Recognizing Domestic Violence Directed Towards Men: Overcoming Societal Perceptions, Conducting Accurate Studies, and Enacting Responsible Legislation
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Overcoming Societal Perceptions, Conducting Accurate
Studies, and Enacting Responsible Legislation
Alexander Detschelt
I. INTRODUCTION
I was hit in the head with a beer mug... requiring stitches.
.. . would throw hot scalding coffee in myface.
I was slapped, punched, poked and kicked repeatedly.
I suffered a broken leg, a broken ankle, and [a] broken wrist.
I have been chased with a car and attacked with a chainsaw.
... sitting on my chest with a butcher knife in hand and the blade at
my throat.
... attempted to smother [me] with a pillow while I slept.'
In the public's mind, these true recollections of violence evoke the image of an
abusive husband or boyfriend. In reality they were all perpetrated by a wife or
girlfriend. The traditional societal view of domestic violence, as evidenced by legal,
medical, and statistical data, involves the notion of men engaging in the domestic
abuse of their female partner or spouse, hence making it very difficult to accept that
male spousal abuse is a serious problem.2
This note takes the position that domestic violence against men is in fact a
serious social issue that must be fully
addressed by overcoming societal Alexander Detschelt is a patent
perceptions, conducting accurate studies, and attorney with the intellectual
enacting responsible legislation. property law firm of Webb,
Societal trends indicate that we are Ziesenheim, Logsdon, Orkin, and
becoming more and more concerned with Hanson, P.C. in Pittsburgh. He is a
reducing all forms of abuse and violence that 2002 graduate of the University of
manifest themselves in domestic relations. Akron School of Law and holds a
Therefore, the next appropriate action would B.S. in Computer Science from the
be to discard the long-held and stereotypical University of Pittsburgh. He may
view that violence is considered the be reached at alex@detschelt.com.
province of the male, and accept the reality
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