Domestic violence: no help for male victims
The outcome of this study, which was carried out by researchers from Trinity College Dublin and published in the European Journal of General Practice, reflects the findings of all the other two-sex studies that have been carried out in Ireland.
These include the large-scale study by the National Crime Council which found that roughly equal numbers of women and men are victims of domestic violence.
Despite the attempts of certain individuals and organisations to discredit our organisation, Amen, these findings again vindicate the position we have consistently held on this issue for the past 10 years.
Dr Susan Smith, one of the recent study’s authors, quite rightly commented that it was “inappropriate to continue to address this issue as solely a woman’s problem”.
Yet, despite all the evidence showing that roughly equal numbers of men and women are victims of domestic violence, those who decide public policy in this area persist in dealing with the issue in accordance with a totally discredited feminist theory.
This blindly insists that women are predominantly the victims and men the perpetrators.
An allocation of more than €15 million is provided by the Government each year for services for female victims while less than 1% of this amount is provided for male victims.
The Department of Justice has set up a comprehensive structure made up of a national steering committee and eight regional committees on violence against women.
The department also provides other supports for female victims, but none for male victims.
The stubborn refusal to allow such a massive body of evidence to inform public policy on this matter suggests a strong man-hating influence on the governance of this country, especially at the upper policymaking tier.
Mary T Cleary
Amen
St Anne’s
Resource Centre
Railway Street
Navan
Co Meath
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