One in three wrote: "75 males were killed in domestic homicide incidents between 2008-10"
Do you know the rates for female homicides in the same period?
No idea. The ABS should be able to provide those figures.
Also do you know what their definition of "domestic" is? Is that just partner violence,
It's in relation to Intimate Partner Violence, otherwise known as domestic violence (though not necessarily living together).
"?64% of women who experienced physical assault and 81.1% of women who experienced sexual assault still did not report it to police. The proportion of women aged between 18 and 34 who reported experiencing physical violence has decreased but the proportion of women who reported experiencing physical violence after 45 increased over the same period. The percentage of women who reported that their children had witnessed partner-related violence either from a current or ex-partner was lower than in 1996.
?The majority of violence against men is committed by other men. Of men who reported that they had experienced physical violence in the 12 months before the survey, 73.7% said that the perpetrator was a male.
Source: Department of Families, Housing and Community Affairs Fact Sheet 2 Women's Safety."
Interesting stats there. Looks like although 1 in 3 men are victims of domestic violence, the perpetrators of domestic violence is still about 91% men. So only 9% of perpetrators of domestic violence are women...
The report above was written by the DV Industry. An industry steeped in feminist rhetoric and has a very long history of denying female on male violence. Go to Youtube and do a search for 'Erin Pizzey' and watch some of her videos, especially the ones in which she talks about her experiences with feminists. They're a real eye opener. Proponents of the Duluth Model still, to this day, despite the mountains of evidence, deny that female on male violence even exists and that if a woman does hit a man, it's in self defence, despite the evidence to the contrary.
I've even read accounts from lesbian and bisexual women looking for assistance to escape a violent (female) partner being denied support by DV shelters because, amongst other things, 'Women aren't violent', 'You're lying', 'You're just looking for attention', 'You're a traitor to your gender'.
I would like to see (or have someone with experience in statistics) look over their numbers.
I find the following sentence particularly suspicious: "The majority of violence against men is committed by other men."
I don't see how that relates specifically to DV. No one that fights for male survivors of domestic violence would deny that statement. The issue is with the deliberate falsification of information relating to rates of female on male DV being denied and ignored by Government agencies and the DV Industry.
"So only 9% of perpetrators of domestic violence are women..."
This percentage flies directly in the face of 40+ years of research by impartial DV experts. Have a look at the numbers in this report:
http://www.domesticviolenceresearch.org/pages/12_page_findings.htm.
Also the stat that 61% physical 81% sexual assault was not reported by women to police. So it seems it's not just violence against men that is under-reported.
These figures are worthless. By that I mean, it is impossible to estimate how many crimes (of any kind) go unreported. Anyone can pull out any number that is convenient to them to bolster their case.
Would be good to see domestic violence shelters for women, and also seperate ones for men.
Agreed. However, female survivors of domestic violence already receive huge amounts of support and funding from both private and public organisations. We're talking hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Male survivors receive very little. Do you know of any DV shelters for men in Australia? I'm not aware of a single one.
