Moynihan of the Moynihan Report

This was written in 1966. What has changed since? Have things improved in the black community with the government’s assistance? Moreover, the Moynihan Report noted that first-graders without fathers in the home have I.Q.’s 7.5 per cent lower than those with fathers and that, in central Harlem, where a majority of the children are fatherless,…

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The Flipside Of Domestic Violence

Do we really need the Violence Against Women Act? If so, why not the Violence Against MEN Act? Has anyone really asked that question, or are we too afraid to speak up? …more than 200 survey-based studies show that domestic violence is just as likely to strike men as women. In fact, the overwhelming mass of evidence indicates…

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Women Can Be Abusers Too

“Things started out pretty good the first couple of years.  Then, she slowly changed.  She always had a temper, but then we got into some money problems, and it got worse.  She would get mad, and it would escalate all out of proportion.  She’d start hitting.  She’d slap at my face, and then keep slapping and try to scratch me.  I’d…

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