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by vacri 3638 days ago
I should probably clarify and TL;DR a bit - I don't think you personally are coming from a place of "what about the menz", but out of a sense of fairness. I felt the same a decade ago when I did the same thing - these discussions 'aren't fair'. But I also didn't do anything about it afterwards, despite my passionate words, and the net effect of stopping a program like this would be a disadvantage to both sides.

Ultimately, the anti-DV ads here in Australia can't be gamed for advantage. A cunning woman can't game being hit less to gain advantage over men. No man is going to lose his chance at employment or education because a woman was beaten less. It's not a zero-sum game. We can have the dialogue about DV against men separately to this one about women; even though there is some overlap, the general experience is different. The men's DV discussion also necessarily includes getting men to open up about emotions more; be more willing to ask for personal help and so forth.

But the final TL;DR is that this particular program is not much of a vehicle for one gender to gain significant advantage over the other.