NSW Domestic Violence report recognises male victims
Male victims of family violence face gap in services and need special consideration: NSW Government report The NSW Government Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues
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Male victims of family violence face gap in services and need special consideration: NSW Government report The NSW Government Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues
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Recently, we have seen the effects of many years lobbying by women’s groups and academics/researchers in the passage of the Family Law (Family Violence) Act 2010.
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As bleak as that sounds, it is, it seems, the best of it.
Family violence has, in recent years, been subjected to a very short sighted restricted analysis that is based on stereotypes of victims and abusers. Typically, the “victim” is depicted as a timid, oppressed female and the abuser is portrayed as a brutish, aggressive male that often assaults or even murders children. But such gender stereotypes are dangerous, and leave groups of people suffering and vulnerable because they do not fit the pigeon hole prescriptions that dominate family violence discourse and support organisations in our country.
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Illawarra Mercury, Australia, by Michele Tydd, December 18, 2010. Section: News, Page: 5 AN Austinmer father says he is angry and bewildered by a
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