The Trump Effect On Domestic Violence: Whats At Stake?

[sheshe2]

The proposed elimination of VAWA funding by the current administration would be devastating for victims.

The Administration and Abused Women of Color

The proposed elimination of VAWA funding and the Affordable Care Act (ACA/Obamacare) by the current administration would be devastating for victims, their families and communities. Domestic violence shelters have made the difference between life and death for survivors.

The current political climate has increased distrust of law enforcement and the criminal justice system in many communities of color – making them less likely to reach out for assistance when violence occurs. Since the election, we have already seen batterers becoming more emboldened, increased hate speech and hate crimes. Reducing or eliminating VAWA will undoubtedly result in: higher rates of violence directed toward African Americans, immigrant populations, transgendered women of color, Native American survivors, survivors from Deaf and hard of hearing communities in addition to decreased support to enforce laws that protect domestic violence survivors from housing discrimination by landlords, social services agencies, and entities with long histories of discrimination against communities of color Without VAWA victims will die. Period.

Terrorism Against Women

Women across the U.S. are more likely to be assaulted, killed or raped by someone they know than radical Islamic terrorists. This Administration repeatedly tells us that their intent is to keep Americans safe. Last I checked-survivors of domestic and sexual violence in this country are American citizens. How will cutting VAWA make them safe?

It is ironic that a President billing himself as the “Law and Order President” would propose cuts that reduce the enforcement of law. Is it possible that the current administration does not consider violence against women a crime?

Read More:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-trump-effect-on-domestic-violence-whats-at-stake_us_58add2fbe4b0598627a55f71?section=us_black-voices

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I know it comes as no surprise to anyone that women are just not important to this administration and the GOP in general. In the article it also explains the effects of repealing ACA for domestic abuse victims.

"Without VAWA victims will die. Period."

[luvMIdog]

1. Yeah well he and Putin are really the kind of men that care

Excerpt:

The book, by former Texas Monthly and Newsweek reporter Harry Hurt III, described a harrowing scene. After a painful scalp reduction surgery to remove a bald spot, Donald Trump confronted his then-wife, who had previously used the same plastic surgeon.
“Your fucking doctor has ruined me!” Trump cried.
What followed was a “violent assault,” according to Lost Tycoon. Donald held back Ivana’s arms and began to pull out fistfuls of hair from her scalp, as if to mirror the pain he felt from his own operation. He tore off her clothes and unzipped his pants.
“Then he jams his penis inside her for the first time in more than sixteen months. Ivana is terrified… It is a violent assault,” Hurt writes. “According to versions she repeats to some of her closest confidantes, ‘he raped me.’”
Following the incident, Ivana ran upstairs, hid behind a locked door, and remained there “crying for the rest of night.” When she returned to the master bedroom in the morning, he was there.
“As she looks in horror at the ripped-out hair scattered all over the bed, he glares at her and asks with menacing casualness: ‘Does it hurt?’” Hurt writes.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html

[GeoWilliam750]

2. Thank you for posting this

[brer cat]

3. The GOP considers women

nothing more than domestic and sexual servants, and unfortunately they are surrounded by women who reinforce those views rather than refute them.

The example that we had for 8 years of a President who surrounded himself with strong women and treated them with utmost dignity and respect, has turned 180 to a boy-man who thinks women only exist to satisfy whatever desires he has. No, he doesn't think violence against women is a crime, he thinks it is a birth right.

I grieve for the women and men who live utterly miserable lives due to domestic abuse. We need stronger education programs and shelters where the cycle can be broken, yet it is always low priority, underfunded and understaffed. I don't know what it will take to change that, but I fear it is about to get a whole lot worse.

[sheshe2]

4. No

There will be no education or shelters no counseling no help. They will defund the support to VAWA, PP and ACA. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if they do not reauthorize VAWA when it comes up, I believe next year. Look how hard it was to pass the last time.

The cycle will continue and sadly will be passed down to the next generation.