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HumanRights101

    • 11 Sep 08
    • 10:40 pm

    Women Want Safety, not Biden's Reckless Idealism Senator Joe Biden proudly proclaims that he was beaten with impunity by his older sister as a youth. This is the same sister that raised his two sons after his wife and daughter were killed in an auto accident. Biden has often claimed that the Violence against Women Act is the greatest achievement of his career. Yet he fails to recognize the role women play as perpetrators of violence against men and children. Hundreds of studies show that women commit acts of domestic violence as often as, or more often than men. It's a …

    Posted to Feminism Without Feminism
    • 11 Sep 08
    • 10:51 pm

    The transcript of the Senate hearing in which Biden described being abused with impunity by his sister is available here (see p.171-172): http://www.fathersandhusbands.org/BidenHearing.pdf

    Posted to Feminism Without Feminism
    • 11 Sep 08
    • 10:55 pm

    NJ DV Law Overturned Amid Epidemic of False Allegations New Jersey's domestic violence statute has recently been found unconstitutional. The New Jersey Attorney General is taking this case to the state's Supreme Court. The New Jersey Law Journal reports that Judge Richard Russell of Ocean City made the following remarks on tape during a judicial training session regarding the issuance of restraining orders. source: http://www.fathersandhusbands.org/NJ_Rights_1.pdf “If I had one message to give you today, it is that your job is not to weigh the parties’ rights as you might be inclined to do as having been private practitioners. Your job is …

    Posted to Feminism Without Feminism