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A MAN left work one Friday afternoon. Instead of going home, he stayed out all weekend with the boys, spending all his wages. When he finally got home on Sunday night, he was confronted by his very angry wife.
After two hours she stopped nagging and said, “How would you like it if you didn’t see me for two or three days?’” He replied, “That would be fine with me.”
Monday went by and he didn’t see his wife. Tuesday and Wednesday came and went with the same result. On Thursday, the swelling went down just enough for him to see her a little out of the corner of his left eye! While some may laugh, domestic violence in the real world is never funny. That joke contains a few home truths that underline the whole domestic violence situation.
Firstly, statistics show that 25 per cent of domestic assaults are actually committed by women. Secondly, I have met some very sad victims of domestic violence. From my observations as a school principal there are three main causes - alcohol, drugs and gambling. These days we could add violent American movies plus ready access to sex services, and internet porn.
Mark Latham pointed out where the problem really is. “NSW Bureau of Crime statistics show that domestic violence is geographically concentrated in underclass areas. For every domestic incident in a middle-class suburb there are 10 in a public housing estate and 25 in a remote indigenous community,” he said.
However, Victorian activists see domestic violence as an opportunity to further their rabid Marxist-feminist agenda. They gave us Safe Schools, supposedly anti-bullying lessons, which thankfully Wagga schools have not adopted. Teaching that gender is a “social construct”, while inviting children to question their sexuality and gender, is not what parents want.
Now they’ve used family violence as an excuse for the Respectful Relationships program. Note the subtle change: It’s now “family”, not “domestic” violence. Is “family” not a nice word anymore?
Respectful Relationships teaches that masculinity is associated with dominance, control and violence. Kids in pre-school will get the message from the moment they enter the system. These lessons will be compulsory in Victoria. Pre-schoolers will be taught about “male privilege” in this $3.4 million part of a total $21.8 million indoctrination scheme. “Children will benefit from critical thinking exercises … to detect and challenge the limiting nature of many traditional gender norms,” the prep-year 2 guide says, and “Beliefs about gender norms and roles are socially constructed.” Another step to undermine Australian society?
We need to put the lid on this rubbish before it hits schools in NSW. Mothers and fathers are proud of their strong, masculine, kind, well-mannered sons. They don’t want their three-year olds bombarded with guilt-trip lessons.
Alcohol is involved in up to half of all child protection and reported domestic violence cases, according to The Hidden Harm Report. Rosie Batty has said that one million Aussie kids are impacted by the drinking of others. If Victoria has $21.8 million to spend on an indoctrination program, changing society’s attitude to alcohol would be a start!
We need to get these sexual/political ideologues away from our school curriculum. This sort of money wasting may explain why NAPLAN results are not improving, but the cost of education keeps rising. A shrewd treasurer could save $21.8 million.