Excellent. Some substantiated criticism of the Families Commission. I understand the argument but ultimately David Fergusson is right. They can't have a bob each way and talk about the most severe forms of violence (which tends to come from the pathologically jealous male) and then brawling, which goes on in a much larger section of the community and flows both ways.
"...the commission is backing White Ribbon Day on November 25, which asks men to wear a white ribbon to show that they do not condone "men's violence towards women"....
But in an email to the Herald, Professor Fergusson said: "It is my frank view the commission's stance on domestic violence is not being guided by a dispassionate and balanced consideration of the evidence.
"Rather, it is being guided by an ideologically driven model that assumes on a priori grounds that domestic violence is a male problem and that female-initiated domestic violence does not exist or is so trivial that it can be ignored in the commission's policy focus."
(If I see a man wearing a white ribbon I'll punch him in the nose:-))
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I really hate the "you're either with us or against us" attitude some people have with reguards to issues like this. It's sad that the government fosters such a black and white view of the world.
He'squite right, it's ideology, plain and simple. A well publicised goal of radical feminism is to change the typical family unit. Guess whois a radical feminist? Yes the big pooh-bah, Ms (in the married sense) Helen Clark. Just look at the bigger picture: Prostitution law reform, Civil unions, Kahui hooey, S59, children being allowed to "divorce" parents, what next: gay pets that work at a brothel that may or may not marry but living in an extended family situation...
All of a sudden I feel the need to wear a white ribbon :/
My nose is safe!
If you feel you must wear a white ribbon or be thought a wife-beating knucle-dragger, it really should be a white feather.
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