So this MRA calls a domestic violence hotline pretending to be a man who’s being abused by his wife. He claims that the hotline refused to help him because he’s a man.
Actually, the counselor explained that he’d called a counseling line, not an actual shelter, but that she could connect him to a hotline for men that would give him and his young son a free hotel room. He refused and said that he wanted to call the police on his wife; the counselor offered to connect him directly to a police officer who specializes in domestic violence. He refused this too, and insisted that he wanted to be housed IN A SHELTER FOR BATTERED WOMEN SPECIFICALLY, even though he does not identify as a woman. The counselor continued to insist that he could get a free hotel stay if he let her connect him to the appropriate hotline. He kept refusing and finally ended the call without warning.
“Men’s rights” activism, folks.
What an asshole.
The whole “Men’s Rights” crowd would be hilarious, if they weren’t so goddamn infuriating.
This is one of just a huge list of problems I have with MRAs: they demand access to spaces created specifically for women. Being told that you can stay at a hotel for free isn’t good enough; he wanted to stay in the shelter specifically for battered women - a shelter that’s probably largely funded and staffed by women.
MRAs could start their own shelter for battered men. Have they?
The mindset of these people is downright sickening AND frightening.
Some pre-VAWA discussion of the legislation and the contentious argument leading up to its 1994 passage:
“When half of our population is being deprived of its most basic civil rights and is being relegated to second-class citizenship because it is female, some action must be taken. The VAWA is a…
As I quoted the New York Times in this post in February (when the Republicans failed to reauthorize the act, which has now died), Republicans rejected the Violence Against Women Act because:
The main sticking points seemed to be language in the bill to ensure that victims are not denied…
VAWA was passed in 1994 and has been easily reauthorized in years since. This year happened to be an exception, with Republicans unwilling to pass an expansion of the bill. Thanks to House Republicans (they’re really winning friends and influencing people all over the place these days), VAWA is no…
In 30 years observations, Jane Goodall never saw one rape among the chimpanzees, our closest primate cousins. Though it’s not possible to draw firm conclusions about human behaviour from animals, Goodall’s findings, and many other recent studies, get us questioning the old myths we have about rape. One of the most persistent myths about rape is that male biology and primitive male sex urges drive men to rape. But current information indicates that rape is more a learned act of sexual violence that comes out of social beliefs that men have a right to dominate and control women. The fact that rape is learned means that we can work to change the underlying beliefs and eliminate rape from our communities.Truth About Rape (via barewithmezine)
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Just happened. So what bill is that? “House Democrats say the Republican-authored law would raise requirements to prove domestic violence and sexual assault, erase confidentiality protections for immigrant women and alert abusers when their victims seek help. They say it would eliminate a path to citizenship for immigrant victims who cooperate with police and cut “culturally competent services” for Muslims, gay men and lesbians, and victims who don’t speak English,”per the New York Times.
Joe Biden: “The House has passed a version of the [VAWA] that will roll back critical provisions to help victims of abuse.”
Fuck everything.
ALERT ABUSERS WHEN THEIR VICTIMS SEEK HELP.
ALERT ABUSERS WHEN THEIR VICTIMS SEEK HELP.
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#INFP - so true. Who knew? #NoH8 #ProChoice #fem2 #ChildAbuse #AnimalAbuse
Contrarian by nature; Democrat by choice. #p2 #p21 #CTL #Obama2012
Together we MUST take back the power wrongfully seized by banks, corporations, and the corrupt politicians they fund. #OWS #99
#Justice4Trayvon is the other tumblr I branched from this one so I could track the developments in the #Trayvon Martin case.
