Washington DV Press

One look at the suicide rate for men when it comes to domestic violence will reveal some interesting statistics.

The scarcity of information about male domestic violence related male suicides has interested me for several years. About a year ago my friend Richard Davis, one of the best DV researchers in the world, took a similar interest. Since then he has been digging up what little information exists, some of which will be revealed in an upcoming article soon to be published by www.PoliceOne.com. He notes in an email that, “You might remember that in 2005 the UVDRS [Utah Violent Death Reporting System] reported 42 male and 2 female domestic violence-related suicides. In 2006 the number changed dramatically for females, in 2006 it was 35 male and 11 female domestic violence-related suicides. Of that number 6 were homicide suicides. Nevertheless the number of male domestic violence related deaths continues to be far higher for males than females” First, there are substantially more male DV and non DV related suicides than female DV and non DV related homicides; so, why do we only hear about the epidemic of female DV related homicides? Second, why the change in the Utah data?

Were there really substantially less male DV related suicides and substantially more female related suicides in 2006. I suspect the only significant change was in how information re such deaths was interpreted. And, that that interpretation was caused by pressure from the misandric ideologically driven Utah Domestic Violence Council. Why? Because the victimization of women is central to the survival and growth of the Women Industries which cannot survive in its present state when the world wakes up to the resounding fact that in general men are far more abused than are women, most starkly in death. Unfortunately, “death review teams” vary dramatically from one geographic location to another, but all are designed to minimize male DV related deaths while embellishing female DV related deaths. We will change that…