It's been observed that you can judge the nature of a society by how it treats its children.

In spite of being a country with an economic stability and prosperity that is the envy of the rest of the world, our record on the protection of our children is abysmal.

I'm so glad to read an article such as this one that contests the stereotypes that allow our ignorance about child abuse to flourish.

Child abuse is one of the major issues both political parties neglected to address in their ludicrous election propaganda. It's the government's responsibility to take the lead on addressing these crimes, by providing the money and resources to prevent abuse, and to rehabilitate victims.

The scars of child abuse can last a lifetime They can ruin prospects for a productive life. It's a dreadful indictment of our society that so much abuse occurs, and so little is done to address it by politicians.

See this issue from the victims view point, but from your adult perspective. You as an adult, look and see a giant person (who you know to be unpredictable, and emotionally unstable) is charging in your direction, and they are mad at you! They are 15 foot 6 inches tall and weigh 463 pounds... they are angry at you! They are coming for you! What might happen...who knows. Why? What happened? What did I do? Imagine this issue from your adult perspective so you can relate to it. However,imagine the relationship to actual difference in size,strength, and weight. Comparing to a child vs. adult, it would be your 15 foot high, angry, mother...mad as hell at you! Imagine this issue from that outlook, you should experience a level of terror.

The SA Ombudsman has made a strong finding in relation to the way domestic violence is portrayed by the Office of for the Status of Women.

"The Ombudsman in South Australia found some statistics initially published on the site were false and misleading.

Advocacy group Men’s Health Australia made a complaint against the Office of the Status of Women over 10 matters on the website.

The Ombudsman’s final report substantiates seven of them and another two in part.

The Government had said one in 17 women was a victim of domestic violence annually, but the figure related to violence generally.

Michael Woods is one of the men’s group’s supporters and is from the Men’s Health Information and Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney.

“It is a shame that a government department is unable, despite being notified a year ago, to address its own shortcomings and it required this sort of action,” he said.

The ideological commitment of people in that department must be so strong that they would reject scientific data in favour of their own biases.”"

From http://www.articlesaboutmen.com/2010/09/ombudsman-finds-domestic-violence-campaign-%E2%80%98misleading%E2%80%99-men%E2%80%99s-groups-call-for-changes-911/

Antiseptic, I think this site you link to should be banned.

Look at the evidence.

http://www.articlesaboutmen.com/2010/08/dads-not-the-demons-in-child-abuse-911/

The Ads by google at the top...

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and, drum roll.....

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I think the evidence that women are equally (or even more) prone to violence and abuse is everywhere.

Below is just one other piece of research that highlights the well-known propensity for female initiated abuse amongst lesbian couples, above and beyond that seen in male gay couples or heterosexual couples.

Lesbians More Prone to Partner Violence Than Gay Men

http://blog.fathers4equality-australia.org/equalparenting/FiDBlog.nsf/dx/lesbians-more-prone-to-partner-violence-than-gay-men

Crikey

Continuing my call for banning biological parents for the crime of producing gay kids, we really must give due thought to banning mothers - clearly they cannot be trusted around children.

Dunno about Antiseptic and Houellebecq, but whenever, I am alone on a quiet street at night and I see a woman approaching me I always run into the nearest home - you just can't be too sure, can you?