Protest raises questions about gender bias - staff walks out on video showing abuse of men

Cecil Whig (Cecil County, MD) ^ | 05/15/2003 | Carl Hamilton

[bigfootbob]

The wife has 10 brothers and sisters, never a dull moment and we live 2500 miles away from them.

[stands2reason]

when I came home late from work

A little testy, huh? At least she didn't hear you say, "I love you" to your mistress on the telephone. That deserves scissors at the jugular, in my opinion. :-)

[dirtboy]

I've known several men who have suffered physical abuse. A lot of women feel they can get away with hitting a guy whenever they want because the guy knows if he hits her back, HE'S the one the cops will take awy.

[Lazamataz]

The wife has 10 brothers and sisters, never a dull moment and we live 2500 miles away from them.

By way of advice, I have only one word: Farther.

;^)

[stands2reason]

Yeah, and just as many men are raped by women. :(

Straw-man alert

[Mark17]

A lot of women feel they can get away with hitting a guy whenever they want because the guy knows if he hits her back, HE'S the one the cops will take away.

Correct.

[Rebelbase]

These must be the same people who don't go after dead-beat moms with the same vengence as they go after dead-beat dads.

[Rebelbase]

"When he stuck the fork into his mouth the fork branded his tounge and roof of his mouth."

WOW!

[skeeter]

Speaking only for myself, the only person to have tried to kill me was female.

[Rebelbase]

Up your alley.

[Zevonismymuse]

some women are the abusers

And their number one target is their children.

I believe that the most frequent domestic violence is the abuse children suffer, especially in a single parent home. It is a situation in which the single mother is likely to be an uneducated, frustrated, substance abuser.

When the victim is an adult they have the ability to flee the relationship. Children are not so fortunate.

[Zevonismymuse]

Speaking only for myself, the only person to have tried to kill me was female.

Did you have it coming?

Just kidding. I think my husband would say the same thing.

[weegee]

Liberals are quite fond, apparently, of walking away from situations they don't like.

BUMP like a two year old throwing a tantrum. Lalalalala I can't hear you lalalalala...

[Rebelbase]

I re-read that post about the fork and I am amazed.

And I thought the guy who daily scrubbed the toilet with his soon to be exwife's toothbrush was creative.

[dirtboy]

BUMP like a two year old throwing a tantrum.

Or a Texas Democrat driving up I-35 to Oklahoma...

[robowombat]

I may be flamed for this but, based on persoanl experience and anecdotal evidence, I think one factor not mentioned is that many females believe that when tey slap or hit a boyfriend, husband, lover, whatever, its not really violence. The rationale for this belief is that woman know they stike with less impact than do me and rarely use a closed fist swung right at the males face or head. What is being done a lot of woman feel is just a kind of emotional communication so they don't really consider it violence and would be shocked to classified as batterers. And its tru if a man hits a woman hard or even slaps her with force the injury level is probably going to be much higher than if a woman did it. What is gallling is that women often don't consider such things violence anymore than they consider screaming epithets at men to be verbal abuse. Woman in the US are now surprisingly uninhibited about the language they use with other women and slapping and hitting other females. It is easy to transfer that to relationships with men. My wife has been surprised when more than once I have told her the language she will use with me when she is really angry would probably get her a punch in the jaw or nose if she were another man. Many American woman seem to have little sense that there really are certain behaviors and language that one does refrain from using even when provioked. This is a big change in the last 50 years and not one for the better.

[jimt]

The point is, these staffers conducted themselves in a discriminatory manner, which means that state agencies may end up being unable to do business with them. And it reflects a higher problem, namely that a lot of the activists in this area are hard-core man haters who don't want facts intruding into their cult of victimhood - if men are victims as well, they might have to treat them in a more sympathetic manner.

Amen. The bimbos got caught with their panties down.

[MississippiMan]

That's because liberalism does not stand up to the light of day and absolutely does not hold up in debate. That's why you never see real conservative vs. liberal debate. Liberals have to have the floor to themselves, or else be in an environment where they can shout over the conservative and get by with it. Liberalism cannot be logically defended.

MM

[Labyrinthos]

The segment included interviews with male victims of domestic violence and with women who assaulted their husbands or boyfriends. Some parts graphically described the attacks.

I wonder if this an interview with Bill and Hill about a flying ashtray... ?