the BBC).

What the attitude of the Crown Prosecution Service shows (it also has 'previous') is that it thinks domestic abuse only happens to women and never to heterosexual or gay men. If the Director of Public Prosecutions cannot even bring himself to mention male victims of domestic abuse in his speech, press release or list of facts then what hope is there for male victims to ensure justice is served.

What hope is there also that the review into domestic abuse murder cases will be treat with the same diligence a murder of man as opposed to a woman. 

There is no equality of justice if you are a male victim of domstic abuse, the Crown Proscution Service do not recognise they exist.

These are the facts, the issues and the future from male victims, courtesy of the Crown Prosecution Service.

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Editors Note - a few updates on male victims:

BBC News - Esteem in Cornwall

American Psychological Association (British professor) - Male victims can suffer post traumatic stress

Daily Mirror - Saving the lives of men

ManKind Initiative - New videos and Dads on the Air (Chairman interview)

WHY WAS ARTICLE TAKEN DOWN HIGHLIGHTING THE FACTS ABOUT THE OLD FIRM DERBY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?

A recent post exposing the myths about rises in domestic violence and domestic abuse around the Old Firm derby has been taken down. However, the text of the article is still available via a cached site and has been pasted at the end of this post.

This site covered the post last week and it was picked by a variety of feeds which probably meant it was receiving a lot of attention.

Either the author got cold feet or he/she was told to take the post down by those who do not want the truth to be known. Alternatively it could have been taken down by those who run the site.

The article was numbered 1124 yet 1123 and 1125 are still on the site (published 01 April 2011) - The site is here.

Whatever the reason, if this was taken down against the authors wishes or he/she was put under pressure, it shows how far some people will go to stop the truth from being told and that nothing, absolutely nothing, can get in the way of spreading anti-male propaganda especially when its gets in the way of feminist fundamentalist myths.

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Hattip - JK

Article on Rangers Media website

I recently submitted a Freedom Of Information request to Strathclyde Police asking for some domestic crime statistics. This followed Strathclyde Police's claim that domestic abuse in their region rose by 138.8% if an Old Firm game was played on a Saturday, and 96.6% if the game was played on a Sunday. There was also a claimed 56.8% rise following midweek games.

My request was not fully granted, although I have asked for the remainder of the data. They have, however, supplied data for weekends from the 2nd January 2009 to the 6th March 2011. This period includes seven Old Firm games, so will be sufficient to examine their figures regarding weekend games.

So, what do the figures show? They are available for anyone to view here: Link

I'll start with the Sunday figures, remember we are expecting a 96.6% increase if the police are to be believed. The average number of domestic abuse incidents on a Sunday for that period was 100.0, the average on a Sunday when an Old Firm game was played was 137.0. This 37% rise is not good whatever way you look at it, but it falls a long way short of the 96.6% claimed by the police. There were other dates with similar increases, Old Firm games 'ranked' (for want of a better word) 1st, 3rd, 10th, 12th and 28th from a total of 114 Sundays.

So, to Saturday, where a 138.8% increase is claimed. The average number of incidents on a Saturday was 102.0, this figure includes New Years Day 2011, which was by far the highest figure at 271 incidents. Even removing this figure, the average for Saturdays was 100.5 incidents. There were 2 Old Firm games played on Saturdays in this period, the number of incidents on those dates were 87 and 89. An average of 88 incidents means a decrease of 12% on Saturdays not including New Year, a decrease of 14% if you include New Year. The 'ranking' of Old Firm games in the Saturday list is 83rd and 89th of 114 days.

If Strathclyde Police have figures which back up their claims, I'd love to see them. It certainly seems from this data that the claims were simply made up.

Now, this is where I'm going to depart from statistics and move into conjecture and opinion. My feeling is that domestic violence is perpetrated by scumbags. It doesn't matter if these scumbags support Celtic, Rangers, or anyone else for that matter. People who hit their partners (or families) will hit them.

Why do we see the increase on an Old Firm Sunday? It's my firm belief that alcohol plays a large part in domestic abuse. Increased drinking will lead to an increase in incidents. It is clear that an Old Firm Sunday is seen as an excuse to drink for many, we all know from our own experience that pubs and clubs are busier on an Old Firm Sunday than other Sundays. It would be naive to think there is not also an increase in drinking at home. I'd suggest it is more to do with this increase in drinking than the football itself. I'm sure the same will apply to midweek games, although I'd imagine to a lesser extent.

So why is there a decrease in incidents on a Saturday? Well, we have a smaller set of data regarding Saturday Old Firm games (only 2 games in the period in question). Also, Saturday is a more traditional drinking day anyway. Perhaps the scumbags who hit their families drink on a Saturday whether the football is on or not.

So, in summary, we have this:

Saturday games: Strathclyde Police claim 138.8% rise, reality is a 12% fall;
Sunday games: Strathclyde Police claim 96.6% rise, reality is a 37% rise.

Why the lies? Why has nobody challenged them before? I believe (thanks to rfc52 and Castilian) that Gordon Brewer challenged Ian Gray of the Police Federation on Newsnight, but it wasn't pressed or followed up on. It's disgraceful that people in such positions can make up figures and blatantly lie, and the media lap it up and report it as fact.

 

ARTICLES UPDATE

Sorry everyone...very hard to keep up at the moment. Here are a few must read articles for one or reason or other...

Daily Mirror - Saving the men who live in fear  (Louise Baty)

Evening Standard - I hate to say it but we need a quota to put girls on top (Chris Blackhurst)

Daily Mail - Judge launches stinging attack on Wren as fellow soldier she accused of rape is cleared (Tamara Cohen). Note everyone how the woman remains nameless but the two innocent men are named, forever having their names publicly available but she remains anonymous. That's equality in Britain today!

Daily Mail - Sexism is dead, say Most British Women (Steve Doughty). More analysis to come at a later date.

Daily Mail - Teacher who had sex with schoolboy is spared jail (no byline)

Straight Statistics - Standard recycles out of date figures on domestic homicides (Nigel Hawkes)

Daily Mail - How Facebook is turning women into stalkers (no byline)

Men's Network - Mens Mental Health Week

Dads on the Air (Oz) - Erin Pizzey interview

The Guardian - Where are the women directors? (Kerry Fox) - Spot John Kimble's comment

The Guardian - When Women are victims of growth (Jane Martinson)

The Telegraph - Another 'horrible' case for you Mr Loughton (Christopher Brooker) - child abduction by the state.

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THE TRIPLE WHAMMY FACED BY A MALE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

There was an hour devoted to male victims on BBC Three Counties (see here from 1 hour in). The most striking interview was from Ray (about 1hr 30 mins in) where he described the abuse he suffered from and the fact that the police tried to prosecute him!

Not only does his story show the power of the false allegation but also the knee jerk sexism that still occurs in some police forces where the man is always guilty. It also shows the awfulness of the family courts where this man has lost contact with his son.

Perhaps all those who celebreted International Women's Day this week should be made to listen to it and be asked what they think.

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ARTICLES UPDATE

Sorry been really hectic recently so here are a few recent articles on the Mancession and violent women. The former is the sure sign of the victory the anti-male feminists have secured against men.

BBC News - Male depression set to increase

Daily Telegraph - Western men becoming depressed (Richard Alleyne)

Daily Mail - Depressed men : It's down to the Mancession (Jenny Hope)

The Independent - Why men are the losers (Jeremy Laurance)

Daily Mail - Bad Girls (Harriet Sergeant)

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