Women are not under-represented in DV, which is what i meant to specify. I have already clarified that.

All the information that i can find on same sex partner abuse suggest that both gay and lesbian violence is on par with heterosexual violence. The one thing that came out is that lesbians are more likely to report than gay men ... likewise women are more likely to report than men in heterosexual relationships.

It is still considered to be the case that domestic violence is grossly under-reported across the field.

It is true that Aboriginal women are at significantly higher risk. From memory, they are 45% more likely to be abused than other demographics.

... wrote on May 8^th, 2015 at 5:17pm:


You remind me very much , with this sort of comment, of someone who is the nastiest  person/man I, and many others have ever faced in their lives before.  A real nightmare.

I wonder you don't express what he did ..often.

"OOH  if only I'd been born a black female, I'd have the world at my feet. "

BET YOU wouldn't want to be a woman,.. let alone an indigenous one. Piece of scum eh??

F off Honky Wesley Pipes..  you mean there were, and are no ethnic people in the US.?? Like we have here.?? 

JOKE.. 

Everything gets blamed on women, and aboriginals.. and  LOOK OUT if you happen to be BOTH... 'cos you are in for a load of grief..  Honky pipes.. why don't you just admit you are a rabid anti-women  MALE..

Not anti- feminist,  not anti- activist,  just anti- female.

It seems then that there are two issues in one.

Clearly, violence is an issue of great concern.

The second clear issue would seem to be gaining consensus that,

a) ALL violence is wrong (regardless of victim gender)
b) Perpetrators demonstrably know no ethnic, religious or cultural bounds. Hence we have finger pointing based on culture, seemingly for no other reason than to deflect the conversation to one of race rather than the negative impact of violence.

It has long been established that violence can and does occur in same sex marriages.

It has also been long established statistically that the majority (currently) of victims are female. Ergo, whist violence is a problem and should not be tolerated on behalf of anyone - it is most clearly a specific issue for women (of ALL cultures).

Oh and that means violence in all of its forms.

I agree with you Phem .... and Emma.

But as much as it pains me to say, Honky is scratching around the genesis of a point when it comes to Aboriginal women.

HE worded it poorly and used the example atrociously BUT Aboriginal women are 45 (might be 48) times more likely than white women to experience DV.

I do not believe this is cultural, i believe it is circumstantial. Where there is gross poverty, grief and loss and disempowerment you will always find people with less physical power abused. It's a 'kick the dog' kind of thing.

It certainly happens across all classes, religions, ethnicities and other demographics but we do have a crisis in this country regarding the safety of Aboriginal women. Some revolting sorts try to blame culture for it. Not true.

There is some very fine work being done by some very fine people regarding this devastating issue. Much more needs doing though.

While we have a government that compartmentalises 'Indigenous affairs' into a single category for fund distribution and nothing else at all we will continue to have these problems. We need spear-headed task forces led by Aboriginal people and with collaboration with Aboriginal people.

Case by case. Situation by situation.

Whatever it takes.

Emma wrote on May 10^th, 2015 at 9:10pm:


Victim blaming you mean.

mothra wrote on May 11^th, 2015 at 1:47am:
Your "belief" is wrong
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yes you do, you just find it 48 times more amongst aboriginals.
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It's pretty obvious that ones circumstances are a part of their culture.  If my "circumstances" meant I was a homeless bum, I'd have a hard time fitting into the culture of high society.  Conversely, a billionaire probably wouldn't fit into bogan culture.