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By: Family violence at work, looking at trees instead of forest – SafetyAtWorkBlog – Safety by Grace

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:00:34 +0000

[…] what level or type of support is expected from employers? Family violence is damaging and insidious but also a crime. It is also a subset, or maybe a special type, of […]

By: Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 06:52:26 +0000

In reply to johnlambert235.

John, it is not my area of expertise so I am not going to argue about statistics that I am quoting from others. The makeup of the problem isn’t really the point in some ways. OHS people should focus on the violence as the principal concern as it is the hazard from wh9ich harm occurs. The next step is to consider perpetrators, victims and bystanders to identify the most effective control measures. I am still trying to work the latter part out as I don’t think the control measures are as obvious as some suspect.

By: johnlambert235

johnlambert235 — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:16:22 +0000

No Kevin. Still not correct – it is not the overwhelming majority who are women and children.. If you look at the website I linked to you we find that the correct statement is a marginal majority of adult women, and a majority of physical violence to children.

By: Kevin Jones

Kevin Jones — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 23:30:18 +0000

In reply to johnlambert235.

John, the seminar acknowledged that violence occurs amongst all family members and combinations but said that it was undeniable that the overwhelming majority of those directly affected by family violence were women and children. I apologise if this wasn’t clear in the original article.

By: johnlambert235

johnlambert235 — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 23:23:04 +0000

A thought-provoking article, however it incorrectly asserts that domestic violence is a male issue – Rosemary’s comments are very relevant. it’s unfortunate that the domestic violence industry is driven by groups who wish to portray that it is a male attitudinal problem. The fact is that the majority of domestic violence is two-person violence between a man and a woman. Further research into physical violence against children (and I’m not talking about corporal punishment) shows that 30% of the physical violence is from the mother. If you really want to be informed go to http://www.domesticviolenceresearch.org/domestic-violence-facts-and-statistics-at-a-glance/
And from there you can read the full report of the Partner Abuse State of Knowledge project.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 21:15:31 +0000

Domestic violence is not a gender issue, domestic violence is a violence issue.
I have stood and stated in as many places as possible women are violent towards men.
I stand as the Mum and foster Mum of 2 sons who were attacked physically mentally and emotionally by their wives.
Both of my sons have physical mental and emotional scars from the years that they were abused.
I raised my sons to be respectful of everyone so to learn of the years of abuse both lived through is heart breaking for all of the family.

We as a society need to call domestic violence out for what it is not add an extra unwarranted label of gender.