Female domestic abuser: Why I hit my partner

/ Mike Buchanan

Our thanks to Nigel for this. At last, recognition by the BBC that female domestic abusers exist. In a short piece there’s a link to a clip (audio, 1:57) from a BBC5 Live programme, in which a female domestic abuser calls into the programme. The woman virtue signals and clearly feels more sorry for herself than for her partner.

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6 thoughts on “Female domestic abuser: Why I hit my partner”

  1. It’s the ‘understanding’ tone of voice of the INTERVIEWERS that rubbed ME up the wrong way.

    I don’t know what the audience figures for 5 Live are, but I’ll celebrate when such an item is on bbc1at peak viewing hours.

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    • Please do listen to the full programme. It is worth it. As to listener figures I don’t know. But this view so rarely gets more than a few moments airing a serious attempt to set out the issues including gender bias is welcome.

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  3. I’ve listened to the full programme on the player facility. Actually quite good in talking through the issues for men including the double standards in response from the police.
    Matthew Scott the Police and Crime Commissioner of Kent, in the final 5 minutes of the programme. He clearly set out the “gap” between the numbers and men reporting their abuse and made the link between this and the high suicide rate for men. Sarah and Nihal raise cases of victims being arrested as perpetrators etc.
    Police and Crime Commissioners are a relatively recent creation, elected to oversee the Police in each County. After the odious Vera Baird in the North east PCC fully subscribing to the “all men are rapists” mantra it is so hopeful to hear this PCC in Kent show a grasp of the issues.
    I shall write an encouraging e-mail to him and could I encourage any readers especially from Kent to do the same. He will face opposition and obfuscation from his local DV industry and some supportive comment will I’m sure be of some little help.

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