Spotted in Liverpool UK - TIL only men commit domestic abuse. If you are in the UK please join me in complaining to this organisation and cite the numerous studies indicating women's role in domestic

2014-07-09T20:38:55+00:00

Here is the website of "InPact" (has an email link on it) http://www.kdvss.plus.com/inpact.html

Remarkably the site says it's goals are:

empower women and increase their safety
to stop men’s use of violence and abuse

So it's a feminist organisation. Personally I wouldn't bother and take your complaints to the advertising standards agency and say the ad is sexist and subversively misleading. http://www.asa.org.uk/Consumers/How-to-complain.aspx

The poster was on a "Stage Coach" bus so I would also complain to them http://www.stagecoachbus.com/

Revoran · 2014-07-09T23:13:16+00:00

Um, do they have another poster in the series that is reversed?

Edit: Nevermind I see they use the Duluth model. Shoot them down guys, they're bigoted bastards.

AnotherGrapeAppears · 2014-07-10T03:47:57+00:00

In addition to the gendered perspective, the separation of blameless victims and fully responsible abusers is a false dichotomy. Several studies have demonstrated that a good majority (60-70% I think) of violent relationships are reciprocally violent. Often so-called "abusers" are victims of abuse themselves and "victims", even when they are not violent, often exhibit very destructive and aggressive behaviors themselves.

Muffinizer1 · 2014-07-09T20:00:33+00:00

I will happily write and complain about this.. Do you have ant details of who to complain to?

matthemod · 2014-07-09T22:45:51+00:00

Would it really have been so hard to say "for abusers who want to change their behaviour."?

2014-07-10T12:12:09+00:00

Male victim of domestic abuse here. Not in the UK, but still I exist. A small percentage of humans are violent, unfortunately I found one.

TheChymera · 2014-07-11T02:52:52+00:00

Reminds me of a poster I saw a few years back, it had three hotline numbers:

One for women
One for children

and YES you have guessed it:

One for abusers

Sadly no pic, just a funny memory to show how the patriarchal system is de-humanizing women.

NWOslave · 2014-07-10T01:50:20+00:00

Always carry a sharpie and simply re-write women/men

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