Australian Men's Rights Advocates - AustralianMRA
False Child Abuse Allegations Frequent In Canada As Well
National Post ( Canada's 2nd largest national newspaper), 26 May 1999
Putting an end to child abuse is a noble and necessary goal. Putting an end to false and self-serving accusations of child abuse that arise in divorce proceedings is an equally deserving, but largely ignored, pursuit.
This week, two law professors from Queen's University released a remarkably even-handed examination of child abuse allegations. Given last year's release of the Special Joint Committee on Child Custody and Access, and the recent response to it by the federal Justice Department, this is a timely and important piece of work.
The academics looked at 196 abuse allegations involving separated parents. Of these, 46 cases resulted in judgments that abuse did occur. Of the 150 unproven cases, the trial judges believed the allegations were intentionally false (either a parent or child made them up) 45 times. Thus it appears there are as many cases of false accusations of child abuse as there are provable, true incidents.
After lifting the veil on the prevalence of false claims, the two law professors then detail the costs — emotional, financial and legal — of such accusations. Since mothers make the preponderance of abuse claims — true and false — it is fathers who bear the bulk of this burden. Further, it is important to remember that even if the charges are found to be baseless in criminal court, they can subsequently re-appear in family court. This means the father may never escape the stigma of being falsely accused of child abuse. And just one instance of a mother being charged with making false accusations was reported in the study, even though the data suggests one quarter of child abuse charges are likely to be deliberately invented.
The Queen's study supports anecdotal evidence from the special joint committee — which heard countless stories about the impact of false allegations on fathers as well as testimony from child abuse professionals who described such accusations as "the weapon of choice" of angry mothers embroiled in bitter divorce cases. In reading these two documents, the unmistakable conclusion is that false accusations must be taken far more seriously.
And yet the special joint committee's recommendation on the subject is astoundingly weak. It merely asks Parliament to "assess the adequacy of the Criminal Code in dealing with false statements." And since Anne McLellan, the Justice Minister, appears intent on watering down the report's recommendations, or at the very least delaying them as long as possible, the chance of tougher measures appears slim.
A more serious response can be found in the Reform party's dissenting opinion of the special joint committee report, which calls for prosecutors to actively enforce Criminal Code provisions covering fabrication of evidence and obstruction of justice. Indeed, it is extremely odd that such a proposal should be a matter of controversy at all. Making a false accusation is an illegal act and should be treated as such.
Dr Phil TV Show - Men's Rights
September 2021
Dr Phil mixes both the mainstream men's rights advocates and a nutcase guy looking for publicity to make men look bad to create a controversial and ridiculous show to attract an audience of mainly middle aged non-working women who watch TV in the afternoons.
Advertisers love such controversial shows aimed at women who control over 80% of household spending. The more ridiclous some person on the show is, the better the ratings. Dr Phil is the upscale Jerry Springer. These shows really insult the intelligence of women.
In the show, Dr. Phil, who is no longer registered as psychologist, admits that all of his show management are females as are 90+% of his staff.
The show does have the "Martin Luther King" of the Men's Rights Movement - Warren Farrell. It also has Cassie Jay of The Red Pill documentary fame. Jerry Cox who was falsely accused of rape and kidnapping by a woman is featured. He had the ridiculous charges dropped and successfuly sued the woman.
Biological Mothers Murder More of Their Own Children Than Do Biological Fathers
Australian Institute of Criminology statistics show there were 270 child homicide incidents in Australia from July 1989 to June 1999, involving 287 identified offenders and resulting in the deaths of 316 children under 15.
For example, the revised National Homicide Monitoring Program 2006-07 Annual Report states 11 homicides involved a biological mother and 5 involves a biological father.
The Western Australian figures shed light on who is likely to abuse children in families. Mothers are identified as the perpetrator of neglect and abuse in a total of 73% of verified cases.
Biological mothers account for about 35 per cent of all child murders, while biological fathers account for 29 per cent
BBC - The One Show on Male Victims of Domestic Violence
BBC programme 'The One Show', in which the subject of domestic violence against men is discussed.
September, 2009
UK - not politically correct to fund shelters for men and their children who are victims of domestic violence.
Family Courts’
Violence Review
October 2009
The Attorney-General commissioned a review of the practices, procedures and laws that apply in the federal family law courts in the context of family violence. The Family Courts Violence Review considered whether improvements could be made to ensure that the federal family law courts provide the best possible support to families who have experienced or are at risk of violence.