In this post I address the topic of murder and suicide occurring within the context of intimate partner violence. There are also separate posts dealing with suicide, and with the DV-related deaths of children.
As readers might well be aware, significant numbers of men, women and children lose their lives each year by way of incidents related to domestic violence. As in the case of non-lethal injuries and mental anguish, feminists portray women’s deaths as constituting the “overwhelming majority“, and then use this as justification for ignoring the deaths of men.
In 2015 feminist activists operating under the banner ‘Destroy the Joint’, established an ongoing tally of the number of Australian women allegedly killed in DV situations. They then disseminated this data throughout the media, generating considerable publicity using the tagline “two women each week” (are being killed by their male partners). They claimed that there had been a doubling in the rate of men murdering their partners, and that domestic violence was twice as bad in 2015 as it was in 2014.
Even if their figures were drawn from official sources it would have been problematic to draw conclusions from statistics relating to short periods of time, as the results for the period in question may differ greatly from the long-term average.
We do know however that when averaged over the preceding twelve month period the corresponding figures were (approx.) one women killed every seven days versus one man killed every ten days. We also know that, at that time, 40% of homicide victims (occurring in a situation of domestic violence) were male.
(Postscript April 2016: The report of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence included the following statistic, “Data from the Victorian Systemic Review of Family Violence Deaths shows that, of the 288 deaths of relevance to the review between 2000 and 2010, 138 were men and 150 were women (that is, 48 per cent male)”. (Volume 5, p207)
It is important to acknowledge that neither the ‘Destroy the Joint’ Facebook page, nor the various spin-off media stories, made mention of:
- the corresponding number of men killed by their intimate partners or family members
- the number of women killed by other women
- the number of suicides linked to domestic violence (predominantly involving men)
On that last dot point, it’s worth reading this 2010 paper by Richard L Davis which addresses the relationship between domestic violence and suicide. (Postscript: This 2018 article concerns the suicide of a woman following the DV-related murder of her children. As is typically the case in MSM articles, the death of men in similar circumstances was overlooked.)
Another issue with the ‘Destroy the Joint’ tally is that (AFAIK) none of the cases it reported, at the time of writing this post, had been the subject of completed court proceedings. As a consequence it is not entirely certain that the deceased women were killed by a man, and/or that the deaths occurred within a context of domestic violence.
Furthermore, at some unspecified point in early 2015 (I suspect when deaths dropped below the previously claimed weekly average) the ‘Destroy the Joint’ tally was quietly expanded to include all women who were murdered (i.e. not just partner violence).
Jasmin Newman subsequently established the ‘Destroy the Narrative’ Facebook page to keep track of the corresponding number of male deaths at the hands of women. In December 2016 Jasmin published this paper regarding her work on this issue, which I strongly recommend you read now.
(Postscript: Sadly, Jasmin discontinued her online MRA efforts due to a concerted campaign of harassment by people opposed to her views. With regards to deaths related to DV, a new tally is being maintained by a group known as Domestic Violence Awareness Australia. Time will tell with regards to the longevity and reliability of this data source.)
Turning now to another issue. one of the statistical sources cited by ‘Destroy the Joint’ was this report by the NSW Coroner (Refer appendix C bar chart this is in the report on page 59 or 75 depending on how you read page numbers).
On first inspection it appears quite damning in relation to the culpability of men for DV-related deaths, but on further review there are a number of provisos that must be taken into consideration including:
- the small sample size
- the skewing of the results by the much higher incidence of DV-related deaths in the indigenous community
- the fact that men are significantly less likely to report being subjected to domestic violence, and therefore many of the male perpetrators cited in the report may in fact have been victims of domestic violence (either as children, as adults, or both).
See also ABS Causes of Death, Australia 2013
I’ll close this post with this comment contributed by ‘Phil’ in response to this article:
In order to provide solutions to any societal problem, the first step is having a complete understanding of the problem, all the relevant & accurate information, and an ability to see the bigger picture of the issue. It also requires a unified approach, appropriate systems in place to embrace & encourage change, and a shift in mindset that brings long-term & sustained behavioural change.
A great example of this is drink-driving, which is now seen as irresponsible, selfish, dangerous, disgraceful & a condemned behaviour after being culturally accepted for many years, until the effects of such actions, portrayed the destruction it was having on many lives. This change was brought about through the grief, heartache & suffering associated with losing a loved one and was driven by the love & compassion people felt for each other, their family & the broader community. Even though it was predominately men who were guilty of drink-driving, it wasn’t tackled as a gendered issue because society demanded a holistic approach to the problem, they wanted this senseless behaviour eradicated, no matter who was doing it and certainly wasn’t propelled by hatred or condemnation of one sex & not the other.
So, why has this approach not been taken when it comes to domestic violence? Why is one gender singled out as being the problem, when everyone with half a brain knows that both males & females are capable of being perpetrators of the vile acts of behaviour? How are we, as a society, meant to really eradicate this behaviour when blatant misrepresentation of the truth is communicated by groups hell-bent on only recognising some victims & perpetrators and not all? When did domestic violence become a political pawn used to generate votes & financial windfalls and one that promotes much debate & hatred, instead of a people focussed, behavioural problem that requires love & respect for fellow human beings to be solved?
It’s a figure quoted by media outlets, politicians & domestic violence advocates – 79 women killed due to domestic violence last year (2015) and the inference that these deaths occurred by their male partners. This is the figure devised by the Facebook page, Destroy the Joint {1}, who maintains a body count of women killed in Australia due to violence against them.
On September 24th 2015, newly appointed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a new $100 million domestic violence package with former Australian of the Year & self-appointed expert of domestic violence, Rosie Batty, Turnbull stated in his press conference that 63 women had been killed to date in 2015. This gave the perception that all of these deaths had occurred due to domestic violence and at the hands of a current or former male partner of the deceased.
But when you look into these deaths in detail, you will find that the figure quoted is more propaganda by the “radical feminist” brigade who are insistent on only recognising female victims of domestic violence and ensure funding is siphoned through their sexist organisations. Of the 63, less than half were found to be killed by their current or former male partner (44%) and in total, 60% of these deaths were committed by male perpetrators known to the deceased.
I am in no way trying to minimize the impact of these tragedies as any life taken is a vile act of brutality towards another human being, what I am highlighting though is the gross misrepresentation of data that is being communicated to only further their own cause – not actually provide solutions to ending Australia’s domestic violence crisis other than to falsely propagate that it is a “gendered issue”.
Upon further analysis of the 79 women killed last year, here are my findings (based on information provided by ‘Destroy the Joint’):
43% killed by current or former male partner (34 in total)
16.5% killed by known male (13)
13.9% killed by a female (11)
11.4% killed by unknown male (9)
8.9% killed by either victims son, brother or father (7)
6.3% killed by an unknown perpetrator (5)
From the information provided & the perception of all these women being killed due to intimate partner violence being driven by various outlets, this represents an over inflation of the figures by a mammoth 132%! Destroy the Joint claims at least 75% {2} of these deaths are perpetrated by males known to the female victim but the figure actually equates to 68.4% and again their accuracy is found to be questionable. This is especially damaging when it is being used as “factual” information by government agencies, domestic violence groups, & prominent media outlets that inform the public, when analysis shows the information to be incorrect.
Paramount to solving any problem is having the correct details, being truthful in your communications and having a thorough understanding the issue at hand. With embellished & distorted information like this being used, clearly this is not about solving domestic violence holistically, merely being used as a catalyst to gain further funding.
{1} https://www.facebook.com/notes/934084536639291/
https://www.facebook.com/DestroyTheJoint/
{2} Destroy the Joint disclaimer – “Please note: We do not confine our count to only deaths attributed as domestic or family violence, as we believe all violent deaths targeted against women are the result of societal misogyny. Most of these cases are subject to court proceedings but we do know that in at least 75 per cent of the cases reported from 2012 to 2015, the victim knew her alleged killer. We include women killed by other women (lateral violence). Their relatively small but equally sad number confirms that most violence against women is perpetrated by men.”
Recently, I was viciously attacked for the post I made scrutinising the claims by Destroy the Joint about the women killed in violent circumstances last year. These attacks were cold, calculating, methodical, vile & extremely derogatory towards myself but worse still, my family & in particular, my children. It appears that I may have hit a nerve by revealing the truth about the misrepresentation of the information provided by them and the perception that there were 79 women killed in domestic violence scenarios last year.
Normally, I am not bothered by these types of attacks as they occur on such a regular basis and I have become desensitised to the constant taunts I receive. But, these were different, they were filled with so much hatred & vile language that I found myself a bit shaken by them and was appalled that some felt it warranted to continue this vitriol towards my children when I was not retaliating to their relentless abuse.
This type of toxic behaviour is quickly becoming normal, especially in the world of social media, with people spewing hatred towards one another purely because of a difference of opinion on a certain subject. Is this the type of behaviour, values & morals we want instilled in our next generation? Are we, as a society, truly considering the long-term impact this will have on future generations and teaching them to be accustomed with hatred instead of love? In order to overcome this problem of domestic violence, the solution cannot be based on hatred between the genders – it requires solutions based on love, respect, compassion, understanding & acceptance of every human being regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race or religion.
I will leave you with a quote from the remarkable Nelson Mandela to ponder – “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
(Postscript October 2018. The following article, or variants of it, received considerable coverage in the media: ‘Six women killed in five days, you need to engage with this crisis‘ by Jane Gilmore. See related tweet here)
(Postscript February 2020: Whilst most articles about DV-related domestic violence still don’t bother to provide corresponding statistics for male deaths, we are told that ‘Australia is a nation of dead women, and we’re becoming numb to it‘. The level of feminist hypocrisy and disconnect remains staggering.)
(Postscript May 2020: I just learnt today – not from the mainstream media – that the number of women killed, in the UK, by their partner was now at a 40 year low – Source)
Other related references, including DV-related murders that you are unlikely to read about in the ‘Destroy the Joint‘ page – or in overseas equivalents such as, for example, @CountDeadWomen in the UK:
Kerrie Lee Catling jailed for manslaughter of her husband, Chris Catling (23 April 2024)
Tweet by Men are Human (8 April 2024) The top ways that women murder men:
*Anything that might be put down to illness (poison) *Or accident (car, fire in bed, pushing) *Proxy violence (hitmen, white knight, swatting) or *Drive him to suicide. Or failing that, stab him, say you were abused, & label it self-defense.
Police appeal Anastasia Marshall bail decision at Supreme Court (15 March 2024) Australia
49 women have been killed in Australia so far in 2023 as a result of violence. Are we actually making any progress? (20 November 2023) Australia
NorthEast records equal male and female domestic abuse fatalities in three years (1 October 2023) UK
Bundaberg woman, 55, charged with murder after woman found dead in Glenella home (6 October 2023)
Evil law graduate, 28, stabbed fiancé to death on street as he pleaded ‘I love you’ (7 August 2023) UK
Women jailed after tracking her lover through the streets and stabbing him to death (23 June 2023) UK
She Wrote of Grief After Her Husband Died. Now She’s Charged in His Murder (9 May 2023)
Woman murdered her partner after argument ‘about nothing’ (16 April 2023) UK
Woman charged with murder over fatal shooting and acid attack on man (23 February 2023) UK
Mum-of-five ordered hitman on dark web to kill ex-lover and ‘make it look an accident’ (9 February 2023)
Man stabbed near heart, locked on balcony as woman ‘sets fire’ to belongings (2 February 2023)
NSW Police eye Supreme Court orders to prevent domestic violence homicides (31 January 2023)
Laughing teacher, 34, bragged ‘I just stabbed him’ after knifing her partner who took 2 days to die from infected wound (20 January 2023)
Negligent carer found guilty of manslaughter in hospital, delaying sentencing proceedings (1 November 2022)
Four Corners’ ‘How many more?’ reveals the nation’s crisis of Indigenous women missing and murdered (26 October 2022) One of a collection of articles on this topic – all of which failed to mention Indigenous men going missing and/or being killed.
Woman Sentenced To 100-Plus Years For Strangling Ex With His Favorite Tie, Poisoning His Oatmeal (8 October 2022) Pussy-pass denied!
Mum-of-four in court charged with murder of boyfriend, who allegedly had penis severed, and his friend (29 August 2022)
Nurse, 52, facing life in jail after being convicted of murdering her husband by stabbing him twice as he slept (26 August 2022) UK
Salem woman kills former partner, running him over several times after dispute, police say (22 August 2022)
Albert Thorn, Jordan Bottom, Ricki Smith stand trial for brutal murder of Bradley Lyons (18 August 2022) A story to be considered every time some clueless and/or dishonest person says ‘Men can’t be subject to domestic abuse because they are bigger & stronger than women‘.
OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney charged with murdering boyfriend (12 August 2022)
Woman who ran over and killed boyfriend in Fife avoids jail (9 August 2022)
Woman stabs roommate, says she’d been “thinking of killing him for a while” (3 August 2022)
Queensland study reveals horror rise in men threatening to burn their partners alive (2 August 2022) Data provided by staff of feminist NGO’s (ring any bells?). Authors neglect to mention instances of husbands/boyfriends set on fire by female partners.
Hayley Keating trial: Woman cleared of murder but found guilty of killing partner (28 July 2022)
Woman, 26, charged with murder of young father at address she was sharing with her 26-year-old female friend (21 July 2022)
Jealous woman, 23, who knifed man in head when she found him in bed with love rival at party (7 June 2022)
Outcast powderkeg men, by Bettina Arndt (22 April 2022) What factors drive men to commit murder after their marriage falls apart? Could changes to the police & justice system prevent such murders occurring?
OnlyFans star, 25, is arrested for ‘stabbing boyfriend, 27, to death during a domestic dispute’ in their luxury Miami high-rise (8 April 2022)
Emotional tributes to young dad, 22, found dead at home – as woman, 23, known to him is held on suspicion of murder (27 March 2022) UK
Are all missing persons female? (17 March 2022) USA. This is not specifically related to DV murders, but rather to the prevailing practice of ignoring or minimising male victims.
MPs listen in silence as names of women killed in the UK read out (11 March 2022) UK. There’s also dead men you say? Meh
Victorian mother-of-five jailed for setting husband on fire, causing his death (11 March 2022)
New Beith fire: Cops say 31-year-old woman killed in a Brisbane blaze is believed to have first set ex-partner on fire (10 March 2022)
The “Pathways to intimate partner homicide” project: Key stages and events in male-perpetrated intimate partner homicide in Australia (2022) Research by two Australian agencies with an entrenched pro-feminist orientation – ANROWS and the Australian Institute of Criminology. This paper omits acknowledgment of partner murders committed by men, due to the expressed view that most designated partner murders are perpetrated by men.
Lethal lovers: National strategy needed to end domestic homicides (22 February 2022) The feminist perspective, which continues to be to ignore female perpetrators and their many male & female victims. A more detailed article in the Canberra Times, addressing the same topic can be found here.
Florida woman facing murder charges after allegedly stabbing her husband more than 140 times (21 February 2022)
Paania Lawrence: Gold Coast woman jailed for ‘accidentally’ shooting partner dead in 2018 (11 February 2022)
Professor Karen Read charged with drunkenly running over and killing Boston cop boyfriend John O’Keefe (2 February 2022)
Homicide in England and Wales: year ending March 2018 (2021) See section 5 which shows DV deaths to be at a 40 year low
Man allegedly murdered by wife in Bali while on video call with his ex (16 January 2022)
Lorna Middleton jailed for stabbing husband to death (18 November 2021) UK
Sister of Newtownabbey man who killed himself after wife stabbed him ‘disgusted’ as partner avoids jail after domestic incident (8 November 2021) Ireland
Domestic abuse charities condemn ‘harsh’ sentencing of Penelope Jackson, by Patrick Sawer at The Telegraph (30 October 2021) Paywall protected article. An extremely inappropriate move by the Industry, speaking up here on behalf of a recently convicted (female) murderer. (Relevant case here)
Drunk woman stabbed man so hard between the eyes the knife reached his brain – Mirror Online (26 July 2021)
Homicide research reveals society ‘blind’ to male victims of domestic violence | University of Cumbria (30 June 2021) UK
Natasha Darcy guilty of murdering Walcha sheep farmer Mathew Dunbar (news.com.au) (15 June 2021)
The forgotten victims of Australia’s female killings epidemic (6 May 2021) Now, for balance, let’s throw in a feminist perspective from Candace Sutton. Can you spot the difference?
‘There are more male victims of domestic violence than we think‘ An article by Janet Fife-Yeomans in the Daily Telegraph (23 February 2021) Australia. According to the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 61 of the 146 people killed in domestic-violence related homicides in New South Wales were men (i.e. 42%).
Pensioner got stepson to sharpen knife she used to stab husband to death (8 February 2021) UK
Elderly man fighting for life after shocking axe attack in Sydney’s inner west (3 December 2020) Australia
‘I’ll get you, you mutt’: Ugly scenes unfold at sentencing for fatal Queensland stabbing (5 November 2020) Australia
Jealous girlfriend, 38, who bit her boyfriend’s testicles weeks before stabbing him to death in front of horrified friends is found guilty of manslaughter (22 October 2020) UK
Numa Gautam: Sydney woman pleads not guilty to manslaughter of husband (16 October 2020) Australia. “She had a charge of domestic violence-related murder withdrawn and dismissed”
Woman charged with murder after man’s body found in Sydney’s west (14 September 2020) Australia. A “domestic-related incident”? They can’t quite bring themselves to say ‘domestic violence’, now can they?
UK female sentenced after acid attack on ex-boyfriend (8 September 2020) Video
Woman charged with domestic violence stabbing death north of Brisbane (6 September 2020) She also contravened a ‘Domestic Violence Order’. Sadly, but not unexpectedly, this incident received relatively little coverage in the media.
Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow conviction for manslaughter quashed (1 August 2020) UK
Wife charged with murder of Clydebank man William Middleton as tributes paid to ‘amazing’ dad (1 July 2020) UK
Woman charged with murder over the death of Zane Meyer (19 June 2020) Australia
Abused woman who killed husband is granted the family’s U.K. estate (1 June 2020)
Delhi: Woman kills spouse, says he died of Covid-19 (8 May 2020) India
Man dies after Surfer’s Paradise stabbing, woman arrested (22 April 2020)
Spotlight on why men kill partners (21 April 2020) This research project represents a collaboration between the Australian Institute of Criminology and Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS). Clearly women killing men is not that big a deal (?!)
We must count: It’s time for a national Violence Against Women & Children Toll (25 February 2020)
Family of murder victim Jeffrey Lindsell describe heartbreak over accused killer’s death three weeks before trial (9 February 2020)
Man escapes burning house only to have his wife run over him (31 January 2020)
Wife charged after Geelong man found burned to death (28 January 2020)
Woman accused of stabbing partner to death claims self-defence (21 January 2020) We will see how this case concludes, but obviously when men are consistently portrayed as violent and abusive, then an argument of self-defence is more likely to be convincing.
Migrant, indigenous home violence ‘out of proportion’ (19 January 2020)
Battered husband syndrome as an explanation for murdered wives (December 2019) Reddit discussion thread
Robyn Lindholm jailed for 28 years for murder of lover George Templeton (7 November 2019)
Former Boston College student charged with boyfriend’s suicide (29 October 2019)
The reckoning: One city, four murders (18 October 2019) By Richard Guilliatt. This is not specifically about DV-related murders, but addresses some interesting and related issues
Sally Challen spared murder retrial for killing controlling husband (9 June 2019) UK. And here is an article on this issue that appeared in spiked-online on 8 June 2019.
Woman dubbed ‘Mother-of-the-Year’ jailed for killing husband with kitchen knife (1 June 2019) UK
Questions remain about spike in female killers in Queensland (19 May 2019)
“While it’s well-known women are at risk of being killed by an intimate male partner at separation or divorce, my analysis shows that some men are at risk of death at the hands of a current or former female partner in certain situations, like financial insecurity such as the drawing up of a new will,” she said.
Judge sentences murderer Martyna Ogonowska after guilty verdict (25 April 2019) UK
Recap as Lindsey Gabriel is sentenced for murder of boyfriend James Field (8 April 2019)
Sally Challen freed as she awaits murder trial after pleading guilty to husband’s manslaughter (5 April 2019)
Playboy, Maxim model arrested in death of doctor found in car boot (30 March 2019) USA
Sally Challen murder conviction quashed over husband’s death (1 March 2019) UK. I won’t be holding my breath waiting on a man accused of murder getting a similar result.
McKeesport woman sentenced in fatal stabbing of boyfriend at Brew House Lost Apartments (25 January 2019) USA
Intimate partner problems and suicide: are we missing the violence? (January 2019)
Life sentence for first-time offender’s ‘lethal error’ (12 December 2018)
Media double standards: Where are the panel discussions about vengeful ex-wives who kill their ex-husbands’ new girlfriends? Instead, a story about the ‘tragedy,’ and what a nice teacher the killer was (29 November 2018) Video
Fiance killer: He called me ‘a rat and a dog’ (13 November 2018)
Dividing the Sexes: Critique of the Coroner’s Report on Domestic Violence Homicide (3 June 2018) Most DV-related homicides in Australia in the first half of 2018 were committed by women. A reality very much at odds with the misandric messages issued by the feminists who have adopted the Eurydice Dixon tragedy as their current cause celebre.
When we make excuses for male violence, we encourage it, by Van Badham (17 May 2018) But it appears that making “excuses” for female violence, which is quite commonplace, is perfectly OK
GP Geraint Hughes death ‘may have been prevented’ (9 April 2018)
Susan Mouat appeals sentence for pushing husband Bruce Mouat to his death (27 November 2017)
Woman charged with stabbing partner to death (17 November 2017) Australia
She threatened violence when her ‘sugar daddy’ cut her off. She followed through, police say (6 November 2017)
Pakistani bride allegedly kills 17 relatives in failed bid to murder husband with poisoned milk (2 November 2017)
Woman Charged for Fatally Stabbing Her Husband at Hospital (15 October 2017) USA
Qian Liu tells jury her husband’s stabbing death was an accident (11 September 2017) Australia
Molly Martens weeps as she and her father found guilty of second degree murder of Jason Corbett (9 August 2017)
Helen Milner – New Zealand’s ‘Black Widow’ killer (July 2017)
Men are killed at a greater rate than women in Australia – what can we do to reduce their risk? (28 June 2017)
Homicide stats reveal shocking details of Australian murders from 2012-2014 (18 June 2017) Also shocking that the author deemed male deaths not newsworthy, so left out any mention.
Michelle Carter found guilty by judge in text message suicide case (16 June 2017) USA
Friends of Luke Mitchell react with horror to his stabbing death (13 May 2017)
‘Media experts lie to their students‘ by Bettina Arndt (3 May 2017) Australia
Wife killed husband after fight over burned casserole, police in Pennsylvania say (1 March 2017)
Invisible Dead Men (25 February 2017) UK
Woman charged after allegedly stabbing fiancé to death in Sydney driveway
(18 February 2017)
Intimate partner homicide of men in Australia (31 January 2017)
Wife of slain California mayor gets 3 months jail in killing (20 January 2017)
Murder of Stuart Rattle prompts review into how family violence is dealt with in the gay community (17 January 2017) Only gay men deserving of (feigned) understanding and support?
Sunbury hit-and-run: Woman charged with murder of partner (9 January 2017)
It’s time to stop “counting dead women” and face the facts, by Jasmin Newman (28 December 2016)
Niece of Californian mayor says his wife should have divorced him rather than shot him dead (1 December 2016) USA
Woman, 53, gives first prison interview after killing cheating husband in road rage attack (16 November 2016) USA
Woman gets life in prison for fatally stabbing her former partner during drunken brawl (3 November 2016) Australia
Mashed potato murderer has no idea where former partner’s body was dumped (31 October 2016)
Joe Cinque’s Consolation: violence, delusion and the question of guilt (11 October 2016) Australia. Friends were told of the impending murder but did nothing – was this an inevitable outcome of community being conditioned to think that female-perpetrated violence is a rare and unlikely aberration.
The boyfriend who was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by his ex-glamour model girlfriend when he texted her to say ‘it’s over’ (22 September 2016)
Vicious whispers led to doting dad’s murder (13 September 2016)
Woman charged over Gold Coast shooting (23 August 2016) Australia
Woman widowed three times now on trial in death of second husband (11 August 2016) USA
Hong Kong ‘milkshake murderer’ in fresh court bid (30 July 2016)
Woman sentenced in husband’s 2015 stabbing death (29 July 2016) But only to ten years probation!
A cycle of violence: when a woman’s murder is called ‘understandable’, by Laura Bates (27 July 2016) UK. Feminist perspective that ignores the fact that explanations/excuses are also routinely found when women kill their partners (in fact I would suggest that this is more common in such situations)
San Antonio woman gets 50 year sentence for fatal house fire (16 July 2016)
Domestic violence deaths at ‘epidemic proportions’ despite awareness (30 June 2016) DV-related deaths are NOT at “epidemic proportions”, ‘Destroy the Joint’s tally is by no means “meticulous”, and this is yet another feminist offering that air-brushes out male deaths.
‘I shot my British former boyfriend in self-defence,’ says ex-model in Spanish court (25 May 2016)
Woman charged with murder over Adelaide man’s death (4 May 2016) That’s now at least 17 murders by woman in Australia this year.
Domestic violence will flourish because of government funding cuts (2 May 2016) Australia. According to Jenna Price the pussy-pass works in reverse .. men do all the killing but the justice system lets them off the hook. Reality check please. All in all, an extremely misandric article. Reddit discussion thread here.
Man dies after being stabbed in Mt Isa (23 April 2016) Australia
Woman sentenced to home detention for manslaughter (21 April 2016) NZ
Former prostitute found guilty of murdering her businessman fiance – who was shot 10 times in the head by her lover (20 April 2016) Australia
Woman ‘stabs husband and feeds his flesh to dog’ (6 April 2016) Spain
Sharon Edwards: Violent wife murdered lawyer husband (8 March 2016) UK
“The number of women convicted for domestic violence rose by 30% in the year to April 2015, from 3,735 to 4,866. It marks an upward trend – the number of convictions involving female perpetrators is now six times higher than it was ten years ago”
Woman who killed husband with axe spared jail (8 March 2016) Australia. Related Reddit discussion thread here
Springfield woman apologizes for helping mother poison family with antifreeze (1 March 2016) USA
Male victims still overlooked (28 February 2016) Australia. This article states that:
“The reality is 12 people have died in domestic violence [related incidents in 2016] and eight of them have been men. Men are dying at the rate of two to one, but we show only show one male victim out of half a dozen or eight females.” And yet at the same time ‘Destroy the Joint‘ tweeted that nine women had been killed in the same period. Someone’s maths skills are seriously impaired.
Newlywed bride ‘liked being a solicitor’s wife so killed hubby when he lost his job’, court hears (24 February 2016)
Jealous hairdresser, 23, stabbed her boyfriend to death with a breadknife after losing her temper because he spent too much time on Facebook (22 February 2016)
Doctor ‘killed husband with hammer’ after their sex with teen (2 February 2016) Australia. Guess we’ll never know his side of the story
Woman ‘arranged for ex-boyfriend she said had made her pregnant to be stabbed to death in a graveyard’ (27 January 2016) UK
Male domestic violence deaths become focus in Cornwall (25 January 2016) UK
“Michelle Davies, domestic abuse strategy manager for Safer Cornwall, said it was “difficult to pinpoint” why more men than women have died in domestic situations in Cornwall over the past five years.”
‘What I did was a horrible thing’: Anu Singh seeks atonement for killing Joe Cinque (14 January 2016)
Domestic violence: How to get away with murder (undated) Australia
Grandmother Lucia Colella not guilty by reason of mental incompetence of killing husband with axe at Alberton (22 December 2015)
Woman accused of murdering man, attempting to kill children in Perth suburb of Leda (7 December 2015)
Spanish woman stabs her husband 150 times (25 November 2015)
“In 2015, statistics from the Ministry of Health recorded three women killed in the province of Seville at the hands of their partners or former partners. There is no official count for murdered men, but through the news published by the media know that this crime was the second in 2015 … (In the first case) a neighbor beheaded her husband and then cut the veins. Like the (recent) case, the woman had a mental disorder.” And in a related reddit discussion thread it was noted that:
“As expected, (the) “battered woman” and “mental issues” justifications appear in the news. And as expected, the case is treated as “domestic violence”, not “gender violence”. At least 29 men have been murdered by their partners (and in comparison, 48 women) in Spain this year, according to the press.”
Woman stabs boyfriend to death because he threw her cat against a wall in a fit of anger (28 October 2015) Many of the reader’s comments here are from people supporting the woman’s action
Broken Hill woman charged with murder over alleged stabbing outside hospital (6 October 2015)
Another Drop Of Blood – Violence Is Genderless (14 September 2015)
Stop the tide of female blood (11 September 2015) More of the usual gender biased narrative from feminist journo Wendy Tuohy, but do take the time to scan the readers comments
UPDATE: Taylor County Woman Charged With Murder After Husband’s 2012 Death (22 August 2015) and related reddit discussion thread
SA court jails wife who stabbed husband in neck at end of sexually complicated marriage (10 July 2015)
Men the often-unreported victims of family violence (4 July 2015)
Woman kills husband over his affair in 1979, gets suspended sentence (26 June 2015)
Former Brewers player Darryl Hamilton found dead (22 June 2015)
Counting Dead Women: The issue we need to talk about (5 May 2015)
Male pattern violence is the problem: CountingDeadWomen (23 April 2015) Australian radfem perspective on the issue
Home isn’t a refuge for domestic violence victims (23 April 2015)
Wife of Sydney podiatrist charged with murder after Phillip Vasyli found dead in Bahamas (31 March 2015)
Two women are now killed by domestic violence every week. The time for discussion is over. It’s time to act (19 February 2015)
Domestic violence an equal opportunity killer, by Bill O’Chee (7 January 2015)
Why I Didn’t Wear a White Ribbon (28 November 2014) Provides Australian statistics in relation to DV-related deaths and injuries
‘My son’s cougar girlfriend was a monster who stabbed him 24 times then watched him die’: Grieving mother of murdered student shares her story (25 April 2014)
Woman ‘fed up’ with messy boyfriend stamped him to death after he came home drunk and spilled beer on the carpet (31 October 2012) UK
Children most often killed by their mothers (25 September 2012) NZ
Domestic violence: how the law treats women who kill a violent partner (31 July 2012)
When battered women kill (24 October 2011)
Penis-burning wife Rajini Narayan walks free (13 April 2011) Australia
Domestic violence related deaths, by Richard L Davis (2009)
Intimate partner homicide methods in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships (2008) “We predicted that men would kill their partners more brutally than would women, but the results indicate that the opposite is true.”
Some other deaths you won’t read about in the ‘Destroy the Joint‘ page involve those men who paid the ultimate price for intervening to protect women who were being assaulted. Some of their stories can be found in this post.
Elsewhere in this blog you might also be interested in reading:
On violence carried out by women and girls
Feminist myth: Women usually only commit domestic violence in self-defence
Going Batty: The making of a champion of the Domestic Violence Industry
Mostly female perpetrators, so child abuse is a gendered crime then?
On the punishment of women and the notion of a ‘pussy-pass’
On suicide