The White Ribbon Appeal is a graphic example of the damage that
can be done when only 1 side of any issue is given a fair hearing.

In this enlightened time we are to expect that women can perform equally in all things…defending the country, upholding the law and leading industry….but when it comes to being perpetrators of domestic violence? Hhhmmm, not much representation there. Oh, but the stats say that women are more offended against than men, and stats are always accurate aren’t they?

And then we have the publicity hungry media folk and savvy marketing groups…of course it’s just out of the goodness of their hearts that they are involved in the White Ribbon movement…using a cause to raise media profiles and sell more products, banish the thought. Same goes for Breast Cancer…more men die of prostate cancer but don’t let that little known fact get in the way of a sensational media and marketing opportunity. Legions of men suicide each year, but don’t get in the way of Beyond Blue about the terrible toll that post natal depression is having on society. Jeff Kennett knows how to keep a public profile going.

And meanwhile many thousands or men are put through a ‘domestic violence industry’ process where they are afforded less rights than common criminals. On the say so of an often agenda laiden and vindictive ex they are issued with orders that can have disastrous ramifications on their standing in the community and careers, and all the while these kangaroo court lead results pump up the very rubbery domestic violence stats.

And before you write me off as just a bitter and twisted bloke who would obviously be prone to violence I should add this….I can provide graphic and compelling examples of men whose rights have been absolutely violated by this disgracefully biased regime. On one occassion a personal friend of mine who recieved gauges to his neck as a consequence of being assaulted by his ex wife in a car park in front of children asked me for advice as to what he should do. I advised him to report the matter to the Police, and upon him doing so he was issued with a caution as though he was a common criminal. I spoke to the Officer over the phone and explained to him that he had a victim of crime in front of him who was reporting a crime, not a criminal. It was water off a ducks back and my friend walked away like a 3rd class citizen. Maybe the Officer had been listening to 1 of the very concerned media moguls sprouting their very ill informed views.

I know more about the way in which this Country deals with domestic violence than most barristers and certainly more than most celebrities and fashion houses, and so I can back up in technicolour my claims with a sad degree of ease. I have personally risked my own safety to make sure that others who were involved in domestic violence were safe, and I have been the victim of this very skewed and biased domestic violence regime.

Many books could be written about such experiences and one day at least 1 will.

If you have read this far with a fair and open mind the I thank you and appreciate that part of your conscience that acknowledges the seeds of worth in my comments. For those who just want to delete, well I challenge you to read the comments again and see if you can see an ounce of aggressive intent toward women, because I have none. I just want what’s fair.

ALL VIOLENCE AGAINST ALL PEOPLE IS WRONG. SELECTIVE REPRESENTATION AND DISREGARD FOR PEOPLES RIGHTS BASED ON THEIR GENDER IS WRONG.