The Rights Of Man

JACQUI SMITH, HOME SECRETARY STILL IGNORES MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS

Despite the fact that

• the Home Secretary's own Department's British Crime Survey (link - Page 80) states that 40% of men are victims of domestic abuse and that as many men as women are victims of severe force (1.7% and 1.8% respectively);
• the fact that they laughably claim that their policies on domestic abuse are gender neutral as seen by their response to this petition (link)(see future post);
• some parts of the media are changing their tune (see future post);

SHE STILL IGNORES MALE VICTIMS.

In an Government announcement (link) she announced a new wave of specialist domestic violence courts to support victims of domestic abuse. An extra 30 new Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (SDVC) brings the total number of dedicated domestic violence courts across England and Wales to 98.

She is quoted as stating ""We have made good progress on domestic violence over the last ten years but we know there is more to do and I want to reassure women everywhere that keeping them safe from harm is a top government priority."

Does the Government do this on purpose?

Do they do it to wind-up male victims and their friends and families?

Are they just forgetful?

Or are they just institutionally sexist against men?

THE BRIGHTON ARGUS SHOWS ITS IGNORANCE OVER DOMESTIC ABUSE

One of the many complaints from those operating in the sector helping male domestic abuse victims is the ignorance of their plight in the media and the gender discrimination in the reporting. Though media reporting in some quaters has improved with regular features on male victims, other media carry on the distortion.

As well known, two in every five victims are men but some media insist, when running stories on the issue, of just referring to females being vcitims and that men are wife-beaters.

The Brighton Argus has recenly done just that. They run a story on domestic violence courts under the headline "New Court System To Ensnare Wife Beaters" (link).

Well Done Brighton Argus for your balanced reporting!

SAD TALE OF A MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIM : SOUTHERN ECHO

The Southern Echo ran a piece outlining the sad tale of a male domestic abuse victim. Please follow the link here (link).

MEN IN FORCED MARRIAGES - GOVERNMENT CAUGHT AGAIN OF PURPOSELY TURNING A BLIND EYE TO MEN

In February, it was announced that the Government were looking at a male-only refuge for men and boys who were being forced into marriage. According to the BBC report (link)"it has emerged that 15% of the people who seek help about being forced into wedlock are men or boys." There are 165 refuges for women forced into marriage, none for men.

Foreign Office minister Meg Munn said: "Generally people expect men to be able to look after themselves, to manage situations, so men subject to domestic violence, men subject to forced marriage are likely to find it much, much more difficult."

Firstly, it shows once again, as in the case of the plight of male domestic violence victims, that the Government knows there is a problem affecting men but CHOOSES to ignore it - to purposely turn a blind eye. It has been caught out again, ignoring men.

The second issue, is that male domestic violence victims (of whatever race) have been systematically ignored for decades - there is only one/two refuges for men. However, as soon as race/multi culturalism is brought into it, the Government jumps on the issue, ignoring the fact that many domestic violence victims are also from an ethnic background and they have been ignored.

They have been caught - once of ignoring men when knowing there is a problem and secondly only reacting on an issue because of multi-culturalism/political correctness.

TRACY BROOKS CASE SHOWS ONCE AGAIN WHY MEN SHOULD REMAIN ANONYMOUS UNTIL FOUND GUILTY IN RAPE CASES

The case of Tracy Brooks who had down the years falsely accused five men of rape is a salutary tale (link).

It not only serves as a great disservice to those women who are raped but again shines the spotlight into the way that the criminal justice system 'automatically' believes a man is guilty.

What is also made worse is that a man, once charged, is named irrelevant as to whether he is found guilty. It is too late for those who are found innocent or who eventually have the charges dropped against them, their names have been emblazoned across the media and the friends and work colleagues will never quite believe them.

Often the feminist fundamentalists will state that nothing can be in place that will out off women from coming forward if they have been raped. Of course, that is true, but there is no evidence to state that by keeping a man's identity secret, unless found guilty, would put women off from coming forward.

The current situation is a clear case of sexual discrimination against men and cannot be justified on moral, logical or rational terms.

The Government have looked at it but done nothing about it, no doubt because Harriet Harman QC MP sees it as an opportunity to attack and undermine men

This is one Law that has to be changed.

2008 BUDGET OFFERS MONEY FOR ENTREPRENEURS : ONLY WOMEN APPLICANTS WELCOME

One of the many items outlined in Darling's budget was the announcement that £12.5 million would be set aside for an "access to capital fund", only available for women entrepreneurs (link) and (link).

Not only is this patronising to women and another form of legalised sexual discrimination against men, it fails to understand basic economics.

If anyone has a sound business idea, they will get the funding through banks or other vehicles of venture capital. There is no evidence to show that women cannot get access to this funding because they are a woman and that men get more access solely because they are a man.

This is just another sexist policy by this anti-male government, paid for by the humble taxpayer.

NEW INITIATIVES FOR MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS

The past few months have seen an increase in activity in the organisiations (albeit still small) in the male victims of domestic abuse sector.

The ManKind Initiative has a new web-site (link)

A new help-line and service has been set up in Wales called Dyn Wales (link) and (link)

A new branch of Men's Aid has been set up in Scotland (link)

LX LITTLEWOODS DIRECT THINK MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS ARE FUNNY

One of the many this site's kind readers brought up a LX Liitlewoods Direct viral campaign which is available on YouTube. It was used as a Christmas viral advertising campaign in 2005 and shows four men in casualty that have been harmed by women, including one man with a stiletto embedded in his skull. It is based on their campaign about "What Women Won't Want For Christmas".

They seem quite pleased with themselves that the campaign was a success (link) and Mr Funny,  Michael Duffy, Head of Online at LX Direct said, " We wanted to investigate if they would respond to a viral campaign that was a bit more off-the-wall than normal".

The two points here:-

Firstly, LX Littlewoods Direct would never, and rightly so, create an advert that showed battered women in casualty with a tag-line "What Men Won't Want For Christmas". It wouldn't even enter their thick head, but an advert showing the same against men is fine by them. It was a similar issue to the MFA advert (link), the Superdrug Punchbag (link) and the All men Are Bastards Knifeblock (link).

Secondly, a common thread coming through much of the media coverage on the subject recently was that men as domestic abuse victims are not taken seriously by society at all. This was a brick wall that male victims were facing and remember that as many men are victims of severe force in a relationship as women.

p>The viral advert is below:-

HARRIET HARMAN - THE ENEMY OF MEN

This site and many others have often commented on how Harriet Harman, The Deputy Leader of The Labour Party, Cabinet Member, Leader of The Commons and Minister for Women, is the most dangerously anti-male person in the UK. As pointed out here (link), this is not a new phenomena. What makes her such a danger is the fact that she is in power and can actually bring in new laws and rules that actively damage individuals (who happen to be men) and is certainly the leading Marxist feminist in the UK. Whilst other groups can lobby and complain, she can actually do.

The key reason for raising this issue again, is the fact that this week she and her spin doctors were briefing the media about a consultation on changes to the Single Equalities Bill that will stop men (predominately white, but this site is not interested in the racial aspects) from getting jobs because it will allow employers the right to take into account gender when choosing candidates with exactly the same qualifications. 

The change as described and debated in the media (link, link, link, link) will be similar to the so-called 'positive action' (there is no such thing as positive action, because it means negative action for someone else, which means discrimination) schemes in the USA where in areas where there are few women, they get a specila treatment.

This is very dangerous system for men and all men in the UK should be scared because:-

Firstly, it plays to the politically correct game of identity politics and victim status. Instead of treating everyone as an individual whose gender is very much a secondary feature, it places men as the victors in every facet of life and women as victims who need help. It means that a poor boy from Peckham is seen as having more life advantages as a rich girl from Rodean public school (or St.Paul's Girls School which Harmen went to). This is manifestly wrong, immoral and unethical.

Secondly, men will lose out and they will be discriminated against solely on the basis of their gender, so the talents of a man are secondary, it is the fact they are not a woman that counts. There is already too much women-only grants, women-only societies and women-only management courses, many of which are funded by the taxpayer.

Thirdly, it means that the so-called meritocracy is dead, and a new system where your talent and contribution is secondary, it is your gender that is more important. Again, immoral, unethical and wrong in a democratic society.

Fourthly, male discrimination affects women. Men have mothers, sisters, wives/partners and daughters. If a male is discriminated against, then these women are also discriminated against, yet, according to Harman, it is being undertaken in their name.

Fifthly, it will not be applied, it is never is, to areas where men are wholly under-represented. This is especially a consideration in the primary school education sector where only 15% of teachers are male. Local authorities and the other state agencies are infested with feminist fundamentalists who were educated in the 1980's when the fundamentalist cause was born. These women are now in powerful positions and control policy, they do not care about men.

The only conclusion, and is gladdening to see for a change that even organisations like The Fawcett Society are questioning the proposals, is that if any pro-active 'action' consultation becomes law, it will give the green light to systematic discrimination against men, rich or poor, black or white (a black women will benefit from positive action over a black man - she ticks the box twice, he only once) will be systematically discriminated against.

That is why Harriett Harman is the number one enemy of British men.

NEW CRIME STATISTICS ARE WAKE UP CALL TO THE PLIGHT OF MALE DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS

New British Crime Survey figures published by the Government (link) show that as many men as women are victims of 'severe force' in a relationship (1.7% men and 1.8% women).

These figures were highlighted by The ManKind Initiative (link) who accuse the Government, the police and local authorities of turning a blind eye to the plight of male victims, especially as the figures are irrefutable when they are the Government's own figures (link). This is because the Government do not provide local authorities with funds, the latter don't ask for it and don't want to know and very few police authorities accept that men can also be victims.

The ManKind Initiative also highlighted the trend over the past three years which show that c40% of male victims of domestic abuse are men.:-

	Men			Women
	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
Partner Abuse (non sexual)	4.1%	4.0%	4.3%	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%
Partner Abuse (non sexual -severe force)	1.6%	1.3%	1.7%	1.8%	1.8%	1.8%

Whenever, you hear Feminist Fundamentalist groups such as Women's Aid, Refuge, The Fawcett  Society etc, deny that male victims need help or if they only talk about female victims, then use these figures. Their untruths are no longer sustainable.