6,000 Notts men join the campaign to say 'Stop the attacks on women'
ALMOST 6,000 men in Notts have pledged to help end domestic violence as part of the Post's Man Enough campaign.
The year-long drive, which was launched on Valentine's Day 2012, has been described as a "springboard" for the future.
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Nottingham boxer Carl Froch, among the first to sign the White Ribbon pledge against violence towards women, said: "It's fantastic to see so many others have also taken a stance on this.
"It's so important to raise awareness about domestic violence because it helps give people the courage to step forward and pick up the phone for help."
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The successes of the campaign were celebrated at an event at the Broadway Cinema. Notts Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping promised domestic violence groups would get a "good proportion" of a new £500,000 fund.
He said: "I think the campaign has reinforced the strong feeling in the city and county that there's a problem and that we need to do more. We've had a year of achievement, which is a springboard for the future."
The campaign was launched after seven domestic violence deaths in Notts over two years, including Casey Brittle, 21, of Basford who was beaten to death by her partner.
Domestic violence survivors have also praised the campaign.
Sarah, 36, from Broxtowe, who was trapped in a violent marriage, said: "The more awareness of it in the papers like this, having the helpline numbers and making it more understandable, would have helped me."
Other key achievements include the city council vowing to protect domestic violence funding and the GMB union writing a domestic violence policy for businesses.
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by andyng6
Saturday, February 16 2013, 11:38AM
“This campaign should be about all domestic abuse being wrong as men and women both suffer from this abuse!”
by SiVictim
Saturday, February 16 2013, 10:05AM
“I fully endorse any campaign raising DV awareness . My concern with Man Enough is that it doesn't fully acknowledge that men can be victims too and it subconsciously implies that women (and children) only are the victims while men are always the perpetrators. 1 in 4 women will suffer Domestic abuse while 1 in 6 men will also be subjected to domestic violence. The difference in gender victims ISN'T that great !!
I am a male victim of DV and I am campaigning to change this wrong perception.
Ian's DV awareness campaign @SiVictim
http://tinyurl.com/bygzbus
The Men's Room - A support group for men affected by DV
http://tinyurl.com/auxxe4p”
by soraya
Saturday, February 16 2013, 9:43AM
“I too found the adverts on the back of buses offensive.
Those who say that the men who are victims don't matter because fewer men are victims than women are rediculous.
Imagine if Tipping and the Post said most burglary victims are rich so if poor people get burgled it doesn't matter we just ignore them.”
by smshogun
Friday, February 15 2013, 5:36PM
“Crikey, me, Formerly, and Harrystottle agreeing; its your turn to buy the beer Harry.
One simple way of dealing with this would to have made it non gender specific and just about domestic violence with emphasis on the violence.
Many reports exist and some show some interesting conclusions, most are that women are more likely to report violence than men, and most men are unlikely to report violence and one interesting possibility given is the fault of the system in itself. This asserts that the system is loaded or biased in favour of women reporting domestic violence and that little or nothing is done to assist men if they report violence.
Figures I have seen are also in the 25-40% range, but some claim as its even higher than that due to the way the estimated figures are calculated; interesting.”
by Alistair505
Friday, February 15 2013, 4:56PM
“Carl Froch glamorises and legitimises violence. But I guess hitting people is OK, as long as they're the same sex as you, right? This whole campaign is offensive.”
by FormerlyW
Friday, February 15 2013, 4:33PM
“"women are by far the vast majority of victims."
That was rather the point we were making -- they aren't.
Men make up somewhere between 25 and 40% of reported cases (see links provided below), and one might well imagine that the current taboo on the subject caused by such gender-based assumptions means that men under-report even more than women, so the balance could well be even closer to equal.
To spearhead your anti-domestic-violence campaign with a silly "Man Enough" slogan sends completely the wrong message that perpetuates the myth that women make up the vast majority of victims.”
by dcrane
Friday, February 15 2013, 4:04PM
“Of course men are victims of domestic violence too but statistically women are by far the vast majority of victims. I think we need to approach the problem from a different angle. Women suffering from domestic violence need to be educated that this is not normal and not acceptable and that they must seek help to get away from the perpetrator as soon as possible. Being hit is not the same as being loved and a man that feels the need to keep control of his wife or girlfriend in this way, is not normal, does not love her and will not choose to change himself. The only safe recourse is to get away from such men as soon as possible.”
by BLawrenson
Friday, February 15 2013, 1:47PM
“The sad part of this is that many abused women go back to the abuser time and time again and even refuse to press charges or give evidence. Domestic, or any other form of violence is to be deplored.It would be interesting to discover how many cases are drink fuelled.”
by harrystotle1
Friday, February 15 2013, 10:06AM
“The stats say 40%.
Lets try that link again
http://tinyurl.com/2bv2jzr”
by FormerlyW
Friday, February 15 2013, 10:03AM
“Calling it "a minority" suggests it is negligible; it isn't. Men were the victims in over a quarter of incidents (http://tinyurl.com/bwxlg92), and since under-reporting by men is likely to be even more extreme than that by women, the real figures could be even worse.
harrystotle's link had a typo -- it is http://tinyurl.com/2bv2jzr , which suggests that men are even less in the minority.”