Domestic Violence - Men and Children are Victims Too

Male abuse is not a laughing matter

Canberra Times - Monday, 27th October 2003

ADMIT IT. When you heard that Liza Minnelli had been accused by her husband, David Gest, of beating him up, you laughed.

He says the Cabaret star beat him in the head so hard she caused brain damage.

Even as I read this, I sm >...More

Domestic Violence Awareness Meets Marriage Protection

Human Events - Monday, 27th October 2003

By Stephen Baskerville

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=2189


If it's October it must be "Domestic Violence Awareness Month." This federally driven observance has generated a >...More

One man in six 'a victim of domestic violence'

The Independent (UK) - Wednesday, 24th September 2003

By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=446449


By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent

One in six men will be the victim >...More

Father guilty after taking son to hospital

Northern Territory News - Tuesday, 2nd September 2003

By Rajiv Maharaj

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7138499%5E13569,00.html

A Territory father has been convicted for breaching a domestic violence order after he t >...More

Man Beaters Behind Closed Doors

News Review - Sunday, 19th November 2000

By Melanie Phillips

Domestic violence by women is rising as the balance of power in the home shifts their way, says Melanie Phillips
Hitting out: women today have greater economic and sexual freedom, and are more inclined to use violence in a relationship.
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For All Mankind

Brisbane Courier Mail - Saturday, 1st July 2000

By Matthew Fynes-Clinton

In the battle of the sexes, both men and women claim they are the victims. Matthew Fynes-Clinton reports

IN War of the Roses, Hollywood's 1989 black comedy about a bitter marriage (Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner star), divorce lawyer >...More

Striking A Balance On Violence Orders

The Australian - Wednesday, 29th December 1999

By Editorial

Few legal issues create as much contention as the issuing of apprehended violence orders. Across Australia striking the balance between the very real need to intervene to halt or prevent specific instances of domestic violence and awareness that in some c >...More

Violence Made To Order For Lawyers

The Australian - Wednesday, 29th December 1999

By Bernard Lane

COURT orders designed to prevent violence have created a new industry for lawyers and added to the burden of police and magistrates, according to Trevor Nyman, a prominent solicitor.

But Mr Nyman said there was no evidence the dramatic gro >...More

AVOs: Apprehended Violence Industry Or Disease?

Law Society Journal (NSW, Australia) - Wednesday, 1st December 1999

By Trevor Nyman

SINCE 1951 THERE HAVE BEEN provisions in the NSW Crimes Act for Local Courts to make orders for apprehended violence. It was a prophylactic provision intended to restrain misconduct before it happened. The complainant saw the chamber magistrate who was ve >...More

Women emerge as aggressors in Alberta survey

National Post (Toronto, Ontario) - Saturday, 10th July 1999

By Brad Evenson and Carol Milstone

http://www.franks.org/fr01060.htm


67% of women questioned say they started severe conflicts


This article appeared in the National Post (Toronto, Ontario) on 10 Jul >...More

Violent Women

Sunday Mail - Sunday, 28th March 1999

By Lynnette Haas

Domestic violence is usually seen as inflicted on women by men. But a fictional book and some research say the abused victim is quite often the man. Lynnette Haas reports.

These days, more so than before, author and journalist Matthew Cond >...More

Violent Femmes

Men's Health (Australia) - Monday, 1st March 1999

By Peter Olszewski

Women aren't the only victims of domestic violence.
Even now, long after the relationship ended, I still have trouble uttering that simple, painful acknowledgment: "I was a battered man." Saying it makes me cringe makes me feel like a coward or a w >...More

The Anatomy of Abuse

By George Rolph

The Anatomy of Abuse

While this paper cannot be a definitive guide to the nature of the abuser, the victims relationship with the abuser and societies part in encouraging gender bias, I hope it will add to the pool of knowledge. It is my ho >...More