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by dsfafsdaf 2892 days ago
"women-only domestic violence shelters" what exactly do you oppose? That there are no equivalent men's shelters, or that men aren't allowed in?

To this day my wife refuses to tell any man the location of her shelter from when her ex abused her. Might not fit into the modern gender zeitgeist, but I fully support her.
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klipt 2892 days ago
Domestic violence agencies could certainly abuse male victims less. A study of male domestic violence victims who contacted local domestic violence agencies for help found that 40.2% were accused of being the batterer by the person "helping" them:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175099/#S12tit...

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tomp 2891 days ago
Unequal availability of assistance/capacity.
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dsfafsdaf 2890 days ago
OP said: "women-only domestic violence shelters"

Having men-only domestic violence shelter hardly requires removing the gender requirements of our current shelters.

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