I could write a good bit on the metaphysics of “reality TV,” but mercifully, I won’t. What I will do is suggest you read this article (The Herald Bulletin, 9/29/10), and, if you have some time to … Read the rest
Posts Tagged ‘Domestic Violence’
‘Teen Mom’ Program Shows Domestic Violence Against Dad
Monday, October 4th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Researchers: Intimate Terrorism by Women Consistent With that by Men
Friday, September 10th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.When considering the sorry history of domestic violence advocacy, one must always remember that the goalposts have a way of moving. In the early 1970s, the concept of domestic violence was brought to the public’s awareness. Erin Pizzey opened … Read the rest
Dan Major’s 14-Year Fight with His Wife, Her Lover, the Police and Children’s Aid
Friday, September 10th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.The case this article describes is one of the most bizarre and outrageous I’ve run across (Toronto Star, 9/7/10). Read the article, and while you’re doing that, know that what it describes is something like half of … Read the rest
‘Wicked Women’ Ad Promotes DV, Violence Against Men
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.It’s not enough that men don’t live as long as women. It’s not enough that, in the Iraq war, 97.5% of U.S. fatalities were men, or that the rate was far higher in Viet Nam and previous wars. It’s … Read the rest
Tacoma Fires DV Advocate Fortson in Wake of Ethics Violations
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.The City of Tacoma has ended its lengthy discipinary process regarding DV advocate Gloria China Fortson by firing her. Read about it here (Tacoma News Tribune, 9/2/10). Hearing Examiner Rodney Kerslake had found that Fortson had violated … Read the rest
Champion Speed Skater Embroiled in Custody Dispute Found Dead in Burning Car
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Stephen Moore was a world-class speed skater in his time. But according to this article, Moore was savagely beaten to death and stuffed into the trunk of his mother’s car (Star-Ledger, 8/26/10). The car was then … Read the rest
Case Shows Why DV Must Be Viewed as Gender-Neutral
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.The following was submitted by Ohio fathers’ advocate Terry Kee.
A domestic court judge recently ordered a mother, who was preventing parenting time to the father, to appear in court or risk arrest; instead, she slit the throat of … Read the rest
Tacoma DV Advocate to Face Discipline for Assisting Mother in Children’s Abduction
Monday, August 16th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Not long ago I posted a piece on the administrative hearing of Tacoma, Washington’s chief domestic violence advocate, Gloria China Fortson (pictured). She had gotten herself involved in a custody battle between Keisha Jackson and Kelvin Jackson. Keisha claimed … Read the rest
Study: Male and Female DV Perpetrators Similar Psychologically
Friday, August 13th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.This is news, but it’s hardly surprising (Sify News, 8/11/10).
It seems that British Columbia University researcher Zach Walsh and others analyzed data from the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study. The participants were 567 civil psychiatric patients … Read the rest
Woman Tells Her Story of Growing Up with Abusive Mother and Abused Father
Thursday, August 5th, 2010 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Not long ago I wrote a piece about a new study published in the journal Partner Abuse about male victims of domestic violence. It reported on the various responses of 302 men who had sought services as victims of … Read the rest
