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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1980-07-10, Page 4HURON gXPOSITOR JULY 10, 10$0 BY JACK MORI, MPR 1 ' a study released .in January of this year, the Canadian Aclyisot3r Connell on the. Status of Women estimated that one in every• ten Canadian women who are married or in a relationship with 4 live-in lover is bat- tered. American studies of the incidence of this crime, based On household surveys, indicate that this estimate is probably.conservative.. No mer where the loc- alien, every time a women's • shelter is opened in Canada, 2 la_ rapidly filled with women and children seeking • refuge from violent husbands and fathers. In November 1978, Women's Habitat opened in Etobicoke. Within a week it was filled to , capacity. Some 75% of wom- en seeking shelter at Interval House in Toronto are fleeing from violent homes. A survey of social, medical and legal • services in ThUnder Bay found that in that city of about 119,000, the number of • ,assaulted women , seeking help in 1978 was 902. " Marital violence, some- times ends in divorce, some- . times in murder - of the victim or the aggressor. For , thousands of women, it is a- way of life that goes on and on. Women are punched, • slapped, kicked, thrown across rooms and down- stairs. They are attacked with knives, with guns, with hot irons or even attacked while they are sleeping...all this done by their loving husbands or five -in compan- ions. • Wife beating is rarely a one-time occurrence. In a study of Transition House residents, 31 per cent indi- cated they were beaten weekly or daily. Twenty-six,. per cent were beaten at least once a month. Make no mistake about it, wife beat- ing is freque.Kily severe. Of the women at Transition USE EXPOSITOR WANT -ADS Phone 52/-0240 •ffouSe.intervievved, one:third hadrequired medical care. Women :beaten by their husband's(legal, or common- law). frequentl sustain seri- ous injuries; broken arms, Cracked ribs and concussions are not uneonunon.- Being Punched or kicked in the stomach 'when pregnant is often reported. In roost cases, wife assault. is not due to a husband being. mentally sick. The in idende is too widespread to be the work of a few mentally sick men. Canadian lawyers have women clients in all income levels and all educational levels - in all cultural and ethnic groups - who have been assaulted. Wife assaults are not provoked by the women, nor are they in some perverse way enjoyed by them. Broken arms, cracked ribs. and concussions are not rewa,rds women voluntarily aspire to receive. The question often asked - especially by men - is why don't assaulted wives leave home? Initially, it seems, assault- ed women stay because they hope the problems .will be worked out, that the husband will change, that the marri- age can be "saved." Women try harder to be "good wives" giving husbands even more love and under- standing. When this ap- proach fails, women turn to others for assistance, fre- quently in vain. - Sad to say, most agencies and legal organizations are simply not prepared to pro- vide meaningful assistance to women who have been beaten bv their partners. they t!.y to leave home. What a choice! Stay and expect to be beaten, or leave and fear being: killed! Many Women are fearful of leaving:for .other 'reasons.' com ort a ass s needs 4) be told of her legal rights), she 'needsto be assisted in asserting those Margaret Canipbed spoke 90 question a soMe leligth,'!"before the Statulig Committee On tile .'Admini• 'Stration ofJustice earl* this year. 'Largely-, as 4, result of her efforts, ,.a committee has 9 94'9 0 *1 * 0 • • • •, ke.• 1.# • • • 5•#`015.1•1 •• *..• 5 * *.* •,•••" • • Bow will they manage alone? ••••• Can they support 'the child- : •11 ren? •••••••••••4••••• • II, • • • 1111 S • • Of ' Despite the high incidence, • . • . • • • • • • of asSaults against wives, the • . • severity of these assaults, the horrendous con- sequences for the wife, the children and ultimately soci- ety as a whole, wife assaults are treated differently _from any other form of violent' —behavieur in our society_ The basic instructions given to the police require that in a "domestic situ- ation" the appropriate action is to get in, calm the parties down and get. ont. This approach ignores the realities of domestic violence but then the term itself is actually misleading. It is not usually domestic violence that occurs - that is two spouses fighting. In 90 per cent of the cases, it is the husband beating up the wife. ,My colleague, Margaret Campbell (MPP, St. George) has for many years, fought an active campaiign on behalf of battered wives. As She puts it, to call wife beatin "domestic violence" is like callin the' old Roman indul- gence of pitting Christians agaiitst lions a sport. In considering this quest- ion, it is also necessary to have an appreciation of the psythological ' impact of assault on the battered wife. She is confused, frightened, emotionally drained, with little confidence in herself or in the community around her to help her out of the situation. Police intervention that stresses restoring the peace followed by a quick exit provides such a women with only temporary relief.. She needs to be advised of shelters which can provide Moreover, once a pattern of violence has been estab- lished, leaving may be a very difficult and risky business. 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