DV Spoof: 10 Things Men Can Do in Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention
We don’t think these people really believe this stuff – clearly they are oblivious to the problem of female-on-female violence. So break the tedium of your day and pay a visit to the website of the National Association of Men and Women Committed to Ending Violence Against Women: http://www.acalltomen.com/index.php ÂÂ
Here’s their contact information – let them know what a hearty chuckle you got from reading their hilarious DV spoof — see “10 Things Men Can Do” below.
Phone: (917) 922-6738
Fax: (516) 705-5920
Email: info@acalltomen.org
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10 Things Men Can Do In Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention
1. Acknowledge and understand how male dominance and aspects of unhealthy manhood are at the foundation domestic and sexual violence.
2. Examine and challenge our individual beliefs and the role that we play in supporting men who are abusive.
3. Recognize and stop colluding with other men by getting out of our socially defined roles, and take a stance to prevent domestic and sexual violence.
4. Remember that our silence is affirming. When we choose not to speak out against domestic and sexual violence, we are supporting it.
5. Educate and re-educate our sons and other young men about our responsibility in preventing domestic and sexual violence.
6.”Break out of the man box”- Challenge traditional images of manhood that stop us from actively taking a stand in domestic and sexual violence prevention.
7. Accept and own our responsibility that domestic and sexual violence will not end until men become part of the solution to end it. We must take an active role in creating a cultural and social shift that no longer tolerates violence and discrimination against women and girls.
8. Stop supporting the notion that domestic and sexual violence is due to mental illness, lack of anger management skills, chemical dependency, stress, etc… Domestic and sexual violence is rooted in male dominance and the socialization of men.
9. Take responsibility for creating appropriate and effective ways to educate and raise awareness about domestic and sexual violence prevention.
10. Create responsible and accountable men’s initiatives in your community to support domestic and sexual violence prevention.
Source: http://www.acalltomen.com/
| More from Abusegate Bob
Stumble It!
I think that you must be winding us up a bit! Yes people do believe this and if you look at the White Ribbon Campaign sites from around the world (it was started in Canada but we are the UK arm), you’ll find that many men are doing a great deal toend male violence against women.
You have to really hate men to buy this crap. And unfortunately too many men and women have been taught to hate men. I worked with teen girls in Hawaii, teen boys and girls in Boulder CO, and with prisoners and with the relatives and friends of these groups. Those expericnes plus police work and studying gender issues convinced me that the difference between men and women injuring or killing each other is insignificant and certainly not a gender issue. What impresses me most is how nurturing and supportive we are of girls and women, and how we treat boys and men like dirt in comparison, when you consider the trauma of male sports, the trauma of working jobs that take lives, the trauma of war where boys are sent to fight … with a few million men suffering with those events and hundreds of thousands losing custody of their children, what REALLY impresses me is how FEW men “go off” after all that trauma to millions of males… women who are supported and nurtured by mose men and women are the ones most likely to kill or injure a child, most likely to default on support payments for children, most likely to end divorces over “boredom” (if not a new guy) and yet idiots keep finding ways to always blame men for every social ill.
Ten Things Women Can Do in Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention:
1. Stop writing marriage proposals to death-row inmates.
2. Notice, appreciate date and marry actual gentlemen as opposed to Neanderthals with “Born To Lose” Tattooed on their hands.
3. Keep your domestic argument/criticism voice under 100 decibels.
4. Don’t abuse male (or female) children.
5. Spend as much time planning the MARRIAGE as you do the WEDDING.
6. When your husband’s laid off or fired, try to help the situation instead of calling him a loser, bum, etc.
7. If a particular session of lovemaking wasn’t wildly satisfying, either keep it to yourself or express it in a non-critical manner.
8. If you’re bored with the sex or want other partners, inform your husband or boyfriend of it BEFORE seducing his best friend and getting caught.
9. Don’t curse, slap, bite, punch, kick, or throw something at a man thinking he won’t or can’t do anything back.
10. STOP PROMOTING THE IDEA THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ALL MEN VS. WOMEN!!!
(Yeah, I said it. Feel free to share this.)