Yes, violence against women should not be tolerated, but to focus solely on women as victims is erroneous and misleading as to the nature of domestic violence. There are several independent studies that show that in terms of actual percentages the difference between male and female victims is negligeable. It is the way that it is reported, recorded and handled that gives the impression that women are usually the victims. Also, what about children or older people? Are they to be ignored because of only looking at women as victims?
Men are less likely to report that they have been assaulted. Often they feel too ashamed. They are also less likely to be believed. Women perpetrators tend to prefer emotional abuse such as depriving access to children or they will often persuade a friend or relative to carry out a violent act on a male target. The suicide rate amongst men is more than 3 times as high. How many of those deaths are as a consequence of domestic abuse?
All victims are deserving of fair and proper treatment, not just women.

Its nice they are backing this but I think they should focus on doing what they get extremely well paid for and start winning a few games so we don't look complete losers at the end of the season?

Well all I know is two women a week are killed by men. But why are so many posts deleted? Why can't people just argue instead of running to the moderator nanny? Bless their sensitive souls.
By the way it wasn't my post & I've no idea what was said. FREE SPEACH PLEASE

I wish people who comment on domestic abuse issues would ensure they are factually correct and do not perpetuate myth and misleading stats and facts. Journalistic types of headlines normally have a little more in the small print and to say that there is little difference between male and female victims of domestic abuse is not correct. Neither is it the reporting and handling of domestic abuse incidents that give the impression that women are the victims. WOMEN are in the majority when it comes to being victims of domestic abuse. The current FACTS quite clearly show that women suffer domestic abuse incidents far more than men, also its commonly known that all domestic abuse incidents are underreported and if we extrapolate from the known data there would still be a higher percentage of women victims who are not reporting. Men working in the field of domestic abuse and sexual violence acknowledge the fact that it is a gender based issue, however, this does not take away that services need to be inclusive and meet the needs of the diverse community.

I did not realise that the event above negated the impact of domestic abuse on men, just that it was a male led event to stop male violence against women. I am sure that if there was a national campaign to stop domestic violence on men then Portsmouth would be the first to support it......however, there is not. Again, I am amazed at the comments above with regard to the needs of children, families, older persons etc as there is a great deal of work being carried out to meet their needs. I understand this was one campaign amongst many - it was a national campaign. Also my understanding is that males were more 'successful' in committing suicide because their methods were more violent and aggressive - and I think linking suicide rates of men to potential domestic abuse is quite wrong and naive in the least. Please, please if you feel the need to comment about domestic abuse, get the facts right and comment from an