According to the ABC Australia news this morning 24/5, there have been 21 female deaths here in
Australia due to domestic violence perpetrated by male partners, spouses, boyfriends, or other
male family members.
Family violence inquiry leaves more questions than it answers.
"At the time of writing, 21 women have been killed by a violent act in the 21 weeks since the start
of the year. That's according to the bluntly-named research project Counting Dead Women, which
recorded 19 deaths for the same period last year."
According to the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), on average, one woman a week is murdered
by her current or former partner. The 2017 National Homicide Monitoring Program report by the AIC
showed that over a 2-year period from 2012-13 to 2013-14, there were 99 female victims of intimate
partner homicide. Women continue to be over-represented [?] as victims of intimate partner homicide,
accounting for 79% [?] of all intimate partner homicides.
Okay... those are the cold hard facts of domestic violence here in Australia, supported by verified statistics
from all states, and of course should be regarded as deplorable in a purportedly socially enlightened 21st
century Western society.
But... what about male domestic violence deaths in Australia?
Well, yes there have been this year, also in the first 21 weeks of 2020.
Included below are all Australian male victims of a domestic violence related death—that being a male
killed by a former or current partner or spouse, girlfriend, housemate, or family member with intention
to harm or kill using violence:
• Veton Musai (29) Jan 1st
• Mark Ward (55) Jan 24th
• Daniel Surtees (36) Jan 26th
• Jari Wise (26) Feb 28th
• Unnamed (26) Feb 28th (Nanango, QLD)
• Noel Joseph Taylor (59) Mar 8th
• Anthony Beck (42) Mar 14th
• Paul Hughes (77) Mar 21st
• Unnamed (63) Mar 25th (Gold Coast QLD)
• Michael Wayne Taylor (65) April 28th
• Frank Puglia (59) May 19th
So... we have 21 female deaths and 11 male deaths attributed to domestic violence, which equates to
one male death for every two female deaths. The vast majority (94%) of perpetrators of intimate partner
violence against males are female, (which reflects the fact that the vast majority of intimate relationships
are heterosexual). Males make up a significant proportion of victims of family and sexual violence, yet
are excluded from government anti-violence programs. And one male is a victim of domestic homicide
every 10 days in Australia. Historically, government policies have been based on the assumption that
the vast majority of perpetrators are male and the vast majority of victims are female, and the policies
of current governments are still based on this erroneous position.
This is a confirmed story from one male victim of domestic violence, "John":
"I have been a victim of countless attacks by more than one woman but mostly my current partner.
In the last incident she smashed a pot plant on my back dislocating my shoulder while I was curled
up on the ground. She then beat and kicked me until I ran upstairs and called the police but she
pulled the phone cord out of the wall. A call registered at the station and a police car came. She
saw it out the front and began punching herself in the face. The police thought I did it and didn't
believe I was the victim. I lost custody of our son and fear for his life every day. This was all because
I didn't order pineapple on her vegetarian pizza."
Much international research demonstrates that women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive,
than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners. For a bibliography examining 286
investigations with an aggregate sample size of 371,600 see http://web.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm
Australia due to domestic violence perpetrated by male partners, spouses, boyfriends, or other
male family members.
Family violence inquiry leaves more questions than it answers.
"At the time of writing, 21 women have been killed by a violent act in the 21 weeks since the start
of the year. That's according to the bluntly-named research project Counting Dead Women, which
recorded 19 deaths for the same period last year."
According to the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), on average, one woman a week is murdered
by her current or former partner. The 2017 National Homicide Monitoring Program report by the AIC
showed that over a 2-year period from 2012-13 to 2013-14, there were 99 female victims of intimate
partner homicide. Women continue to be over-represented [?] as victims of intimate partner homicide,
accounting for 79% [?] of all intimate partner homicides.
Okay... those are the cold hard facts of domestic violence here in Australia, supported by verified statistics
from all states, and of course should be regarded as deplorable in a purportedly socially enlightened 21st
century Western society.
But... what about male domestic violence deaths in Australia?
Well, yes there have been this year, also in the first 21 weeks of 2020.
Included below are all Australian male victims of a domestic violence related death—that being a male
killed by a former or current partner or spouse, girlfriend, housemate, or family member with intention
to harm or kill using violence:
• Veton Musai (29) Jan 1st
• Mark Ward (55) Jan 24th
• Daniel Surtees (36) Jan 26th
• Jari Wise (26) Feb 28th
• Unnamed (26) Feb 28th (Nanango, QLD)
• Noel Joseph Taylor (59) Mar 8th
• Anthony Beck (42) Mar 14th
• Paul Hughes (77) Mar 21st
• Unnamed (63) Mar 25th (Gold Coast QLD)
• Michael Wayne Taylor (65) April 28th
• Frank Puglia (59) May 19th
So... we have 21 female deaths and 11 male deaths attributed to domestic violence, which equates to
one male death for every two female deaths. The vast majority (94%) of perpetrators of intimate partner
violence against males are female, (which reflects the fact that the vast majority of intimate relationships
are heterosexual). Males make up a significant proportion of victims of family and sexual violence, yet
are excluded from government anti-violence programs. And one male is a victim of domestic homicide
every 10 days in Australia. Historically, government policies have been based on the assumption that
the vast majority of perpetrators are male and the vast majority of victims are female, and the policies
of current governments are still based on this erroneous position.
This is a confirmed story from one male victim of domestic violence, "John":
"I have been a victim of countless attacks by more than one woman but mostly my current partner.
In the last incident she smashed a pot plant on my back dislocating my shoulder while I was curled
up on the ground. She then beat and kicked me until I ran upstairs and called the police but she
pulled the phone cord out of the wall. A call registered at the station and a police car came. She
saw it out the front and began punching herself in the face. The police thought I did it and didn't
believe I was the victim. I lost custody of our son and fear for his life every day. This was all because
I didn't order pineapple on her vegetarian pizza."
Much international research demonstrates that women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive,
than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners. For a bibliography examining 286
investigations with an aggregate sample size of 371,600 see http://web.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm
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