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One in three victims of family violence is male : Comments
By Greg Andresen, published 27/11/2009Government policies have been based on the assumption that almost all perpetrators of domestic violence are male and almost all victims are female.
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Paw and others, I'm a feminist and have no trouble having women's violence brought to light, however I am opposed to bashing either sex and making violence by one sex an excuse for the other's violence to be minimized, excused or ignored. I've provided assistance to men in distressing relationship situations a few times over the years. It's very hard to persuade them to seek legal advice; to call the police or to step away from the abuser and leave the premises even until the situation calms down. Menz groups could help men by providing them with positive strategies to protect themselves and encouraging them to access services that are available and willing to assist.
Paw can you provide a link to the stats to which you refer. The thing is, are you referring to raw numbers or percentages ? In raw numbers, women will perpetrate more occasions of child abuse if only because they do at least 3/4 of the child care. Also, people speak about emotional and verbal abuse as if men don't also do that; abuse comes in mixed bags, in my experience.
Doug I'm sorry to hear about your situation and I know it takes a lot to persevere with anyone with mental health issues. However, it is also the case that MANY male abusers obtain what is called a Section 32 or 33 under the MH Act in NSW to enable them to obtain counselling orders and psychiatric treatment for their violent behaviour.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=NB02064.pdf
Drug and alcohol use is often a complicating feature for both sexes.