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The hidden assaults : Comments

By Joanna Bourke, published 10/9/2007

In bedrooms all over the country, women are still subjected to sexual violence from their spouses.

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It seems that men can't do anything right?
Posted by HRS, Monday, 10 September 2007 10:42:53 AM
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When is sexual assault ever right?
Posted by James Purser, Monday, 10 September 2007 10:50:41 AM
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As someone once remarked, there are lies; damned lies; and statistics. Rape can be defined in any number of ways - perhaps the definition should be clearly deliniated before emotive statistics such as the ones offered in this article become entrenched in the annals of urban myth.
Posted by GYM-FISH, Monday, 10 September 2007 11:30:39 AM
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"In bedrooms all over the country, women are still subjected to sexual violence from their spouses."

And in kitchens across the country, many men are subject to a continual tirade of verbal assaults by their spouses too.

So what.

If someone cannot deal with expectations of the partner in a relationship, then end it, get out of it. Stop blaming the partner for an unwillingness to act.

I must say this sort of generalist article really makes me want to vomit. It demeans men collectively for the shortcomings of an individual few, whilst completely ignoring the complicity of some women in creating such problems for themselves.
Posted by Col Rouge, Monday, 10 September 2007 11:44:05 AM
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Ah yes the old "It her fault she got raped" argument.

Once again for the hard of thinking, "No means No", doesn't matter whether you are married or not, you do not have the "right" to force your partner.

As to whether the women and men involved in domestic violence situations can just get out, those who say "Well why don't they just leave?" show a real lack of understanding of the human condition.
Posted by James Purser, Monday, 10 September 2007 11:53:08 AM
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Its tough isn’t it fellas? When it’s not all about you, when a woman has the temerity to complain about rape, and not just any rape either; rape, sexual assault in the ‘safety’ of the home by a ‘trusted’ companion, her partner.

Just to write on this topic brings out the whinging torrents of those hard done by blokes.

Rape is the same as verbal abuse, according to Col Rouge whose charm never exceeds his vitriol with little vignettes like this, “And in kitchens across the country, many men are subject to a continual tirade of verbal assaults by their spouses too.”

One thing that can be said in favour of these downtrodden men is that they prove why it is so hard for women to even bring assault charges against their partner, let alone find the courage when attitudes like Col's, HRS and Gymfish's sprout like fungus at the mere drop of the words 'domestic violence'.

It seems that the 21st century offers no more equality of rights than the 19th did.

Guys, it is not always about all of you - just a pathetic few. Women are still forced to provide sex even in trusted relationships and are still not being heard while outdated attitudes like those above prevail.
Posted by Johnny Rotten, Monday, 10 September 2007 12:32:00 PM
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