More Domestic Violence
Interesting that the top three headlines on Stuff.co.nz earlier this morning all featured reports of Domestic Violence. These further examples of the current ‘epidemic’ (to use phraseology often employed by the Women’s Refuge, particularly when they’re seeking more government funding) of domestic violence are very revealing:
Lover was ‘mad at thought of betrayal’
A woman who allegedly masterminded a fatal arson attack was furious at the thought of her boyfriend having sex with his relative because “they looked so much alike”, a court has been told.
Bail for mum charged with baby’s manslaughter
A 20-year-old University of Otago student appeared in court yesterday charged with manslaughter of a newborn baby girl found wrapped in a plastic bag in Dunedin.
Beating victim under guard as attacker eludes police
A woman whose ex-partner allegedly subjected her to a brutal six-hour beating and stabbing ordeal on Sunday remains under police protection in hospital as the hunt for him goes on.
Will The Refuge include the first two cases that resulted in deaths, in their statistics? Will the current oft-quoted six deaths of women and children at the hands of domestic violence over the last year or so be upped to eight (conveniently omitting of course that these latest two died at the hands of women)? Will the Refuge still tell us that it is men that are violent, not women? Will the first of the above cases be cited as pre-emptive violence on men (which we all know The Refuge publicly endorse)?
As a complete aside, I was going to write another epic regarding the second of the above articles, when the case was first reported. I was going to ask the usual questions regarding where the child’s father was, and whether he even knew he had fathered a child. Now it seems more relevant than ever: Would this child be alive today if her father had been there?
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Hi Al D Rado,
No, the womens refuge will not include women hurting men or children in thier statistics. Someone else does. You should check out what the universities are doing. The students are filling in the gaps.
about time…
hope the stats get revealed in public rather than get buried as a students paper for merits.
Hi Starr,
I think we have to publish them ourselves. Otherwise they will only come forward for someone else’s purpose.