Men's rights group file domestic violence lawsuit

A men's rights group claims the domestic violence system is skewed toward women.

Today, a lawsuit was filed in Sacramento court, claiming that male victims don't get the same help as female victims.

"I remember going to phone 911, saying get here now, I'm going to kill him!" said Ruth Woods.

They fought all the time, often over money. Things sometimes got violent.

"I do it. I do hit. I do slap," said Ruth.

"She reaches a point when she's angry, you look in her eyes, there's no one there," said Ruth's husband, David Woods.

Ruth's longtime husband, David, says he's a former bouncer who didn't want to hit back.

"If I hit her, I could kill her," said David.

But David claims when he went to local agencies for help, for shelter, he got nowhere.

"I was told women are not the perpetrators, they are the victims," said David.

Now, a lawsuit has been filed, claiming that men are treated unfairly. According to the suit, state law even excludes male victims from domestic violence help. The health and safety code section will pay for things like housing, hotel rooms and counseling--but only for women and not men.

David insists he tried to get help from the group WEAVE--Women Escaping A Violent Environment--but was turned down.

"I was told no by weave four times," said David.

WEAVE could not comment on the suit, neither could the state; they haven't seen it yet. But WEAVE is adamant they help men, too.

"We do provide shelter services," said Michelle Coleman, WEAVE director of crisis services. "At WEAVE we provide services to everyone."

Tell that to David, who believes that help for men is pretty scarce. In fact, even his wife believes that and his daughter too. They all think when it comes to domestic violence the deck is stacked in favor of women.

"If a man takes it, he's a pansy, a sissy. If he defends himself, he's an abuser. He just should be put in jail," said David.

"It's a slap in the face to my gender. What is this, animal farm?" asked Maegan Black, David and Ruth's daughter.

WEAVE insists men do get help, but fewer men ask for it than women do.

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[YodatheJedi12]

Sexism against men is a fact!

[MrPretzelbreath]

Feminists want us to believe that women are strong enough to be effective Police, Soldiers, Corrections Officers etc but too weak to be perpetrators of domestic violence. Hmmm, pretty convenient but not particularly convincing. So which will it be ladies? Or do you just want to keep on with the 'doublethink' and expect everyone else to swallow that crap?

[lovelylittlelife]

@ragnarock86 Roflmao, its not an us against them mentality, I just recoginize when people are trying to play the name game and the shimsham!

[ragnarock86]

@lovelylittlelife Then you're part of problem. That's the type of thinking that makes an "us against them" mentality between the sexes.

[lovelylittlelife]

smh......David should start an organization to help men. More male victims should do this! Most women who look for help from organizations do not feel comfortable with men being in a group or present. Nothing personal but I wouldn't want to see a man in a place where I was seeking help for domestic violence after being beaten by a man. I hope David finds the help he needs.......I see he is still with his wife which is typical of dv victims. Make complaints but stay with the violence person..smh

[freemanian2027]

FUCK FEMINISTS!!!

[pkpapers]

Misandry is based on Theories / Anti-Misandry is based on Facts:

See “The Unknown History of MISANDRY”

[mishi145]

@MsKBrennan man should not pay anything in "child support" if the kid is with the mother. It makes perfect sense

[ookami292]

@HalifaxHercules Awww. I hope it gets better for you. I really do. I'm sorry to hear a person treated you like that. No one should ever be treated like that.

[MrPretzelbreath]

@strontiumXnitrate How right you are. will the real women please stand up? Who are you this week? Is it the physically superior, mentally supreme, ethically pure or the domestically victimized, sad, weak, feeble little petals? As Stron says, what is most convenient I guess.