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Postmodernism in the dock | Julian Baggini, Mina Salami, Hilary Lawson and Julie Bindel

Philosophy For Our Times

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Examining the Claims of Men's Rights Activists on Domestic Violence

This chapter explores the movement by men's rights activists in the 1980s who argued that domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse were not issues of male power, presenting data that included trivial issues as evidence. It also discusses coercive control, the higher number of female victims of domestic violence, and the lack of men's domestic violence refuges.

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