Opinion

Opinion

Shakesville Blog, August 20, 2009

From whom are the world's women being saved? From themselves? From just the women and girls in the developing world? Or are those the only women and girls who need saving? Everything's peachy in the developed world, is it? And then there is this: Can the lives of women and girls, anywhere, be changed if the lives and men and boys aren't changed, too?  More

Action Alert

Mothers Deserve More

May 10, 2009

Mothers may be invisible to the mainstream media, but Stop Family Violence sees you. And we know that for many of you, this day is not easy. This year, instead of the card buying, candy giving, flower filled frenzy that Mother’s Day has become let’s truly honor Mothers by making visible your plight, your efforts, your stories and your dreams for Mothers everywhere. We'll send your comments to the President, VP, Cabinet Members and your members of Congress.
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Letter to Editor

Coffee, Tea and Domestic Violence

Your article, “Some Link Economy With Spate of Killings” (April 8, pg. A03), makes a much appreciated effort to look at the staggering numbers of murder-suicides in the last few weeks as not just isolated incidents, but symptoms of a bigger problem. The trouble is it missed naming the problem.   More

News Article

Behind the murder-suicides

St. Petersburg Times, April 29, 2009

The Violence and Injury Prevention Program at the University of South Florida has been conducting research on murder-suicides, also called homicide-suicides, since 1994. We know that roughly 50,000 Americans die from homicide and suicide every year, and 1,500-2,500 are murder-suicide deaths. The perpetrator is usually a man who kills one or more people, usually a woman  More

Opinion

Why Are We Surprised When White Preppy Guys Turn Out to Be Murderers?

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Official Blog, May 5, 2009

Over and over again, coast to coast, American media outlets told us how good-looking, smart and "normal" Markoff was. The hidden code in the news coverage of Markoff was clear: tall, young white guys, especially middle-class or wealthy ones in college, just don't do stuff like this. Except that they do. The United States has produced more serial killers than any other nation on earth, and 85 percent of them have been white men.  More

Opinion

52 Days of Domestic Violence Flu in America

Family Justice Center Alliance, May 4, 2009

This week the news is consumed with coverage of the swine flu, an important public health issue in America. As of May 2, there have been 167 confirmed cases of the swine flu in the United States and one death. But there has been little news about the mass killings of 68 people across America in the last 52 days, with men doing all the killing and virtually all related to men with a history of violence against women.  More

News Article

Several bills seek to reform family courts

Capitol Weekly, February 12, 2009

Democratic lawmakers are crafting a package of bills to reform family courts in California. One Assemblymember is seeking an audit of the family court system, while another has submitted a bill that would limit the types of testimony that can be used in custody proceedings. Several other Democratic legislators are currently evaluating whether to introduce bills addressing other facets of the family courts.
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Video

Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories

Tatge/Lasseur Productions, March 30, 2006

This powerful PBS documentary chronicles the impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring failings of family courts across the country to protect them from their abusers. In stark and often poignant interviews, children and battered mothers tell their stories of abuse at home and continued trauma within the courts.  More

Magazine Article : Feminist Analysis

Incest: a Feminist Core Issue That Needs Re-Politizising

Les Penelopes, January 1, 2004

The issue of incest in the U.S. is a political issue, one of violence toward women and children that belongs to feminism. It has been hijacked and defused. Women's language has been stolen and reshaped to suit others' agendas. My hope is that reviewing the history might galvanize the action so urgently needed to get our own back.   More