Why do you think the truth about DV is so violently suppressed?

"When initial evidence of the gender equality of intimate violence emerged in the work of Straus et al. (1980), the authors faced not only criticism but also a barrage of abuse, falsehoods and threats from women's advocates that is now well documented (Gelles, 1994; Luccal, 1995; McNeeley, Cook, & Torres, 2001; Straus, 1993). Similarly, when attempting to resurrect the argument, McNeeley (see McNeeley & Robinson-Simpson, 1987) also faced hostility and abuse. Robinson-Simpson was allegedly an oppressed female who had been duped by a malevolent misguided male (McNeeley, Cook and Torres, 2001). As a result, according to Fillion (1997):





Currently, findings on all types of female physical and sexual


aggression are being suppressed; academics who do publish their


research are subjected to bitter attacks and outright vilification


from some colleagues and activists, and others note the hostile


climate and carefully omit all data on female perpetrators from


their published reports. (pp. 229-230)





This suggests that some twenty years of silencing had occurred beginning with publications in the mid- to late-1970s."



Its a propaganda tool used by feminism to demonise heterosexual men.








Official figures show that mothers are doing more child abuse than any other group, given that abusers create more abusers we can safely say that feminism isn't interested in stopping the problem, if anything its adding fuel to the fire.




It is suppressed because if it came into common knowledge feminism would come to an end.





Women would lose the special privileges they have gained and would have to be treated the same as men are.





You see they want to be thought of as equals {actually as superiors} but they do not want to be treated as equals.{because being treated like a man would suck for them}





They absolutely must suppress any information that does not cast them as victims or they will be expected to earn respect and take care of themselves.




Feminists want to portray men as the abuser and women as the only victim. That's why they pushed for law like the VAWA.




They deem it a necessary evil.




source?


women are evil 101?





now you're gonna say that women be raping men just as much as men rape women.........




The mid to late 70's is when enough men started admitting they were victims of DV that the information COULD be suppressed. I don't know about the official suppression, but I know the men in my own personal life still suffer mightily from the stigma of a guy admitting that a woman (aka wife, mother or sister) is beating them up. This stigma has been in place for allot longer than twenty years. So have the rates of abusive women. You can't help a person who refuses to admit they have been victimized. I fully agree that we should be working on ways to make it easier for men who are trapped in the victim end of this vicious cycle. I also agree that there is more the official and academic communities could be doing to make it easier for them.

Women: What % of the men in this section do you think are homosexual?

I cant help but wonder because of all the hostility toward women and wanting to *put them in their place*





Do u think such men are gays/closet gays?



Eh, they%26#039;re all really just angry at themselves.





Wutevz.




LOL! You are either


1/ using the sad old shaming tactic much loved by feminists, or


2/ mistakenly thinking the MRA movement has proportionally as many lesbians as the feminist movement.





Most people know that criticising feminism is not the same as %26quot;hating women%26quot; and has nothing to do with being gay or being homophobic.




What makes you think gay men hate women?





I%26#039;m sure some exist that do, but most of the gay guys I know like women and have many women friends.





EDIT: I see the difference you intended in your question.


My apologies.





I do not think sexuality has anything to do with it; The hostile people in this section are that way either because of their passionate beliefs, or maybe they are just jerks who enjoy bashing on women/feminist radicals online since they can%26#039;t do it in real life without getting charged.




Not enough gay guys in GWS, unfortunately. :-)





I don%26#039;t think the woman/man-hating business here is necessarily related to homosexuality, so much as, views people have developed based on their personal experiences or lack of experience, or some looking to provoke others.





Some probably do have bi/gay-curiosity, but who knows for certain what really goes on in the minds of people in here?




I%26#039;m not sure of the percentages -- probably 5%. However I can say that being a homosexual isn%26#039;t a crime -- it is biological. Grow-up.




According to a poll on their web forum antimisandry...20% of them %26quot;dont like women%26quot;


but not liking women doesnt make them homosexual.




More women%26#039;sshaming language can be found at





www.americanwomensuck.com





And yes questioning the man%26#039;s orientation (sexual) is one of them!




Trevor.





Anyone else is either heterosexual, or they%26#039;re not comfortable being out..




I don%26#039;t speculate about others personal lives and their sexuality is completely irrelevant.




I only know of 2 that are openly gay. How many men come here? maybe 30? So thats like 7%?


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Would you sleep with Rosie ODonnell for one week for 2 million dollars?

Why or why not? Dont say no because she is a lesbian...we are assuming she wants to sleep with you for whatever reason and is offering 2 mil for it. Do you do it?



I would do it only if she inconspicuously paid me in cash. Then I would accuse her of holding me hostage for a week and raping me repeatedly. I would sue and get another $2 million because everyone would believe such a plausible story.




Right now, to be quite honest, there's really not much I wouldn't do for 2 mill. Rosie O'Donnell is about as nasty looking as they get so I would do it but there is no way in hell I could get it up for her, no way. With medication, yeah, I'd do it. Some scotch and special medicine, no doubt for 2 million easily.




I would do even worse than that for 2 million. For the security of my daughter I would do Rush Limbaugh for 2 mil.





It is easy for people to say no when you know the situation is not real. But if the cash was in front of your face I am sure many people would change their minds.




Hell no because shes gross and i got high once and was watching the flintstones where she plays betty and i started tripping and thought that scary ***** was coming after me and was hanging on to the side of the bed where she couldnt get me and that was scary as **** so in real life hell no




Yikes! If the word sleep means I go to bed and close my eyes and go to sleep with her laying next to me then yes I would. If it means sex forget it. Even if I were a lesbian or bisexual she would not be the person for me, even for 2 million.




Even for a week of sex, 2M is pretty rad. I'm gonna say yes. And I'm not even a lesbian.




No, I wouldn't.


Adultery is adultery regardless of whether I'm having sex with a man or a woman.




Without hesitation, yes. I would probably sleep with anyone for that amount of money.




After the BRILLIANT answer of Feminecron, I can't do any better.. He wins the 10 pts..




Yes in a heartbeat because I need 2 million. I would sleep with her for 50,000.00.




Sure.





Why? I can 'fix' her.





Feminecron wins -- as usual !




Sleep next to.... yes. Have sex with..... not sure I want to condemn myself to hell for 2 million dollars.




blindfolded, bound and drugged, yes...




No, she is just plain fugly




You damn right I'm on that ***

When did DoP stop answering every question with an essay?

Funny, I noticed that too. I never minded her long answers but a lot of people made a fuss about it and were always bringing it up. Maybe she just got tired of the flack.




what is dop?

Why do you think women are such introverts?

They appear to devote more time to self analysis than men.



We're a curious creature; women.


We need to know; we want to know


about what is going on around us; in us;


and why.




What's wrong with introversion?!?





Women are typically more emotional than men thanks to the different brain structure. Imagine being pushed and pulled by your emotions and not having any idea why? Sounds like hell. Self analysis offers relief, if you're feeling like crap at least you understand why and what could be done to fix it.





On the other hand, if you're dumb enough, no amount of introspection is gonna help.




Not all women are.





But if you sense that women spend more time in self analysis, it may be because women tend to be more verbal about what is on their minds. Doesn't mean men are not spending as much time in self analysis, just that no one hears about it.





>>>I still think you are over-generalizing, Capone. Doesn't matter if you are 15 or 50. You make a sweeping statement like that and you are gonna be wrong almost as often as you are right.




Pretty sure it's trying to figure out why the same behavior doesn't receive the same treatment from others. For example if my Mom cooks an incredible meal, she gets mild shrugs of appreciation, once in a while she will get a real pat on the back. If my Dad cooks an incredible meal, he receives adulation and praise. Why? If my brother re-roofs someone's house, the owners praise him and tell him what a professional job he has done. Afterwards when they find out that I am the one who actually did it, they go "Oh. Really?" And immediately change the subject, while writing my brother the check. Going to see a local concert, some friends from work have brought new friends, women, they are very polite and friendly to your boyfriend but give you snotty glances, and you've never seen them before in your life. WHY? (Especially after you ask your friends if you were unknowingly rude or something and they say absolutely not). Sooner or later you finally discover, after much analyzing of yourself, that it was never yourself in the first place, and you learn how to recognize real people and ignore the rest.




I never really thought of introversion/extroversion as gender-specific qualities. They're really individual qualities. If you're noticing a trend or whatever, maybe the women in your life just talk about it more? Idk! I don't see it myself.




Very good. "Know thyself", two words that speak volumes. Self-analysis is a handy tool to get you from point A to point B.





So, self-analysis is helpful in the way it shows how your choices have come home to roost. They can sometimes lead to those "aha" moments.




I wouldn't call a person who is analytical an introvert...Women on the whole spend more time I agree on analyzing and are deeper thinkers than most men.




because most women worry more about what other people think, so they over analyze everything.




They are busybodies?or overreacting?

What part of Texas has the most white males in it?

Austin, its a college town, and the one%26#039;s there are rich white boys.




I would imagine that since we annexed Texas from Mexico over a century ago, you will find white men all over Texas.





Now if you cannot find white men out in Texas, New York State has plenty of them. I%26#039;m sure that should make you happy also.





And don%26#039;%26#039;t listen to what others say. As a black man, I support your decision to seek any type of man you choose. Happy hunting.




You can usually find white men at the back of the bus. Or one of the 85% of homeless in most cities!





How about some affirmative action for poor white men? Ladies.





Now that white men are a minority in Texas, how about some extra cheese. I mean some affirmative action baby!




Try Austin, Tx.





Houston is full of ghetto minority men (black)





Most are very respectful and cute.




i really don%26#039;t think any white men would wont a black girl like you.





not saying they don%26#039;t like black women. but you uhhhhh




Do you like white men or are you trying to avoid them?




so you either like white guys or your racist against them?




Why would it matter? I don%26#039;t see a real question here.


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Last night I had the strangest dream...?

I sailed away to China in a little rowboat to find ya and you said you had to get your laundry cleaned...


Didn't want no one to hold you, What does that mean?



I don't know, but you've got to keep on movin'.




it mean that your planing to travels but you don't no where to go because when your laundry is not get done so it mean that your mined is confuse and you real want to go but at the end you'll travels and you don't want help you because you didn't want no one to hold you it mean that you'll arrange your travel without no ones help




It doesn't mean anything:





Dreams are the product of your imagination and small, unnoticed things that happens in your day, that subliminally go into your subconscious.





Even dreams that come true are purely coincidence.




This mean : Stop sleeping in day time.