(01-25-2016, 06:24 AM)Lods link Wrote:At the every starting point there has to be an acceptance that violence is not an acceptable solution whatever the circumstances or however intolerable someone may feel they are being treated.
Yes absolutely, and this is regardless of whether the violence is male/female, male/male or female/female.
But this already seems to be the case and it's enshrined in law, yet the domestic violence debate isn't progressing as expected.
Of course what is it that is being debated as domestic violence, is it inclusive of mental abuse? I could elaborate even further and divide this into an ageist perspective as there was a clear demarcation between what older contributors thought versus the youth.
But it raises a question, if the definition of domestic violence is to be so broad does manipulation fall within the realm of abuse?
That would further fractionate the debate, and it seems to me unification not division is the key, but the current public debate from both sides seems to be driving a wedge.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"