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Friday, July 31, 2015

"MOTHER JONES" DISSECTS MALE RAGE!

MARIAH BLAKE OF "MOTHER JONES" STATES AS FOLLOWS:

"ON A BALMY AFTERNOON last June, dozens of demonstrators carrying "Stop the Violence" and "Rape is Rape" placards descended on the Hilton DoubleTree in downtown Detroit. They had come to protest the first-ever national gathering of the men's rights movement, which aims to battle discrimination against men but has drawn criticism for stirring up hatred of women. Two weeks earlier, a sexually frustrated 22-year-old named Elliot Rodger had gone on a suicidal rampage in Santa Barbara, California, killing 6 people and injuring 13. He had left behind a chilling 137-page manifesto suffused with a bitter misogyny and language commonly found in men's rights forums. "The girls don't flock to the gentlemen. They flock to the alpha male," Rodger wrote. "Who's the alpha male now, bitches?" His attack ignited a firestorm online, spurring women to share their experiences of misogyny via the hashtag #YesAllWomen, and bringing major media attention to the men's rights movement..."

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FROM "THE AMERICAN PROSPECT": MEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS OBSESSED WITH A HATRED OF WOMEN!

JACLYN FRIEDMAN WRITES ABOUT DESTRUCTIVE AND DANGEROUS ATTITUDES WITHIN THE MEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT.  SEE BELOW:
"Only once the production crew taped the microphone on my dress did I have second thoughts. As part of an upcoming 20/20 special, I’d agreed to a sit-down with Paul Elam. Elam is founder and publisher of A Voice For Men (AVFM), one of the main hubs for the burgeoning “men’s rights’ movement.” In a blog post on the organization’s site, he made his feelings clear: “I find you, as a feminist, to be a loathsome, vile piece of human garbage. I find you so pernicious and repugnant that the idea of fucking your shit up gives me an erection.”
This was not going to be a productive conversation..."
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THE HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS ON FINANCIAL SHENANIGANS GOING ON AT CT DCF!

JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS  REPORTS AS FOLLOWS:


HARTFORD — A number of state employees at the Department of Children and Families routinely show up late for work and are still paid for a full day, state auditors reported Thursday.

The audit examined a sampling of 88 employees at four regional DCF offices and found that nearly a quarter were more than 10 minutes late 75 percent of the time.

"There is a serious lack of accountability over employee starting times. Employees appear to be compensated for time not worked," auditors John Geragosian and Robert Ward reported..."


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FIVE FORMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POSTED BY THE WOODBRIDGE COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE TEAM!

The Five Forms of Domestic Violence

Physical

Inflicting or attempting to inflict physical injury
example: grabbing, pinching, shoving, slapping, hitting, biting, arm-twisting, kicking, punching, hitting with blunt objects, stabbing, shooting

Withholding access to resources necessary to maintain health example: medication, medical care, wheelchair, food or fluids, sleep, hygienic assistance Forcing alcohol or other drug use


Sexual

Coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contact without consent
example: marital rape, acquaintance rape, forced sex after physical beating, attacks on the sexual parts of the body, forced prostitution, fondling, sodomy, sex with others

Attempting to undermine the victim' sexuality
example: treating him/her in a sexually derogatory manner, criticizing sexual performance and desirability, accusations of infidelity, withholding sex 


Psychological

Instilling or attempting to instill fear
example: intimidation, threatening physical harm to self, victim, and/or others, threatening to harm and/or kidnap children, menacing, blackmail, harassment, destruction of pets and property, mind games, stalking

Isolating or attempting to isolate victim from friends, family, school, and/or workexample: withholding access to phone and/or transportation, undermining victim's personal relationships, harassing others, constant "checking up,” constant accompaniment, use of unfounded accusations, forced imprisonment 


Emotional

Undermining or attempting to undermine victim sense of worth
example: constant criticism, belittling victim's abilities and competency, name-calling, insults, put-downs, silent treatment, manipulating victim's feelings and emotions to induce guilt, subverting a partner's relationship with the children, repeatedly making and breaking promises


Economic

Making or attempting to make the victim financially dependent
example: maintaining total control over financial resources including victim's earned income or resources received through public assistance or social security, withholding money and/or access to money, forbidding attendance at school, forbidding employment, on-the-job harassment, requiring accountability and justification for all money spent, forced welfare fraud, withholding information about family running up bills for which the victim is responsible for payment

source: New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

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JUDGE ELIZABETH A. BOZZUTO CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN TASK FORCE ON THE STATEWIDE RESPONSE TO THE EXPOSURE OF MINORS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!

Apparently, Judge Elizabeth A. Bozzuto will be the judge participant in the task force on the exposure of minors to domestic violence.  Below is the overview of Judge Bozzuto available in Ballotpedia:

Elizabeth A. Bozzuto is a judge on the Hartford District Superior Court in Connecticut.[1]She was appointed to the bench in 2000 by Governor John Rowland. Her current term expires February 6, 2017.[2]

Education

Bozzuto earned an undergraduate degree from Manhattanville College. She was awarded a J.D. degree from Western New England University, School of Law.[3]

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TASK FORCE ON MINORS EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE! JULY 30, 2015 MEETING!

Thursday, July 30, 2015

HARTFORD COURANT REPORTS THAT A SCREENING TOOL DEVELOPED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSISTS IN REDUCING INCIDENTS OF DV!

Christine Dempsey of The Hartford Courant reported as follows on June 22, 2015:

"A tool that experts say will help prevent domestic violence deaths is being used by more than half of the state's law enforcement agencies, advocates say.


The Lethality Assessment Program is a screening process that allows police officers responding to family violence calls to determine the likelihood that the victim might someday be killed by a domestic partner.

The screening was tested as a pilot program in Connecticut in 2012. It was rolled out statewide last year, and by Aug. 31, police agencies were regularly using it..."

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