Belgium To Open Its First Shelter For Battered Men

TheRealMouseRat · 2015-03-08T10:31:29+00:00

This is great. In Norway it was this summer I think, that the government made a new law that all counties (we have over 250 of them in little Norway) should at least have one domestic violence shelter for men, and the same for women. I think we have had DV shelters for men before, but this law made it a requirement for every county to have one, so people can get help close to where they are.

2015-03-08T18:15:41+00:00

And yet I live in Belgium and have heard nothing about this, nor have I ever seen an ad campaign that acknowledges male victims of domestic violence. In fact, the last week - I'm assuming in preperation for women's day - there was a constant stream of articles in Belgian papers highlighting domestic violence... against women.

On Facebook, I commented on a number of those articles and got massive support from both men and women. And it reminds me that when I look at the discussions I've had with European feminists online, they seem less hostile to egalitarian ideas - and men's issues - as American feminists are. Few will bother to read up on it and will continue to talk about equality only for women, but at least they aren't as opposed to the ideas, and seem more willing to listen.

That also reminds me about the recent articles on circumcision and genital mutilation. On HuffPost US it seemed like women and men could barely understand why one would consider male forced circumcision as mutilation. But on Daily Mail UK the same article I saw the vast majority of both men and women calling it mutilation and a barbaric tradition.

I wish I didn't see a rise in feminist articles in Europe, but at least feminists here still seem more willing to consider men's issues when confronted by them.

I wish Belgium did have more active men's rights groups. I would like to get more involved in spreading awareness.

Title	Belgium To Open Its First Shelter For Battered Men
Author	Tony_MRA
Upvotes	179
Comments	2
Date	March 8, 2015 3:22 AM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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