DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

It’s a tragedy that we continue to need to be reminded about the reality of domestic violence. But until men take responsibility for their actions, domestic violence will continue. That’s right, guys, it’s up to us. We can’t expect women to take responsibility for the bashing, abuse and manipulation that we hand out. Domestic violence is overwhelmingly an issue of men abusing women. Of men attempting to control women by using whatever power they have – physical, verbal, emotional, financial. And don't give me that "she hit me first" crap. It's about power, not about who hit who first.

Listen, blokes, and I don’t care whether this is addressed to a battler doing it hard on a pension, or to our political leaders, the only person we can control is ourself. And we’d better start doing that. If we abuse women, we’re gutless wimps. And that goes double for men who doubly abuse women, whether it’s indifferent police officers politicians who aren’t prepared to put up real money for real answers, or any of us guys who turn our backs when we could help.