Domestic violence is not violence against women and girls! IPV, interpersonal violence is most often violent acts by both men and women against each other. 80% of the time. 33% or one third of IPV has male primary victims (Even though Police are 6 times less likely to take a statement from a male victim and courts rarely refer for procecution). The statement that women do experience more repeat violence once the violence has started is accurate. Please for god’s sake try to have an adult balanced conversation for IPV. The goal of your article is that there should be an allocation for increased housing for IPV victims. This is valid. Lets start with one bed, as currently there are zero placesm for either a man or boy.
Juilan Bonmottier
4 years ago
Are all feminist viewpoint articles generated by the same AI algorithm these days? I’m beginning to think so because none of them say anything other than exactly the same thing that all the others have been saying (and for years now and irrespective of any changes in legislation, culture etc.. etc…)… I don’t agree with the ideological footing of what is essentially a victim based power (and money) grab and I’m not going to waste precious time debating the issue with the ideologues behind it all -fine if this is all you want to write about. Similarly I’m not at all insensitive to the reality of domestic abuse issues, but is this really ‘unherd’? It seems entirely mainstream dogma to me -totally absent of any nuanced thought or complexity.
Martin
4 years ago
Yet another unpleasant cause riding on the back of the current crisis: men are angry and violent, and women and girls are victims.
Boys are not even mentioned, and of course vulnerable men and violent women ‘don’t exist’ or – despite all the evidence to the contrary – are assumed to be a tiny minority.
If we are serious about reducing domestic violence we need to tackle the real human causes. That’s not going to happen if we keep trying to cover them over with facile gender stereotypes.
Peter Dunn
4 years ago
A good article but would make more sense if a means could be found to ascertain what is it in these unfortunate women that allows them to stay with violent partners after the FIRST incident? While that is going on suggest keeping a lump hammer handy..and USE it in self defence.
Nikki Hayes
4 years ago
I have to wonder why these women and men stay with their abusers – some people cannot and will not be helped, and will likely die at the hands of their abusers. I don’t think this situation is any more likely to cause extra violence than any other thing that comes into the head of these disgusting excuses for humanity.
Ashley
4 years ago
There are many repercussions ““ and domestic violence is one ““ of prolonged social distancing. Mental health still gets swept under the carpet because it’s harder to understand and to track than a viral infection or respiratory disease, but it has far deeper consequences since it infects widely and lasts much, much longer. We need to weigh up long-term happiness with short-term pain. Not easy, I realise, but please let’s not lose sight of the less visible costs.
Richard Gibbons
4 years ago
Young white working class girls are safer now their abusers can no longer get access to them – every cloud.
Domestic violence is not violence against women and girls! IPV, interpersonal violence is most often violent acts by both men and women against each other. 80% of the time. 33% or one third of IPV has male primary victims (Even though Police are 6 times less likely to take a statement from a male victim and courts rarely refer for procecution). The statement that women do experience more repeat violence once the violence has started is accurate. Please for god’s sake try to have an adult balanced conversation for IPV. The goal of your article is that there should be an allocation for increased housing for IPV victims. This is valid. Lets start with one bed, as currently there are zero placesm for either a man or boy.
Are all feminist viewpoint articles generated by the same AI algorithm these days? I’m beginning to think so because none of them say anything other than exactly the same
thing that all the others have been saying (and for years now and irrespective of any changes in legislation, culture etc.. etc…)… I don’t agree with the ideological footing of what is essentially a victim based power (and money) grab and I’m not going to waste precious time debating the issue with the ideologues behind it all -fine if this is all you want to write about. Similarly I’m not at all insensitive to the reality of domestic abuse issues, but is this really ‘unherd’? It seems entirely mainstream dogma to me -totally absent of any nuanced thought or complexity.
Yet another unpleasant cause riding on the back of the current crisis: men are angry and violent, and women and girls are victims.
Boys are not even mentioned, and of course vulnerable men and violent women ‘don’t exist’ or – despite all the evidence to the contrary – are assumed to be a tiny minority.
If we are serious about reducing domestic violence we need to tackle the real human causes. That’s not going to happen if we keep trying to cover them over with facile gender stereotypes.
A good article but would make more sense if a means could be found to ascertain what is it in these unfortunate women that allows them to stay with violent partners after the FIRST incident?
While that is going on suggest keeping a lump hammer handy..and USE it in self defence.
I have to wonder why these women and men stay with their abusers – some people cannot and will not be helped, and will likely die at the hands of their abusers. I don’t think this situation is any more likely to cause extra violence than any other thing that comes into the head of these disgusting excuses for humanity.
There are many repercussions ““ and domestic violence is one ““ of prolonged social distancing. Mental health still gets swept under the carpet because it’s harder to understand and to track than a viral infection or respiratory disease, but it has far deeper consequences since it infects widely and lasts much, much longer. We need to weigh up long-term happiness with short-term pain. Not easy, I realise, but please let’s not lose sight of the less visible costs.
Young white working class girls are safer now their abusers can no longer get access to them – every cloud.