Honest Ribbon

Refuting 40 years of lies about domestic violence

In 1971, Erin Pizzey founded the very first battered women’s shelter in the world. She had no idea what would be coming her way for her troubles, including death threats, bomb threats, and multiple incidents of stalking.

Prone to Violence: Chapter One

Erin Pizzey is the world’s greatest pioneer into the subject of intimate partner violence (IPV). She is the great groundbreaker in both research about and service provision to the victims. From her book,
Prone to Violence, she shows us just how off track we currently are in dealing with IPV.

Invisible Dead Men

The thrust of this post is putting names, and case histories, to the statistics of men killed by their partners. You can skip straight to that, below, if you wish (see the list of 78 names, here or below, or jump to the case histories). However, my motivation for addressing this topic is the ratification […]

330 Child Homicides

In the 7 years 2009 to 2015 there were 330 children culpably killed in the UK whose deaths have been subject to Serious Case Reviews by the child protection authorities (excluding suicides). Below I present a review of information gleaned from these Serious Case Reviews (SCRs). This serves two purposes. Firstly, as I and others […]

UK Domestic Violence Charities’ Finances

What is the overall level of public funding to UK Domestic Violence (DV) charities and where does the money go?

Always Beating Up On Men

Bettina Arndt writes a blistering expose on the state of domestic violence politics in Australia and abroad

Preface of Rape Culture Hysteria

The following excerpt is from Wendy McElroy’s new book Rape Culture Hysteria: Fixing the Damage Done to Men and Women. INTRODUCTION My Questions for PC Feminism Ain’t I a woman? Ain’t I a feminist? Ain’t I a victim of sexual violence? Overview of the Book Three Caveats The omission from self-respect The omission I regret […]