Men as victims of DV/IPV
Taking Action Against Domestic Violence: When the victims are men
Watch the below video and read the accompanying article from ABC Action News:
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/taking-action-against-domestic-violence-when-the-victims-are-menLinks to an external site.
The article first discusses a new domestic violence law which speeds up the process to file a domestic violence order. Text messages are now being sent to victims to let them know when the order is signed by the judge.
For your discussion, first can you think of another way technology may assist victims of domestic violence or intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) and possibly save more lives?
Second, what are some of the biases that men may experience when they are victims of DV/IPV?
Finally, what can we do as a society to break down some of those biases, so more men come forward when they are victims of DV/IPV?