61. Domestic Violence Against Men domestic abuse and violence against men and women have some similarities and The incidence of domestic violence against men appears to be so low that it http://www.survivingthememories.com/id67.html

Domestic Violence Against Men Home Intro My Story Survivor Stories ... Healing Music tweNavbarPreload("sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/asbutton.jpg","twe826032A"); tweNavbarPreload("sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/asbutton.jpg","twe826032B"); The Storm Is Over by R. Kelly Battered Men - The Hidden Side of Domestic Violence men battered each year, silent too long Male Victims of Domestic Violence (UK based) Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men Why Do We Know So Little About Domestic Abuse And Violence Against Men There are many reasons why we don't know more about domestic abuse and violence against men. First of all, the incidence of domestic violence reported men appears to be so low that it is hard to get reliable estimates. In addition, it has taken years of advocacy and support to encourage women to report domestic violence. Virtually nothing has been done to encourage men to report abuse. The idea that men could be victims of domestic abuse and violence is so unthinkable that many men will not even attempt to report the situation. The Problem With Assumptions About Domestic Abuse And Violence It is a widely held assumption that women are always the victims and men are always the perpetrators. Between 50 and 60% of all domestic abuse and violence is against women. There are many reasons why people assume men are never victims and why women often ignore the possibility. For one thing, domestic abuse and violence has been minimized, justified and ignored for a very long time. Women are now more organized, supportive and outspoken about the epidemic of domestic abuse and violence against women. Very little attention has been paid to the issue of domestic abuse and violence against men - especially because violence against women has been so obvious and was ignored for so long.

62. Domestic Violence Against Men Subject (UK) domestic violence against men (TV Channel 4) Reply Date Mon, 11 Jan 1999 193408 -0700 From Denis Herard dherard@assembly.ab.ca http://www.fathersforlife.org/fv/fv_against_men_UK_ch4tv.htm

Fatherlessness - Canada's greatest social problem ! Home Search In The News Our Forum ... References - Bibliography You are visitor since June 19, 2001 var site="s14fatherless" Domestic Violence Against Men Crisis Lines Thanks to Lindsay Jackel in Australia Sun, 10 Jan 1999 Below is a review of the UK Channel 4 the documentary program, Dispatches, on FEMALE on MALE DV, screened on Thursday 7 January 1999: Source http://www.channel4.com/index.html and use http://www.channel4.com/njs/search_indexnj.html to search on the words "domestic violence" to find the following announcement: Thursday 7 January 1999 UK TV Channel 4, 21:00 DISPATCHES A six foot security guard is knocked unconscious... stabbed and beaten - by his girlfriend - who is under five foot. A weeping police officer describes how his wife tried to suffocate him with a pillow while he was sleeping. In a specially extended Dispatches reporter DEBORAH DAVIES reveals the extraordinary results of the largest ever survey of male victims of domestic violence. Dispatches talks to men about why they have suffered yet stayed and have no faith in the police, and to women who explain why they are violent to the partners they love. The First Step Centre run a helpline for people experiencing domestic violence offering advice, information and counselling.

63. Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Fact Sheet The Delaware Coalition against domestic violence and its members strive to create In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men http://www.dcadv.org/08take_action/fact_sheet.html

click here to read more. Domestic violence is thought to be more prevalent among immigrant women than among U.S. citizens. Domestic Violence Fact Sheet Intimate partner violence is pervasive in U.S. society. Nearly 25 percent of women surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their lives. Nearly 7.6 percent of men surveyed reported the same. * In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women. ** Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend each year to 4 million women who are physically abused by their husbands or live-in partners each year.** Studies show that child abuse occurs in 30-60% of family violence cases that involve families with children.** Women experience more chronic and injurious physical assaults at the hands of intimate partners than do men. Women who were physically assaulted by an intimate partner averaged 6.9 physical assaults by that same partner, while men averaged 4.4 assaults. * Most intimate partner victimizations are not reported to the police. Approximately 1/5 of all rapes, ¼ of all physical assaults, and ½ of all stalkings perpetrated against female respondents by intimates were reported to police. Even fewer reported by male victims surveyed. *

64. The Countess: Sweden Proposes Domestic Violence Tax Against Men Sweden Proposes domestic violence Tax against men. Members of Swedish parliament have proposed to investigate the cost to society of male violence against http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2004/10/sweden_proposes.html

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66. 1-Click Lists: VAWnet Applied Research Documents Welfare and domestic violence against Women Lessons from Research Working with men to Prevent violence against Women An Overview (Part One) http://www.vawnet.org/ARDocs/ARDocs.php

National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women VAWnet Applied Research Documents The VAWnet Project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence commissions researchers and advocates to create brief summaries and interpretations of current research on violence against women. These documents are intended for broad dissemination with appropriate citation to NRCDV/VAWnet and the author(s). Applied Research Advisory Group Membership Domestic Violence Applied Research Advisory Group (DV-ARAG) Sexual Violence Applied Research Advisory Group (SV-ARAG) This full listing of VAWnet Applied Research Documents is divided into the following broad issue-specific sections: Domestic Violence Applied Research Documents Sexual Violence Applied Research Documents You will notice some overlap between these two sections where papers address intersections of these issues. Domestic Violence Applied Research Documents Abuse and Women with Disabilities By (February 1998) This document highlights the prevalence of violence against women with disabilities, examines abuse interventions for women with disabilities, and offers a critique of studies on abuse and disability. The authors also provide recommendations for research and program development. InBrief PDF Are Heterosexual Men Also Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse?

67. VAWnet :: Men In The Movement To End Violence Against Women: Campaigns And Campa Freedom From Fear Campaign against domestic violence is recognised as the Billboard, Gloucester men against domestic Abuse Strong men Don t Bully http://www.vawnet.org/DomesticViolence/PreventionAndEducation/Campaigns/MenCampa

Home About VAWnet Sexual Violence Domestic Violence ... DVAM If you are in danger call 911 or: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800 799 SAFE or: The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) Hotline: 800 656 HOPE Calendars In The News PCADV Pubs NRCDV Pubs ... Campaigns Men in the Movement to End Violence Against Women: Campaigns and Campaign Materials This resource page highlights many campaigns organized by or aimed at men to prevent domestic violence and/or encourage men's involvement in the movement to end violence against women. Also included are several sample campaign materials available online for replication, purchase, or dissemination purposes. It is one in a series of three resource pages focusing on the domestic violence prevention and education efforts of men. See also: Organizations and Programs Training and Educational Tools Note: The following list was developed by the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) to serve as a resource for domestic violence advocates and others concerned about safety and justice for women and their children. VAWnet provides these resources as a source of information that you can evaluate on your terms and for your own needs, and inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement by the NRCDV. Campaigns and campaign materials are divided into the following categories: National State Across the Globe/International Other Campaign Materials National Ad Council: Domestic Violence Prevention Campaign Sponsored by the

68. Domestic Violence Mini-site: Home The figures show, however, that it consists mainly of violence by men against women. One in four women and one in six men will be a victim of domestic http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/dv01.htm

Search Search our site Browse Home Page News Ideas and Initiatives Learning ... Links Site Info Contact us Site help Site map Frequently Asked Questions ... Submissions guide Domestic Violence Mini-site Home Domestic violence currently claims the lives of around two women a week, and affects millions more people. The Government is determined to prevent domestic violence happening or recurring, to protect and support its victims, and to bring offenders to justice. The Government defines domestic violence as "Any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse (psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality." This includes issues of concern to black and minority ethnic (BME) communities such as so called 'honour killings'. (An adult is defined as any person aged 18 years or over. Family members are defined as mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, and grandparents, whether directly related, in laws or stepfamily).

69. Violence Against Women Widespread Here violence against men and violence against women need to be addressed. domestic / spousal abuse against men is said to account for as much as 7% of all http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=7773

70. Men Against Sexual Violence Welcome to the home page for men against Sexual violence (aka MASV). coincide with domestic violence and Sexual Assault Awareness Months respectively. http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/masv/

71. Coaching Boys Into Men: Union Men Taking Action Against Domestic Violence COACHING BOYS INTO men Union men Taking Action against domestic violence. Sometimes the only messages boys get are the wrong ones. http://www.afscme.org/wrkplace/boyz2men.htm

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 1625 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-5687 COACHING BOYS INTO MEN Union Men Taking Action Against Domestic Violence Sometimes the only messages boys get are the wrong ones. Many young men need advice and direction on how to behave towards women and they want to talk to you about it. Share your experiences and let them know what you've learned. Here's how: Teach Early. Bring It Up. A kid will rarely approach you and ask for guidance on how to treat women. But that doesn't mean he doesn't need or want it. Try watching TV with him or listening to his music. If you see or hear things that depict violence against women, tell him what you think about it. And your job isn't done once you get the first talk out of the way. Help him work through problems in relationships as they arise. Let him know he can come back and talk to you again anytime. Listen. Hear what he has to say. Listen to how he and his friends talk about girls. Ask him if he's ever seen abusive behavior in his friends. Is he worried about any of his friends who are being hurt in their relationships? Are any of his friends hurting anyone else? Tell Him How.

72. EMedicine - Domestic Violence : Article By Lynn Barkley Burnett, EdD, MS, LLB(c) domestic violence encompasses violence against both men and women and includes violence in gay and lesbian relationships.domestic violence consists of a http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic153.htm

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73. Michael Williams -- Master Of None: Domestic Violence Month I just discovered that October is domestic violence Month, The men s Rights Movement, Part 2MRAs deny that violence against women is an issue from http://www.mwilliams.info/archives/003634.php

Michael Williams Master of None Where our motto is: Hic jacet... "Here lies...." written on gravestones or tombs. Religion, politics, artificial intelligence, technology, movies, books, periodic complaints about my day-to-day life, and pointless stories about things that happen to me. Message of the day: If you're a blogger, check out BlogExplosion and consider joining. Why? Why not. It's always fun to get more traffic. Use the link in this box to register with me as your referrer. Main October 24, 2003 Domestic Violence Month Michael Williams I just discovered that October is Domestic Violence Month, so I want to take this opportunity to mention a problem that isn't very widely recognized: in 40%-50% of domestic violence cases, men are the victims of violence committed by women. A great deal of attention is given (justifiably) to violence that men perpetrate against women, but the fact of the matter is that men are almost as likely to to be victims of domestic violence as women are. I have some sources here to back up this claim, and they have interesting statistics (that mostly agree with each other). The most comprehensive data appears to come from a study performed by , which concludes that some degree of violence occurs at a rate of 113 man-against-woman incidents per 1000 couples per year, and 121 woman-against-man incidents per 1000 couples per year. As well, men and women are both about equally likely to strike the first blow. Overall, men and women were victims of violence at about the same rates, but the violence against men was 50% more likely to be "severe" a level that includes being attacked with an object (as opposed to fists), being "beat up", being threatened with a gun or knife, and being attacked with a gun or knife.

74. FOXNews.com - Views - Ifeminists - Domestic Violence Law Fuels Big Government What is the violence against Women Act? In 1994, Congress passed the act as part that men constitute anywhere from 36 to 50 percent of domestic violence http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144073,00.html

OAS_AD('Top'); document.write(secTimeStamp); SEARCH writeFeature(0); writeFeature(1); writeFeature(2); E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY FOXFAN CENTRAL Domestic Violence Law Fuels Big Government Wednesday, January 12, 2005 By Wendy McElroy ARCHIVE writeScroll(openTab2,'2'); The Violence Against Women Act, a hand-me-down from the Clinton administration based on gender myths, anti-male bias and an infatuation with Big Government, expires this year. A new appropriation request for over $360 million will soon hit Congress, but a chance for gender sanity is coming. The answer to renewing VAWA should be a thundering "NO!" What is the Violence Against Women Act? In 1994, Congress passed the act as part of an Omnibus Crime Bill. VAWA pitted the sexes against each other by focusing on "crimes of violence motivated by gender;" victims were defined as female and only women were offered the massive tax-funded benefits. VAWA institutionalized the political belief that women, as a class, must receive special protection from men and privileges from government. Domestic violence was a specific focus. When male victims protested their exclusion, VAWA advocates dismissed them as statistically insignificant. Today

75. Domestic Violence Data Sheet Of all adult domestic violence cases reported to the National Crime Victimization compared to approximately 157330 incidents committed against men. http://www.opdv.state.ny.us/about_dv/dataweb2003.html

Domestic Violence Data Sheet PDF format Criminal Justice Incidence Of all adult domestic violence cases reported to the National Crime Victimization Survey, in 1998, approximately 85% were victimizations of women by their current or former partners. Compared to males, females experienced 5 times as many incidents of violence by an intimate. Women were the victims in about 876,340 of the violent crimes committed by an intimate, compared to approximately 157,330 incidents committed against men. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Intimate Partner Violence, May 2000, NCJ 178247. Fifty-two percent of all violent crimes committed by a relative involve spouses and ex-spouses. One in four spousal attacks involve persons who are divorced. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1995, May 2000, NCJ 171129. In 1995, almost one in five reported violent crimes where the victim knew the offender involved the use of a weapon. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1995. Homicide Of 57 domestic homicides occurring in NYS between 1990 and 1997, 75% of the victims had ended the relationship or stated an intention to end it at the time of their death. NYS Commission on Domestic Violence Fatalities, Report to the Governor, (Albany, NY: 1997), 8.

76. Texas Council On Family Violence http//www.main.org/sangati/menantidv.html. Gloucester men against domestic violence http//www.strongmendontbully.com http://www.tcfv.org/mens_non-violence.htm

Safety alert: Computer use can be monitored and is impossible to completely clear. If you are afraid your internet and/or computer usage might be monitored, please use a safer computer, call your local hotline, and/or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224. about us know the facts get help give help ... register/login Men's Nonviolence Project Program Development and Monitoring of Battering and Intervention Programs (BIPP) Social Change Education and Networking Research/Evaluation/Demonstration Projects ... Men Make Choices/Hombres de Verdad Escogen Campaign Men's Nonviolence Project pursues safety and justice for women, works to hold men accountable for their violence and abuse, and strives to eradicate the sexism from which violence against women grows. Men's Nonviolence Project Efforts The Men's Nonviolence Project (MNP) was formerly known as the Battering Intervention and Prevention Project (BIPP). In early 2000, BIPP was reconceptualized as the Men's Nonviolence Project. As BIPP, our primary activities were centered on service provision, that is, technical assistance, training and monitoring the local programs that worked with batterers.

77. Domestic Violence Tribal domestic violence Case Law Annotations for Selected Tribal Cases Related to 5% of all annual violence against men is perpetrated by intimates. http://www.tribal-institute.org/lists/domestic.htm

Tribal Court Clearinghouse SEARCH var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='456'; awmAltUrl=''; Domestic Violence Resources The following documents and hyperlinks should be of assistance to tribal court personnel, tribal law enforcement personnel, domestic violence victim service agency personnel, social services personnel, and others in handling domestic violence cases and issues. Moreover, it should be of assistance in enforcing the Violence Against Women Act. If something about your relationship with your partner scares you and you need to talk, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or 1-800-787-3224. Tribal Domestic Violence Case Law: Annotations for Selected Tribal Cases Related to Domestic Violence is designed to assist tribal judicial officers in understanding how some tribal governments have handled certain legal issues within the context of domestic violence cases. While a great deal of research has been done on case law in the state systems, little to no analysis has been done on the tribal judicial approach to domestic violence. This compendium, developed as part of an overall code-writing workshop curriculum for tribal governments, will assist tribal legislators as well. Understanding how laws are interpreted by the court systems may impact the development of laws that provide safety to tribal citizens. Native American Circle has developed a handbook, "Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking: Prevention and Intervention Programs in Native American Communities", that is available as a free download, either as

78. HRW World Report 1999: Women’s Human Rights - Violence Against Women The pattern of bias against domestic violence victims extended to the judiciary in the Sexual abuse and otherforms of violence by highcaste men against http://www.hrw.org/worldreport99/women/women2.html

Human Rights Developments Violence Against Women Violence by private actors Wartime violence and post-conflict abuse Custodial violence Discrimination ... Relevant Human Rights Watch reports: Violence Against Women Governments were also remiss in preventing and condemning other forms of violence against women, such as violence in conflict and post-conflict situations and violence in state custody. Internal civil strife often provided the context in which women were targeted for sexual assault, as well as one of the reasons they fled their homelands for refugees camps, where they again were targets of sexual violence. In 1998 Human Rights Watch investigated private actor violence against women in India and Indonesia; wartime violence and post-conflict abuse in Algeria, Bosnia, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania; and custodial abuse in the United States. Violence by private actors The pattern of bias against domestic violence victims extended to the judiciary in the countries we researched. Women victims of domestic violence who were able to persuade the police to accept their cases for investigation were later hampered by judicial systems that valued family unity over the safety of women victims of domestic violence. For example, in Peru judges often referred married domestic violence victims and their batterers to counseling before charges could be laid against the accused, with the alleged batterer remaining in the home. In Indonesia, frustration about the economic crisis and political authoritarianism devolved into widespread civil unrest that ultimately removed President Soeharto from power. Just as much of the violence and looting were directed at the ethnic Chinese population, so were ethnic Chinese women reportedly singled out for rape and sexual assault.

79. Society: Issues: Violence And Abuse: Family Violence: Statistics - Open Site Intimate partner violence against men also declined from 162870 (1993) to 103220 http//www.wscadv.org The Washington State Coalition against domestic http://open-site.org/Society/Issues/Violence_and_Abuse/Family_Violence/Statistic

Open Site The Open Encyclopedia Project home submit content become an editor the entire directory only in Family_Violence/Statistics Top Society Issues Violence and Abuse ... Family Violence : Statistics The marked reduction in domestic violence in the last decade and the fact that different societies and cultures have widely disparate rates of intimate partner abuse - give the lie to the assumption that abusive conduct is the inevitable outcome of mental illness. Though the offenders' mental problems do play their part - it would seem that cultural, social, and even historical factors are the determinants of spousal abuse and domestic violence. The United States The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) reported 691,710 nonfatal violent victimizations committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends of the victims during 2001. About 588,490, or 85% of intimate partner violence incidents, involved women. One of every five crimes against women was of this nature - compared to only 3% of crimes committed against men. Intimate partner violence against women declined by half between 1993 (1.1 million nonfatal cases) and 2001 (588,490) - from 9.8 to 5 per thousand women. Intimate partner violence against men also declined from 162,870 (1993) to 103,220 (2001) - from 1.6 to 0.9 per 1000 males. Overall, the incidence of such crimes dropped from 5.8 to 3.0 per thousand.

80. Men Against Domestic Violence men against domestic violence Elder Disabled Support Economic Development Project North Star. men Step Up in Chelsea. On February 27, 2003 the first http://www.harborcov.org/pages/programs_services/men_step_up.asp

Emergency Help Home Our Mission About Domestic Violence ... Contact Us Men Against Domestic Violence Community Housing Initiative Casa Maribel Men Against Domestic Violence Economic Development ... Project North Star Men Step Up in Chelsea On February 27, 2003 the first "Men Step Up" event was co-sponsored by HarborCOV, The Chelsea Domestic Violence Task Force, The Care Community Network, Centro Latino and ‘The Crew'. A community gathering for discussion and action planning, the event was a richly multicultural and bilingual (Spanish, English) gathering of 45 folks, with men and women equally represented. The meeting was highly participatory and action steps were developed as men 'stepped up' and were joined in their goals. Developing Strategies A men's group was formed in which participants will work through exploring their own experiences of violence and strategies for working 'from the inside out' and mutual support. After a discussion including 6 male case workers from the Chelsea area DSS office, Fernando Mederos volunteered to work with them and with their coworkers to learn strategies for communicating effectively with males on their family caseload. We will be doing new community education and organizing through the Chelsea Care Community Network and the Chelsea Domestic Violence Task Force. We discussed holding follow up workshops with the entire group to deepen our understanding and shared language around domestic violence and gender violence.

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