Jacqui Watt, CEO of major Australian domestic violence service 'No to Violence', says most men present with a 'victim mindset' and have put themselves in that position.

AdlJamie · 2020-08-06T04:34:48+00:00

The same organisation operates the "Men's referral service" hotline which presents itself as a service providing support for men experiencing domestic violence.
Out of 120,000 men who the police determined were victims of domestic violence, the Men's Referral Service and No to Violence determined that most were actually perpetrators.

frustr8tion · 2020-08-06T04:39:33+00:00

Systematic oppression and victim blaming. Disgusting.

Projection much?

ZimbaZumba · 2020-08-06T13:54:05+00:00

“We know that men will deny, minimise, blame & mutualise their violence, & present as the victim” - Jacqui Watt

This woman is a monster.

EricAllonde · 2020-08-06T11:08:16+00:00

What a pair of cunts.

On the bright side, she made mention of something "...as I was telling Senator Hanson...". That would be Pauline Hanson who is co-chairing the current government inquiry into how men are treated by family courts. She is very pro-men and I'm sure will not accept bullshit like that. I wouldn't be surprised if the report that the inquiry ultimately produces talks about No To Violence and similar charities treating male victims as perpetrators and how that needs to be stopped.

Talbooth · 2020-08-06T05:31:13+00:00

most men present with a victim mindset

Wow, better than an IMAX.

LegendaryEmu1 · 2020-08-06T15:21:06+00:00

I mean, is that weird? The literal tagline of the company is ending mens violence. To them, women's violence does not exist.

The judicial court of victoria tries to make damn sure that men are always the perpetrator. Then Australia wide if you stick to your guns, they send you to a bunch of services, like this one, who will only treat you as the offender anyway.

So you lose, as a man, in every way possible, if a woman, be it mother, partner, sister, aunt, whatever, is beating the shit out of you.

I really never have to wonder why the suicide rate is so high.

turbulance4 · 2020-08-06T15:38:57+00:00

"Most men presenting as victims were also perpetrating violence."

Well, yes. And also most women. Most violence is reciprocal. That doesn't mean we have to discount men as victims.

cognitive8145 · 2020-08-06T09:34:09+00:00

On the bright side at least they're acknowledging that reciprocal violence exists. I doubt they subject women who claim to be victims to the same scrutiny though.

bukecn · 2020-08-06T18:37:54+00:00

“Most men present as victims” Well no shit, it’s a domestic abuse service. If you’re calling them, its because you’ve been abused.

Mackdude15 · 2020-08-06T18:53:48+00:00

How is this NOT victim blaming/victim shaming?

Mackdude15 · 2020-08-06T19:01:09+00:00

Now imagine this in reverse. Hard isn't it?

Mackdude15 · 2020-08-07T00:26:18+00:00

Take note, this is why you should NEVER by any means regard feminist compiled statistics with anything more than a grain of salt. It is all miscontextualized lies. These women are so sick, that they would rather leave victims in danger in order to preserve their narrative. The sheer condescension makes me crazy. So apparently the police were just wrong in their assessments of the domestic situations. Forget about their training and their first hand witnessing the disputes, it takes a feminist to determine whether a man is truly a victim of domestic violence. I can ONLY imagine the questions they asked to rule out these victims.

Jacqui: Have you ever at any point of your life put your hands on a woman?

Man: well, my wife lunged at me with a knife and held it to my throat, so I pushed her off to--

Jacqui: NOT A VICTIM! PERPETRATOR!

Death would be too good for this heinous scumbag.

2020-08-06T17:36:54+00:00

The australian government needs to face multiple criminal charges .

Avidion18 · 2020-08-06T19:01:59+00:00

Wow they sound exactly like the people they scream about so much

2020-08-06T17:41:51+00:00

Jacqui for prison...

nwkegan · 2020-08-07T09:16:19+00:00

I think her viewpoint is somewhat nuanced.

Around 1:22:

“It’s complex... it’s not as straight forward often as victim-perpetrator. We know that, we know that life is complex, we know that most of the men who are presented in groups will have had their own history of being violated at some point in their lives or of having violence dealt upon them, and these are all things that need to be I think teased out on a trauma informed basis.”

From this we can conclude that she might be more interested in resolution than shifting the blame to men.

Svenskbtch · 2020-08-07T09:26:23+00:00

Of course, by dismissing men by saying they have a victim mindset, she is of course illustrating our reluctance to accept men as victims (at least as a result of their gender).

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