| Film Details | 11 - Every 10 Seconds - 09m 00s |
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| Age Rating | 15 (strong footage/language, possibly including violence and sexual imagery) |
| Synopsis | Examines the impossibility of the claim that the police receive a call about domestic violence "every 10 seconds" and other similar exaggerated figures. Looks at the media portrayal of male domestic violence victims and how men are put into impossible situations when attempting to deal with female violence. |
| Interviewees | Stephen Fitzgerald, National Organiser of the Mankind Initiative Men’s Charity. 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”. Brian, Teacher and victim of domestic violence. All interviews recorded in 2004 |
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Rebecka Wade who ran the biggest anti domestic violence campaign in the Sun and covered the front pages with pictures of women, in make up, to look like they had been abused was an abuser. Now there’s a good story. Didn’t run long though. Surprise surprise.