Anti-male House of Representatives approves anti-male Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act” (VAWA)

[MichaeltheGreat]

Note to self: Shorts and t-shirts are now apparently women's clothing. OK, then, now that that's all clear, I can get through the weekend.

[Kidlicious]

Note to self: Shorts and t-shirts are now apparently women's clothing. OK, then, now that that's all clear, I can get through the weekend.

They are when your wife tells you which one's to wear. Sorry, but that's the hard truth.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Don't you live up near... Fresno somewhere?

[Ben Kenobi]

Kidicious are scrubs and t-shirts womens clothes?

[Elok]

Do we have a summary of this law written by persons not suffering from castration anxiety?

[Kidlicious]

Don't you live up near... Fresno somewhere?

I live where ever I want to live.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Got your trailer off blocks, then?

[Kidlicious]

Do we have a summary of this law written by persons not suffering from castration anxiety?

"Some activists oppose the bill. A spokeswoman for Concerned Women for America called the Act a "boondoggle" which "creates an ideology that all men are guilty and all women are victims." Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly denounced VAWA as a tool to "fill feminist coffers" and argued that the Act promoted "divorce, breakup of marriage and hatred of men."

- wiki

[Elok]

I had no idea Phyllis Schlafly was even alive today.

[Kidlicious]

Got your trailer off blocks, then?

Yeah, when I sold it to your mom.

[MichaeltheGreat]

She isn't. She's been reanimated by voodoo. Gotta love that group name "Concerned Women for America"

[Kidlicious]

She isn't. She's been reanimated by voodoo. Gotta love that group name "Concerned Women for America"

Gotta love that name "Violence Against Women Act." Should be called "Unconstitutional Castration Act.

[Kidlicious]

The Violence Against Women Act Should Outrage Decent People
At the outset it is important to say, emphatically, that no decent person would stand by while a more powerful, stronger or bigger person physically abuses or batters someone more vulnerable. Everyone should want to end violence against women, but the Violence Against Women Act misses the mark. It ends up creating a climate of suspicion where all men are feared or viewed as violent and abusive and all women are viewed as victims. Decent people should be outraged at the climate of false accusations, rush to judgment and hidden agendas that characterize the situation that has developed during the 18 years of this law.

One of the ways such bills exist is through clever naming of leftist proposals. We have "prochoice" instead of "pro-abortion" and we have this law, which promises to end violence against women. Those who oppose such positive-sounding measures appear to be heartless and are on the defensive at the outset. But there is no escaping the negative aspects of this act. The bill is a boondoggle for feminist groups (follow the money) and the funds go to "re-train" judges and other officials in the details of "women's rights" rather than addressing the major problems of battered women who end up in hospital emergency rooms. We know from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that there are roughly 30 factors that lead to violent, abusive behavior, most notably, anger, drug addiction, and alcohol abuse. Sadly, instead of rehabilitation programs that address those behaviors, the Violence Against Women Act promotes a feminist agenda.

[Read: Dems Put GOP in Political Box Over Women's Issues]

It is also a bureaucratic nightmare with billions of dollars spent to establish a vast expansion of government programs that are riddled with financial irregularities. Feminists like to repeat the mantra that there is a "war against women," but when women can routinely claim nebulous "psychological harm" and keep a man out of his home, away from his children, possibly losing his job and ruining his reputation, there is more of a war against men than against women. Intimate partner violence is mostly from boyfriends, rather than husbands (about 62 percent) and it is about equal between men and women (6.4 percent vs. 6.3 percent).

The greatest problem, though, with the law, known by its acronym, VAWA, is that it is an ineffective program; it has a long history of failure. A family violence expert said, "There is no evidence that VAWA has led to a decrease in violence against women." Instead, the legislation has morphed into a rigid, inhuman law enforcement tool that relies on restraining orders and mandatory arrests instead of ending intimate partner violence. The law is more about building feminist power structures than about protecting vulnerable women or helping battered women.

Janice Shaw Crouse

http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/sh...eople#comments

[MichaeltheGreat]

Oh yes, because being subject to sanction for beating the **** out of women compromises your (non-existent) "manhood."

[Kidlicious]

Oh yes, because being subject to sanction for beating the **** out of women compromises your (non-existent) "manhood."

I'm not subject to that. You are subject to false allegations being brought against you, and you are in complete agreement that it is bad for you to have balls.