I was inspired to create this thread after noticing one created by @-Luka has vanished and because we’re almost upon domestic violence awareness month. It’s a worthy topic for debate so I’m starting a new thread on it.
Domestic violence/abuse is the violence or abuse of someone you’re in a relationship with.
There has rightly been a huge spotlight in the past 40-50 years on women who suffer domestic violence.
Men can also be sufferers of domestic violence but this is more of a taboo subject, in part because there is a myth that men can’t suffer violence at the hands of women. This is enforced by comments that a man loses their masculinity if they are hit by a woman.
Opening it more widely to violence in general, there is the old saying that “you should never hit a girl” and that’s right but no-one should ever be violent to anyone imo.
The police and the courts treat women more favourably when women are accused of violence against men than when men are accused of violence against women or even other men.
Women who are violent towards men sometimes “play” on their femininity as a defence when accused of violence and have been known to taunt male survivors of violence and to shame them.
This thread is to have a discussion about violence including domestic violence and the role that gender plays in that.
Some key points to think about:
Should men and women be treated equally when there are allegations of violence?
Should men be seen as the “stronger” sex and women as the “weaker” sex and should that play a part in determining how violence is investigated, prosecuted, and punished?
Should survivors of violence be permitted to use that traumatic experience to then excuse their own future behaviour or should punishment and support be offered if they are subsequently violent?
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Domestic violence/abuse is the violence or abuse of someone you’re in a relationship with.
There has rightly been a huge spotlight in the past 40-50 years on women who suffer domestic violence.
Men can also be sufferers of domestic violence but this is more of a taboo subject, in part because there is a myth that men can’t suffer violence at the hands of women. This is enforced by comments that a man loses their masculinity if they are hit by a woman.
Opening it more widely to violence in general, there is the old saying that “you should never hit a girl” and that’s right but no-one should ever be violent to anyone imo.
The police and the courts treat women more favourably when women are accused of violence against men than when men are accused of violence against women or even other men.
Women who are violent towards men sometimes “play” on their femininity as a defence when accused of violence and have been known to taunt male survivors of violence and to shame them.
This thread is to have a discussion about violence including domestic violence and the role that gender plays in that.
Some key points to think about:
Should men and women be treated equally when there are allegations of violence?
Should men be seen as the “stronger” sex and women as the “weaker” sex and should that play a part in determining how violence is investigated, prosecuted, and punished?
Should survivors of violence be permitted to use that traumatic experience to then excuse their own future behaviour or should punishment and support be offered if they are subsequently violent?
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