Domestic violence campaign vilifies men

THE recent advertising campaign on domestic violence, funded by the Justice Department on behalf of Women’s Aid, once again presented men as violent abusers and women as their hapless victims.

By supporting such a one-sided campaign, the Government and Women’s Aid are demonising our fellow Irishmen. Anyone who loves their father, brother or son should be very angry that Irish men can be vilified in this manner.

Women’s Aid are ignoring the vast body of international research which has confirmed time and again that men and women perpetrate domestic violence at similar rates.