John Wayne Bobbit minutiae aside, domestic violence against men is certainly a serious issue. “One man dies every three weeks caused by Domestic Violence,” according to the NCDV’s awkwardly-written website. That stat seems a bit high for a country as small as England. I think they mean worldwide. Anyway, this Photochopped living Ken Doll would certainly stop your mindless magazine page-turning, yes?
The ad was created by JWT London. Said Joseph Petyan, a joint managing director at the agency:
It’s really important to get involved in campaigns like this; it’s such an important cause and we feel that the shocking nature of the image we’ve used really reflects the seriousness of the issue.”
Other hard-to-believe stats from the site: “Every third victim of domestic violence is a man” and “Practically the same percentage of men as women are victims of severe domestic violence. No sources are listed. One ironic note: the NCDV webite (scroll down) was developed by a designer called “Black Widow Internet.” Black widow female spiders are of course notorious for…you know what. Previously: Domestic Violence Against Hot Cosplay MILFs. |Image: Brand Republic|
The image is a lot like ACT UP Paris's "AIDS doesn't affect you?" campaign…
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Thanks for digging those up, asq.
Why is it so hard to believe that men are victims of domestic violence also? The stigma that used to be attached to women who were being abused is still attached to men. …Only tripled, 'cuz they're *men*. I'd still like to see the research, but I'm not sure it's as farfetched as you might think.
I don't find it hard to believe at all. I just find those stats on their site impossible to believe.
To understand the relative impact that domestic violence has on men, check out http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/4… .
To summarize:
The Disease Control data indicates that among young, heterosexual adults:
– 24% report violence in their relationship,
– 12% were reciprocally violent (both male and female perpetrators),
– 8.5% had sole female perpetrators, and
– 3.5% had sole male perpetrators.
In fact the data is accurate from the Uk Goverments crime survey. The thing to remember is that the "1 in 4" and "1 in 6" data is if adults have ever experienced DV in their life. Of course for most the incident will have been a one off. Very much rarer are men or women suffering repeated incidents of DV. The murder figures are those for the UK
Abnormally well written article!!
At least some bloggers can write. Thank you for this article…