Demand up at OC domestic violence shelters

This story briefly acknowledged that the real problem is increasing homelessness. Compared to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters would have to be considered luxurious accommodations. The funding per bed is about ten times higher. It would be understandable that anyone needing shelter choose the high price spread. With men being 80 percent of the newly unemployed this story appears strikingly biased. More it is a bias that is aligned with the bias of most domestic violence shelters which actively discriminate against men regardless of how much they have been abused. So the focus of this story is disingenuous, insulting and injurious. That same behavior among intimates is considered domestic violence by California law. Women excusing the behavior in public may partially explain the finding that two thirds of the women in shelters admit that they have been seriously violent to their partner in the prior 12 months. In future I hope the reporter will explore this double standard.

The above comment is ridiculous. To say that women who are abused have it better than the homeless man is not an analogy to be regarded.
While it is unacceptable for ANYONE to be abused, it seems the above gentleman believes that men are discriminated against. This program in no way insinuated this comparison. Being homeless in this economy and being abused in this economy are two separate, non gender problems.

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Jennifer says, "Being homeless in this economy and being abused in this economy are two separate, non gender problems." It is primarily men who are dis empowered and unemployed rather than women by our current economic downturn; yet services are primarily directed toward women. Clearly then men are being abused by a gender biased system. If women primarily instigate aggressive behavior toward men, that is intimate partner violence (which all reliable research says is true) yet are afforded relatively luxurious shelter accommodations while abused men sleep on the street or bunk in warehouse type facilities then clearly men are being abused by a gender biased system. Since more men than women are becoming unemployed, Obama's stimulus package is largely directed at creating jobs for women, men are in fact abused in large numbers, and men in fact do not have access to the same services and housing opportunities as do abused women, to state that one has nothing to do with the other, that is the economy has noting to do with abuse, or either with the provision of services, is simply ridiculous and ill informed. All are interrelated.

Given the decades of study and the reams of data that show that men are abused and battered in equal if not greater numbers than women, one has to wonder why there are no shelters for victimized men. With all the billions (about eight billion and counting) spent on women's agencies by VAWA, why couldn't they find a couple lousy millions to establish a men's shelter in each state? As it is,the only shelters for men are under a bridge, in jail, or in the bone yard.

Domestic violence shelters in California have a long tradition of denying services and shelter to battered men, while rewarding violent women, so why would anyone believe anything those biased, taxpayer subsidized institutions have to say about domestic violence? Domestic violence statistics have been manipulated by those wishing to advance a gender feminist (anti-male) ideology for over a decade. Sadly, we see the bias furthered in numerous, biased pieces of journalism. At the web site "Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting," there is a lot of documentation of the bias by the domestic violence industry (and mainstream journalism sources) against men. This article will be forwarded to them.

The President was elected with the "women vote." The President's website has a list of important issues. Women's issues is are on that list, no men's issues. The president picked a running mate who said that his greatest achievemnet was the creation of a gender prejudiced law which is VAWA, the Violence Against (just) Women Act. Why do we have inequity in services to all Americans? To answer that, simply "do the math."

It's great to see some of the above comments that reflect the truth about the biased and misandrous domestic violence industry. May the word spread far and wide that their lies are based on the hatred of men. There are likely some folks who are employed in that industry who have bought the lies but that is no excuse. Research it yourself and see what you find. Start by googling "fiebert" and choosing the first link.

I say tear it down and build a system that cares for all people not just the chosen few.

At least those commenting know what the survey evidence has been telling us for decades: Women initiate and perpetrate domestic violence, at every level of violence, at rates equal to or greater than the reverse.

Shame on those whose empathy extends exclusively to women.

Boy, how'd so many mens rights activists get their comments in amongst the deluge of comments by all the abused females ("it's an epidemic"). Answer: there is no epidemic, women are being served to the nth degree, men are being ignored, and many men are fighting back!

It is dehumanizing how society still seems to care more about the health and welfare of women than that of men. This kind of chivalry is sexist against males. One just has to go to mediaradar.org to see just how real the issue of battered husbands is. I hope that the domestic violence industry will start treating men with the same level of compassion that it currently does for women.

It is sad how men comprise the vast majority of the homeless, suicides, those in prison, war casualties, and those who die on the job.

It is not always women who are damsels in distress. Men can be victims too. Men are not less "human" than women. All people have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Men are human beings with feelings. They are not cannon fodder or walking ATM machines whose only purpose is to serve and protect.