His Side Commemorates DV Awareness Month by Debunking
Anti-Male Myths
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the month when the
men of America have to endure listening to feminists and their
endless array of media lackeys pretend that domestic violence is
only committed by men. In reality, the overwhelming majority of
domestic violence research shows that women are just as likely
as men to initiate and engage in domestic violence, and that
women use weapons and the element of surprise to balance the
scales.
The reason why it's so important to understand
the truth about domestic violence goes far beyond simply helping
abused men. A wide array of injustices to men and fathers--from
fathers losing their children in family court to innocent men
being booted out of their homes on sham restraining orders--has
its roots in the public’s inability to understand that domestic
violence is a two-way street.
Glenn discussed DV Awareness Month and the
anti-male myths guiding current DV policies with domestic
violence experts
Phil Cook and Jan Brown
on His Side with Glenn Sacks
on Sunday, October 5. Cook is the author of
Abused Men: The
Hidden Side of Domestic Violence. Brown is the founder and
executive director of the
Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men.
Glenn criticized former Texas Governor Ann
Richards for her anti-male domestic violence "joke" at a recent
Gray Davis campaign rally. Richards said "I know you all are
worried about the economy in California but I want to assure you
that it's a problem all over the country. In fact in Texas the
price of gas has gone up so high that women who want to run over
their husbands are car-pooling," a reference to the
Clara Harris murder.
Cook emphasized positive changes within the DV
industry, saying that the majority of DV service providers are
now either ready to consider ways to deal with the problem of
female abusers or are eager to find a venue within which to do
it.
Glenn and his guests discussed the work of
author and addiction expert
Doug Thorburn and
the fact that substance abuse plays a role in 80% of all
domestic violence incidents. Cook noted that studies show that
current "batterers classes" are very ineffective and that in
many cases programs to help batterers with their substance abuse
problems would be far more effective.
Jan noted that the current, highly politicized
"women as victims" atmosphere harms not only abused men but also
female abusers who are trying to confront their abusive
behavior. She noted that her helpline gets many calls from
female batterers who are looking for services but are frustrated
because the current system insists on seeing them only as
victims and never as perpetrators who need help in order to
change.
Glenn discussed the recent appearance of female
abuser Tawny Kitaen on the Howard Stern Show and how her
sham claims of victimhood provide an excellent example of how
women manipulate the public, and by extension the courts and the
politicians, on domestic violence.
To learn more about domestic violence, see
Glenn's columns "Plaintiff
in Suit Against LA DV Shelters is Right to Demand Services for
Abused Men" (Los Angeles Daily News, 6/12/03), "Let's
not 'Learn' the Same Lessons From Blake
That We
Learned From OJ" (Cybercast News Service, 4/30/02),
and "Baseball
Player's Domestic Violence Arrest Demonstrates
How
Men are Presumed Guilty in Domestic Disputes" (Los
Angeles Daily Journal, San Francisco Daily Journal, 8/8/02).
To learn more about the Tawny Kitaen/Chuck
Finley case, see Glenn's column "Kitaen
Plays the 'Woman's Trump Card'
Against
Finley in Custody Battle" (Cybercast News Service,
5/28/02).
To reach the
Domestic Abuse Helpline for
Men , call them toll free nationwide at 1-877-643-1120,
access code 0757. To learn more about America’s best domestic
violence organization--Stop Abuse
for Everyone (SAFE), go to
www.safe4all.org.
