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#101640 - 01/04/07 03:10 PM
Numbers Down
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Queen of Shoes
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Read a short newspaper article on the flight to NV that said dv rates are actually down this last year. Maybe all of this education and speaking out are finally working!
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#101642 - 01/04/07 07:45 PM
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May it continue to drop, Dianne. I think attitude towards DV is now changing because of all the information and support that is now available. As JJ said, YOU are one of the catalyst.
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#101643 - 01/04/07 07:55 PM
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That is wonderful! Yea!
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#101645 - 01/04/07 08:28 PM
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You'd be surprised at the attitude in London, Anno. From what I have witnessed, men are the ones who would come to the aid of any woman being accosted by their partner in public.
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#101646 - 01/04/07 09:16 PM
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Queen of Shoes
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Lola, I've worked with WAFE in England and the male response to dv is not very good. They have a very strong group of men who really fight the system. Most of the advocates (female) are scared to death of them!
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#101649 - 01/05/07 02:34 AM
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One of the reasons the numbers are down may be that in some states, someone goes to jail. Say a couple is in the throes of DV, and someone from the house calls the cops. The cops go to the house, and one of them goes to jail. If there is a call, there is a trip to jail. Sometimes the woman who has been beaten goes to jail. I've seen women at the DV agency covered with bruises, who came to the agency after spending a night in the cell. The call was made during the DV, the cops get to the house, the real offender is way too clever in talking his way out of it, she won't press charges on him, so HE presses charges on HER, and she, the victim goes to jail. At the agency I hear that women don't report becauase of the ramifications. Reporting is where the numbers come from. Numbers have nothing to do with real world DV. Women hide, run, live in their cars, live on the streets, or put up with DV because HE has not stopped. I'm sorry to be so cynical. In the USA versus UK, I wouldn't dare stand up to a bully because here, anyone could pull out a gun at any time.
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#101650 - 01/05/07 06:31 AM
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You're quite right, Princess Lenora. I would like to think that a gun-free culture in the UK in some way assists the officious bystander.
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#101651 - 01/05/07 07:39 AM
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Anno, WAFE is a women's aid organisation for England which advocates against DV and child abuse.
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#101653 - 01/05/07 09:55 AM
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I agree with chatty. Assuming the DV rates truly are down, I think increased awareness resulting from books like Dianne's and others is a factor. Increased economic independence which enables more women to leave and better law enforcement is probably important also. Maybe DV will someday be completely eliminated from our world. Hopefully in our lifetime. smile
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#101654 - 01/05/07 03:38 PM
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We're getting more and more resources for battered women too. I think the public is slowly understanding what goes on in these relationships and actually will try to help a woman who has fled. More and more judges have to answer to why they didn't help the victim. This is because of email campaigns, etc. that can target a bad judge...I've started a few in my day.
We have to remember that men are also abused and we look down on them like they are either lying or something else. I received a very long email from a man who has been verbally and physically abused by his wife for eight years. He would never hit her back but tried to deflect her blows. He called the police and they told him to leave or hide in the bathroom all night. She should have been arrested.
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#101656 - 01/06/07 10:12 PM
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Child abuse is usually listed in another category. Minors vs adults.
When we see the stats on dv, they include every abuse, not just physical. So, not 4 million women are being beaten but are also and including sexually, verbally, financially abused.
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