The Not-So-Great Debate on Domestic Violence

[redqueen]

Thought I'd link this here as a reference. There's a lot of anti-feminist propaganda regarding domestic violence out there. If you're actively discussing the issue in public, you might encounter some of the claims that are most commonly made based on the flawed or misconstrued studies which you find cited on MRA sites (Radar, The Spearhead, AVFM, etc.)

A few years ago, David Futrelle (of manboobz) engaged a popular MRA in a debate about domestic violence, as this is one of the most common topics that MRAs love to spread disinformation about.

So if you're ever in a situation where you're talking about DV with feminists, and someone shows up and starts introducing some of this whacko stuff, this is a good resource which I've used to decide to either just stop responding or to shut them down if time allows.

In October 2010, I agreed to a debate on Domestic Violence with Men's Rights Activist Paul Elam of the blog A Voice for Men, to take place on his blog. Unfortunately, it went off the rails fairly quickly. At about the same time as he put up my first post in the debate, Elam put up a separate piece on his blog, suggesting, as a "joke," that October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, should be renamed "Bash a Violent Bitch Month." He then tried to twist the rules of our debate in a way that would benefit him, and threatened to censor a commenter on the debate who'd had the temerity to disagree with him.

After several frustrating exchanges with him on this issue I decided to end the debate. You can read all the gory details here, and more about his childish behavior afterwards here.

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http://manboobz.blogspot.com/p/not-so-great-debate-on-domestic.html