Domestic Violence - Men and children are victims too!

Domestic Violence -
Men and children are victims too!

Domestic violence by women is rising as the balance of power in the home shifts their way, says Melanie Phillips

November 19 2000 NEWS REVIEW

Gloves off in battle of sexes
Christine Middap, Brisbane Courier Mail, Mon 13/11/00

WOMEN are becoming more violent towards their partners - and have overtaken men as aggressors in relationships.

References Examining Assaults by Women on Their Spouses or Male partners
An Annotated Bibliography by Martin S. Fiebert, Department of Psychology, California State University.

For all mankind Brisbane Courier Mail 1 July 2000

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

AVOs: Apprehended violence industry or disease?
By Trevor Nyman
Law Society Journal (NSW, Australia), December 1999, page 52. Cite as (1999) 37 (11) LSJ 52

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PATTERNS OF RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE IN ALBERTA

MARILYN I. KWONG and KIM BARTHOLOMEW, Simon Fraser University, DONALD G. DUTTON, University of British Columbia
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE, 1999, 31:3, 150-160

Riding the Donkey Backwards: Men as the Unacceptable Victims of Marital Violence

MALCOLM J. GEORGE
Department of Physiology, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, United Kingdom
The Journal of Men's Studies, Volume 3, Number 2, November 1994, p. 137-159

Violence made to order for Lawyers
by Bernard Lane - High Court correspondence
The Australian, Wednesday 29 December 1999

Striking a balance on violence orders
Editorial - The Australian, Wednesday 29 December, 1999

Australian Crime Prevention Council Conference

Presentations from John Coochey and Graham Stockdale to the Australian Crime Prevention Council Conference, Melbourne Australia 17-20 October 1999:

Graham Stockdale: The Hidden Domestic Violence: Myths and Realities
John Coochey: Myths and Realities or All the Facts that Fit we Print

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN AUSTRALIA:
ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY VIOLENT?

Bruce Headey, Dorothy Scott, David de Vaus

University of Melbourne University of Melbourne La Trobe University

Conventional wisdom holds (i) that physical domestic violence is mainly perpetrated by men against women; (ii) that violent men, being physically stronger, inflict more pain and serious injuries than violent women; and (iii) that physical violence runs in families. To examine all three beliefs, we bring to bear nationwide sample survey data.

The Domestic Violence Industry in Massachusetts

John Maguire has written three important articles on the DV industry in
Massachusetts News. The content closely parallels the situation in Australia. August 1999

MRA Comments on the "Violent Women" article, Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 28 March 1999 Posted 5/4/99
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Violent Women
By Lynnette Haas Sunday Mail (Brisbane, Australia28 March 1999

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. Posted 5/4/99
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VIOLENT FEMMES: Women aren't the only victims of domestic violence By Peter Olszewski
MEN'S HEALTH (Australia) March 1999, Vol 2 No 5, pp114-119

Men suffer equally on violence in the home
UK Sunday Times 22/1/99 (Posted 23/1/99)

"What is the Truth About Family Violence?"A report from: Family Resources & Research (US) by Revs. Sam and Bunny Sewell Posted 31/12/98

Erin Pizzey dared to say publicly that women can be as violent as men.... Posted 28/2/98

ALL MEN ARE BASTARDS
Dodgy figures and suspect ideological interpretations give the impression that violence by men against women is rampant says JOHN COOCHEY. The reality is very different. Posted 17/12/97

British 1994 CTS Domestic Violence Survey shows more married men are victims than.... Posted 6/12/97
Aggression in British Heterosexual Relationships: A Descriptive Analysis Michelle Carrado, M.J. George, Elizabeth Loxam, L. Jones and Dale Templar

American TV Transcript - ABC 20/20 programme - 21st Sept. '97

Barbara Walters discovers Men are battered by wives
Posted 18/11/97

Reprinted from The Backlash! - October 1997

The Feminist View of Domestic Violence Vs Scientific Studies
by Sam & Bunny Sewell (Posted 18/11/97)

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