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Men also victims (The Courier, Ballarat)

September 9, 2013
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Men also victims (The Courier, Ballarat)

When most people think about family violence and abuse victims, they think of women and children. However, one in three victims of sexual assault - and at least the same figure for victims of family violence and abuse - are males. In an effort to highl...
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Kentucky Fried Chicken: Stop Making Light of Domestic Violence (USA)

August 13, 2013
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Kentucky Fried Chicken: Stop Making Light of Domestic Violence (USA)

In their recent “Hot Shot Bites” commercial, which can be viewed in full at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRH9NBcd33k, Kentucky Fried Chicken depicts an act of domestic violence committed against a man by a woman. The man gives his girlfr...
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Study: Girls More Likely to Report Sexual Victimisation, and More Likely to Commit Physical Dating Violence (USA)

July 31, 2013
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Study: Dating Violence Is Common Among Young Americans Though many teens say they have been victimized, almost an equal amount admit to committing dating violence. About a third of American youths say they have been victims of dating violence, either p...
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One in Three response to the proposed NSW Domestic Violence reforms

July 20, 2013
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The proposed new NSW Domestic Violence Framework is largely the same old story when it comes to ignoring the plight of male victims of family violence and abuse. We would strongly urge readers who wish to comment upon the proposed Framework to do so at...
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Male Abuse Victims Wait Until Abuse Becomes Extreme (NZ)

July 10, 2013
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Men are suffering from domestic abuse, but embarrassment usually stops them coming forward until it is extreme, police say. Men often waited until knives were pulled before seeking help, Detective Sergeant Alan McGlade, of the Hamilton police family sa...
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Men get domestic support (NSW) – follow up

July 1, 2013
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While yesterday's news from the NSW State Government is definitely reason for celebration, the proposed new NSW Domestic Violence Framework is largely the same old story when it comes to ignoring the plight of male victims of family violence and abuse....
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One in Three interview on 2SER-FM (Sydney)

July 1, 2013
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Greg Andresen, Senior Researcher for the One in Three Campaign was interviewed on 2SER-FM's Monday Daily show today about the NSW Government's recently announced move to open up their Start Safely housing subsidy to male victims of domestic violence. Y...
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Men get domestic support (NSW)

June 30, 2013
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HUGE news in today's Sunday Telegraph newspaper. Congratulations to the NSW State Government and Minister Goward for having the courage to acknowledge that one in three victims of family violence are male and for starting to make services available to ...
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Domestic Violence Resource Center For Men and Women Opens (Utah, USA)

May 6, 2013
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Domestic violence resource center opens doors in West Jordan By Marjorie Cortez WEST JORDAN — The West Jordan Community Resource Center opened its doors Monday at City Hall in an effort to provide domestic violence outreach. The center, a project...
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Need knows no gender (The Independent, UK)

May 1, 2013
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When Earl Silverman needed to escape his violent and abusive marriage, he looked for help, support and shelter close to his home in Alberta, Canada. It was not there. He made it his mission to ensure no other man would find himself in a similar situati...
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Need knows no gender (The Independent, UK)

May 1, 2013
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When Earl Silverman needed to escape his violent and abusive marriage, he looked for help, support and shelter close to his home in Alberta, Canada. It was not there. He made it his mission to ensure no other man would find himself in a similar situati...
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Violent Femmes (SBS TV)

April 30, 2013
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Because they're bored. Because someone said something nasty on Facebook. Because someone was "being a smart arse" to them. Australian girls are getting into some bad fights. Although males are responsible for most violent assaults in Australia, there h...
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Letter published in Sydney Morning Herald

April 29, 2013
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The following letter was published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 27th April 2013 in response to the article below it. Domestic violence NSW Rape Crisis Centre executive officer Karen Willis repeats the discredited claim that domestic viole...
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A male survivor’s perspective on "rape culture"

April 16, 2013
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A male survivor’s perspective on "rape culture"

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An article titled “Rape Culture: What It Is and How It Works” posted on the Good Men Project website earlier this week prompted me to leave the following comment:

The “rape culture” terminology, as I’ve typically seen it applied, brands all men and boys as potential or latent assailants and...
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UK: More Married Men DV Victims Than Married Women

April 15, 2013
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By Robert Franklin, Esq. (Fathers and Families) More married men (2.3 per cent) suffered from partner abuse last year than married women, according to the latest British Crime Survey. Yet help is still much harder to find for men. See here (The Indepen...
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Turkey: No Gender Discrimination Here, Shelters to Open for Abused Men

April 8, 2013
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45 men protected from violence, minister says

By Anatolia News Agency
April/08/2013

Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Şahin says that 45 men are receiving protection against domestic violence while one of them is using a ‘panic button,’ saying they do not make any gender discrimination

Forty-five men across Turkey are being protected from domestic violence, while one...
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