Snake Oil Salesgirls and the Politics of Domestic Violence - Pt 6
Trudy W. Schuett
State coalitions were and are also lobbying groups for feminist politics, but nobody questioned the legality of the federal government providing funding to what is essentially a political party. Since the advent of VAWA, over 660 laws have been passed at the state level alone due to the efforts of these coalitions.
Meanwhile, any plans for effective services, offered on an egalitarian basis, by small local charities and municipalities were dropped. Services that did not toe the feminist party line were at risk of losing not only government funding, but some private foundation grants as well, since VAWA established the “expertise” of state coalitions, and membership in a coalition appeared to validate the practices of any agency.
Independent agencies grudgingly signed on, hoping that equal opportunity clauses attached to federal monies would force the feminist programs to make some progress in their approach.
Of course, that never happened; instead, programs say they offer the same services to everyone, and because the federal government appears to believe it, everyone else is supposed to believe it too.
When scrutinized from an objective point of view, VAWA with its anti-male, anti-family tone and inflexible policies, and the advocacy programs it funds with their continuous tirade of division and suspicion, provide a chilling reminder of other social engineering projects of the past. Efforts to deal with “the Negro Problem” suggested it was not only reasonable, but desirable to ship people of color to Africa, no matter how many generations their families had lived in the US. Many Native Americans will recall how children were removed from their homes and placed in boarding schools, to learn the White way of life.
Today, simply being a man carries a risk of arrest and incarceration. Feminists in the early days of the internet sometimes advocated concentration camps for men, but no one took them seriously. Perhaps it is time to reconsider their aim in a different light.
After 13 years of VAWA, and the recognition that all it does is provide for divorce for women, and making it harder to prosecute them for crimes, while at the same time making it easier to criminalize and demonize men, it should be clear that no progress in the approach to domestic violence will ever be made under the feminist regime.
That’s because it was never about helping women to lead violence-free lives or helping families cope with a complex human problem.
Now Joe Biden wants more lawyers, more divorces, more men in jail. More divorced moms working at low-paying, menial jobs means more children for Hillary’s “Village,” and ultimately more tax dollars for women and children dependent on government programs.
Joe Biden expects to come out of this smelling like a rose. Just don’t forget that the roots of roses often sit in manure.
Related Posts (on one page):
- Snake Oil Salesgirls and the Politics of Domestic Violence - Pt 6
- Snake Oil Salesgirls and the Politics of Domestic Violence - Pt 5
- Snake Oil Salesgirls and the Politics of Domestic Violence - Pt 4
- Snake Oil Salesgirls and the Politics of Domestic Violence - Pt 3
- Snake Oil Salesgirls and the Politics of Domestic Violence - Pt 2
- Joe Biden Wants Even More Divorce Lawyers
I see where the posts are related, but not really how they flow from one to another. Really reads like a cut up rant at the moment, but I think it can be improved dramatically with a little organization.
This is how blogs work. Start with her first article. The chain at the bottom helps. It's the best feature by far of Powerblogs.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.