AdrianD

'On most occasions domestic violence is near impossible to prove, because it's usually done behind closed doors, out of sight, and without direct witnesses to the assaults.'

Most crimes happen 'behind closed doors' or in a public place where no witnesses are present - murder, robbery, assault, rape, embezzlement. That doesn't stop the law enforcement and legal professions from mounting a case to prove the guilt of the perpetrator, or from journalists being able to write about the case.

Don't kid yourself. The 'special' legal statuus of family, domestic and intimate violence has nothing to do with being 'behind closed doors'. It's a carry-over from much more patriarchal times, when a man's home was his castle and anything he chose to do there was HIS business and outside of the law.

Excellent article. Great to see more articles appearing and calling out feminists on the damage they are doing to our society.

The thing I can't understand is why feminists always want to name and shame men but then never want women who are proved to have made a false allegation equally named. Feminists want us to a) assume that women NEVER lie (when on average women are better liers than men) but b) if they are proved to have lied then be treated as some sort or minor who can't take responsibility for their actions.

At lease if they were consistent and treated men and women as equals then we could take them seriously. The sad fact is that feminists see women as much more important than men. We men are fools who took women at their word when they said they wanted equality.

Killarney, those other crimes leave a 'trail'; even rape can leave a trail, but lesser so -- pregnancy,disease.

Domestic violence is often very different indeed, as usually only 2 people are involved in the crime, the perpetrator and the victim. That's it --- behind closed doors, no paper trail, no accomplices, no computer records, a controlled victim, a scared victim.

Azzhole men have gotten away with bashing their wives for centuries. These days it's harder for them to succeed in their crime, but succeed many of them do. Society still has a very, very, very long way to go regarding physical domestic violence perpetrated by some cowardly men upon women.

Whilst I personally believe men who attack women are the lowest of the low, second only to those who attack children, I get quite annoyed at those who seem to think that it's not a two-way street, women are just as guilty, and they have a track record of using emotional abuse too, far beyond what most males are even capable of. Add to that the FACT that women are responsible for the majority of child deaths and injuries in the home and it makes their "victim" status highly dubious, to say the least.
A woman assaults her husband and it's a big joke all round, with little sympathy or support for the bloke. If however she complains about HIM, for even the slightest thing, the machine flies into action, dropping on him and falling all over to assist the woman, that's just a fact. False complaints are rife, but rarely discussed, and almost never punished.
If a woman torments and abuses her husband continuously there's little he can do, but if he loses it and strikes her, well, his goose is cooked, no matter the provocation. However, if SHE commits any acts of violence then every little thing he's said or done for years is considered relevant and a mitigating factor, it's almost automatically HIS fault.
Fair?
Balanced?
Hardly.

what I wonder is if woman who have lied to Police and found out should be named and shamed in public? It happens often.

...On the subject of the AVO(apprehended violence order ( nsw))! An often misunderstood reality of this instrument of control, is the AVO is issued by the police themselves!
The police will either initiate the application by issuing an interim order, or the victim may request the Police to initiate the AVO.The interim order will in turn be submitted to the court for further action by the magistrate. It is at this point the AVO may be challenged. ( and should always be challenged )!

...So it is plain here to see, the game play is between the police and the victim! But having said this, I was involved with a case in the last few weeks where the women victim of violence was understating her medical condition to the medical authorities and the police, through fear of repercussions from the violent partner, who attempted to strangle the woman, and some members of his family who were willing to act on his behalf!

...It is also the role of the police to determine the degree of threat to the victim and decide if ( in this case she), needed the extra protection of a placing into a women's refuge centre: Again the role of the police is essential to secure the safety of the victim.

...It is not a personal decision of the victim of violence alone to choose to use an AVO for personal protection; but it is still a game which can be played successfully if the impending victim wishes to provoke a situation or reaction from another party to further their own cause!