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Gender discrimination

Can we call this case a gender discrimination but against the men this time? I don’t believe so. However, in our argues in Minority Groups in the US, majority of the class called it a gender discrimination. I think it is more about paper work and it may happen for every one, but if we wear gender glass we will see every single case as a gender based case.

On October 28, 2005, near the end of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, four men, including David Woods of Sacramento and his 21-year-old daughter, Maegan Black, will file a class-action lawsuit in Sacramento against the State of California and two state-funded domestic violence programs (WEAVE in Sacramento, and DVSAC in Grass Valley), seeking to end the denial of services to men and their children.
The men were denied state-funded services based solely on their gender. Maegen Black says she was harmed by WEAVE's denial of services to her father, having to witness years of violence by her mother against her father that could have been avoided if her father received the services he needed. Her mother, Ruth, has undergone counseling and now freely admits she physically abused David in front of Maegan for years, even at knifepoint. Ruth supports the lawsuit, stating that her violence could recur anytime and that David will have no place to turn.
Children like Maegen are often the greatest victims in these cases,
according to attorney Marc E. Angelucci, who is representing the plaintiffs.
“When victims don't receive the help they need, the violence often
escalates, and children who witness it can be emotionally damaged." Studies show the chances a woman will abuse her child increase every time she sees her mother assault her father. Do Child Abuse and Interparental Violence Lead to Adulthood Violence? What do you think?

23, 2006 02:15


Comments

It's known that children who are abused tend to abuse their own children much more! but it may be interesting to know that when a child is physically abused you should first suspect the mother, when the child is sexually abused you should first suspect father and male relatives, but in both cases the chances of that child becoming an abuser and commiting violence increases meaningfully.I think the same must be true for the child who witnesses violance for a long period of time.

Soudabeh 24, 2006 05:06

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