| Film Details | 10 - 1 in 4 Women - 32m 52s |
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| Age Rating | 15 (strong footage/language, possibly including violence and sexual imagery) |
| Synopsis | An analysis of the most commonly cited statistic in the domestic violence roadshow: “1 in 4 women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes” . Looks at the way DV has been made into a gender issue when this is demonstrably false and the reasons men are wrongly and deliberately singled out for blame. • The inflation of DV figures • DV and the link with personality disorders • False beliefs about the nature of DV and women’s role in its occurrence • Charities cynical bias towards women in the pursuit of income • How Feminists use the issue of DV to generate income for their campaign against men • Police handling of DV incidents • Brief look at rape statistics |
| Interviewees | Stephen Fitzgerald, National Organiser of the Mankind Initiative Men’s Charity. Angry Harry, Psychologist and Men’s Rights activist, angryharry.com. Simon, Psychologist and Writer. Erin Pizzey, Author and Domestic Violence expert. Opened the world’s first domestic violence shelter in London and is a patron of the Mankind Initiative Men’s Charity. Author of the book “Prone to Violence”. [identity protected] Fireman, London Fire Brigade. This man's identity has been disguised in order to protect him from sanction by his employer for speaking the truth about Fire Brigade policy with respect to equal opportunities. Oliver Curry, Evolutionary Psychologist at the London School of Economics and contributing author to Demos, the independent think tank and research institute. Michele Elliot, Director of Kidscape, a children’s charity, and author of the book “Female Sexual Abuse of Children”. Gavyn, Royal Marine Commando. All interviews recorded in 2004 |
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The point Erin makes about men seeing women as a virginal figure of undying virtue to be placed on a pedastal is what motivated me to make this film and leave it in public places. It had a huge impact and has burst that bubble for many people who saw it. Video works.
http://www.archive.org/details/Bull.Busters.Violent.Women
Here is something sobering to think about. The study referenced in this film carried out by the Home Office in 1996 and labeled HOS 191 was carried out between the hours of 9am to 5pm. I know because I took part in that survey myself. It’s conclusions were that an equal amount of men and women suffered domestic abuse. 4.2% of men and 4.2% of women. Yet the overwhelming fact is that the study spoke to vastly more women than men because most men were not at home during the hours the study was carried out. This was admitted to by the woman who came to my house to conduct the survey. How would the figure of 4.2% of male victims have been swollen if as many men were at home during the study as females? This is important because understanding this fact throws a whole new light on how many men suffer violence in the home and it is a lot more than this, the largest domestic abuse study using scientific means ever carried out, shows. Add to this the fact that it is well known that most men will not openly admit to have suffered domestic abuse; or not realise that what they are suffering IS abuse; when you think about that 4.2% of men revealed by the study you quickly realise how innacurate a figure it really is. The real number of males being abused must be much, much, higher.
Great series, but humanity never corrects it’s falsehoods until maximum damage and chaos that admits no other solution. Warning our young men and boys about where this is going needs to become the priority. Ideologies of hate always yield holocaust.