Domestic Violence

[AZB]

Bob Saunder sums it up good. There is no clean cut solution to this problem.
My input was for the defense for the man. men are not always the guilty party in this situation. My brother was a victim of a woman's abuse for 19 yrs. he stayed together with her for the sake of the kids. now the kids have grown up, he has left her for another wonderful woman who really deserves my brother. Now the new woman in his life (far more educated than the 1st) is enjoying the good life. Not to mention, the 1st one still makes problems. If I were in my brother's position, i would have ended up in jail a long time ago and the woman, who knows in what hell. I am glad I am not married to women like her . I am glad, I am not married, period.
AZB

 

[shadInToronto]

... Luv y'all.

You forgot to include joining hands and singing "Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya, Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya O Lord, Kumbaya ...... "

 

[miguel]

La misma cancion....

I am not a professional speaker, nor do I care to spend hours forceing my view down others throats. Like happens here. And no I wont bother trying to explain who..if you can read you know who i am talking about.

And who is this person who is trying to do that?...

You have been singing the same song for a little while and in case you are talking about me, let me make you aware that I post MY OPINIONS, MY VIEWS, and MY BELIEFS and I can NOT care less if people agree with me or NOT.

What are we, 5 year olds, that we need others to force their opinions on others?.

There's a difference between being passionate about what I believe in (AND VOICE IT AS MANY TIMES AS I FEEL LIKE IT) and trying to force an opinion into ANYBODY'S mind!.

Newsflash: disagreeing with someone and voicing it doesn't mean the person is trying to change the other person's opinion. Give me a break!

Rocky:

If have witnessed some of the battles AZB and I used to have (and WILL have in the future) you will see that when adults (REAL ADULTS) disagree, all is fine in the morning.

From my end, I don't think we need a babysitter. Better yet, I don't think I need a babysitter.

Bob Saunders says it best: " To first solve a problem, you have to admit there is a problem".

In the DR, many moons ago, this was HUUUUUUGE problem. BUUUT:

Now women are voicing their opinions and want people to hear that they are sick and tired of being abused!.

Just like in every single country in the world, this takes time but at least they are making others aware that it's time to start treating them with respect and dignity.

They are admitting there's a problem and they want, little by little, a solution to their problem!.

 

[laurapasinifan]

If you want to leave this discussion the sooner the better.

you know Id attempt to reply to you miguel....but apparently someone doesnt want to hear my view...

because, just because the almighty "my word is the last word" MIGUEL speaks...means the rest of us have to put our tail between our legs..

if you say I can have my opinion..stop calling me names because i dont think like you.

I am not you....I have an opinion....you on the other hand have to keep telling people how wrong they are for thinking different than you....

I know you will deny it.....and this post will probably dissapear anyway...

I will never have the desire to combat you post for post on this forum...

I think you are a decent guy...but you over bear people when they dont think like you it seems

have a nice night

bob

 

[AnnaC]

I am wondering how common it is for men in the DR to hit their women. I recently witnessed this outside the casino and it seemed to be quite acceptable!

To answer the original posters question here are some stats below posted by Lesley D back in 2005 in case anyone missed it in the link I posted earlier.



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Here are some interesting stats about violence against women in the DR. It was published in Hoy Digital on March 31, 2005:

- 24 % of Dominican women between ages 15-49 have been physically abused by their spouse or significant other. The Study was conducted by Profamilia.

- the risk of abuse can go as high as 40% for separated and divorced women and as high as 33 % for domestic workers.

-as high as 67% of women are emotionally abused by their spouse or ex-spouse. (emotional abuse as a form of control over their lives).

- El art?culo 309-1 de la Ley 24-97 on Domestic Violence protects women against all abuse emotional or physical, public or private, that causes emotional, physical or sexual suffering by means of physical force or violence. (just a brief and gist translation of the law).

BTW there is a wealth of information on this subject if you do a search under 'Violencia Intrafamiliar en la Rep?blica Dominicana'.

You will find several newspaper articles from El Listin Diario, Hoy Digital, Diario Libre as well as some great government websites on laws that have now been established in the DR to protect women and children against domestic violence.




LDG.

 

[miguel]

Por piedad.....

you know Id attempt to reply to you miguel....but apparently someone doesnt want to hear my view...

because, just because the almighty "my word is the last word" MIGUEL speaks...means the rest of us have to put our tail between our legs..

if you say I can have my opinion..stop calling me names because i dont think like you.

I am not you....I have an opinion....you on the other hand have to keep telling people how wrong they are for thinking different than you....

I know you will deny it.....and this post will probably disappear anyway...

I will never have the desire to combat you post for post on this forum...

I think you are a decent guy...but you over bear people when they dont think like you it seems

have a nice night

bob

Again, you have been singing the same "I can't do nothing here and others can" song for a little while.

Now, I am not even going to respond to your above post because NOT only do I think it's nonsense but I want to believe that you wrote it while tired and needing a rest. BUUUUTTTT:

When you wake up, please show me the post where I called you names.

Show me the post where I wrote "laurapasinifan is.....".

If you are too sensitive or too fragile, then let me explain it to you with "kid's gloves":

Since I do NOT allow anybody to try to change MY OPINIONS, I do NOT like to make others change theirs.

Do NOT fault me for voicing mine LOUDER than others.

This is a topic I am very passionate about and whomever doesn't like me being LOUD with my opinions because they think I am forcing my opinions on them, go ahead and send Anna a PM so she can tell me to stop posting on this thread.

Oooh, I forget, you also think I tell Anna what to do and that I own DR1.

There's no winning.

Anyways, I will be waiting for your post telling me where I called you names.

Btw: "AlmightyMiguel" sounds niiiiiice, wahahaha!!.

 

[AnnaC]

And we are done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please read my above post for the answer to the original question.

And for those that can read Spanish here is a link for you on the Profamilia website.

Gu?as Legales



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