Over Sensitisation or Simply Agendas and a Want for Money.

National Women's Hospital says one woman a day is reporting some form of abuse under a pilot project aimed at helping the victims of family violence.
A pilot scheme, in which all women who visit the hospital are asked about abuse, began 18 months ago.
Clinical services general manager Kay Hyman says about one woman a day is disclosing that she is a victim, and she would like to see the project broadened .... and zero tolerance, there is something awfully Bradfordish about this.
But then this must conflict with this programme which is also going to be broadened.
The strategy, called the Hawke's Bay Family Intervention Programme, had proven so successful it is to be launched nationwide tomorrow by the Health Ministry.
Some abused children are becoming so violent they are being expelled from kindergarten or infant classes at school, a Hawke's Bay paediatrician says. The focus is on shaken babies and broken bones," he said . ..That was serious enough, but a wider and deeper problem was emerging, that of violent children unable to trust adults or relate to other people.
He was dealing daily with children who had developed severe psychological problems that became permanent if not treated while they were infants or toddlers.
"By the time a child is 10 you've missed the boat."
Aha, no trust, attachment disorder, early intervention - Cindy Kiro will love this another ally in the argument for mandatory child management courses for parents, mandatory reporting ... but a paediatrician, dealing with 'severe psychological problems' and making statements about prognosis?? Mind you the Hawkes Bay is quite a backwater so it wouldn't be surprising if there were no psychologists, no psychiatrists and especially those dealing with children.

New Zealand's record of domestic violence is being exposed at a United Nations convention in New York today. Oh my goodness, name and shame on the international stage.
They will be told that in New Zealand, a woman is killed every five weeks by her partner or ex-partner.
Anne Todd-Lambie and Beryl Anderson from New Zealand's National Council of Women, in a 10 minute presentation, will tell the conference that all forms of violence ranging from the killing of women in domestic situations to bullying in schools and workplaces are an overwhelming concern for New Zealand women.
They will be calling on the New Zealand Government to commit long term funding to the problem.

The National Council of Women will also be highlighting concerns about children being sexualised too early through advertising and the media, the fact that New Zealand women continue to receive less pay than men for work of equal value and a lack of women in leadership roles in the private sector.
Sexualised too early .. but they teach them about that in schools, don't they? And at a young age, don't they?
It is really beyond me that these phenomena are women's issues.
But whenever there's a killing or a significant wounding the vultures gather ... easy pickings at times of high emotion.

More Adult Abuse under the Guise of Child Abuse.

All women entering New Zealand public hospitals will be questioned about whether they or their children have been victims of family violence - even if they are merely seeking treatment for an ingrown toenail.

Whilst in hospital women will be asked these three questions to see if she may have been abused: * Has anybody hurt or threatened you? * Have you ever felt controlled or always criticised?* Have you been asked to do anything sexual that you didn't wat to do?

Well chosen, open-ended questions so filled with meaning and so open to interpretation - in fact change the word hospital for school and omit the word sexual and what have you???
With this sort of simplistic, what can only result in overinclusion, nonsense it is little wonder we have a child abuse problem of grand proportions.
Do women not give men the bash?
Do women not give their kids the bash?
Is it only men who are sexually innovative?

These questions are nothing to do with child abuse, they are the creation of some simpleton whose conception of marrige and relationship is of the subjugation of one of the parties.

Child Abuse?

The 'national scandal' of child abuse ... "There have been enough enquiries into child abuse in New Zealand and it's now time to put into practice their findings ... There needs to be an investment in early intervention work," Ms Cindy Kiro Children's Commissioner said.
And let's impose this on every young parent, because to do otherwise, to target the most at risk groups would be racism.
"And John Howard is a racist bastard," said John Harawira.

United Future leader Peter Dunne says, " the kind of child abuse suffered by Nia Glassie and the Kahui twins (and James Whakaruru) is a Maori problem which Maori must sort out. Maori should not only recognise and deal with Maori who were child abusers but also those who stood aside and did nothing to stop them," he said."Within some families there is a culture of cover-up and collaboration that condones long-term child abuse," Mr Dunne said.

And of course he is partly correct, but maori have proven incapable of 'sorting it out,' and the PC ethic is a large part of what is making the problem not addressable, let alone accessible to change.

"And John Howard is a racist bastard," said John Harawira.

Prime Minister Helen Clark told reporters, " it was "reprehensible" if people were aware of the toddler's abuse but did not come forward. But it also seemed incredible the wider family, neighbour and community were not aware of the toddler's abuse. Rather than being a Maori problem, Miss Clark said child abuse was a "community problem".
Miss Clark said, " the Ministry of Social Development was in September launching an awareness campaign about violence against children."

And before you can address it you to be able to say it ... 'maori child abuse figures are among the highest in the world.' A programme of awareness, 'piffle.' Not a maori problem? "Piffle.'

"And John Howard is a racist bastard," said John Harawira.

Lindsay Mitchell draws attention to (almost) the same problem in the 1960's. 'Battered Child (or baby) Syndrome' was first discussed in the 1960s. From Family Matters by Bronwyn Dalley;

Many cases of abuse investigated "displayed an intergenerational pattern." So the abuse stems back further still. The distressing number of young Maori children who died at the hands of their young mothers who had themselves been state wards is commented on.

"And John Howard is a racist barstard," said John Harawira.

And of course in so far as it goes she/this is correct .. but these series of cases are not like these at all, this is not about young mothers this is largely about 'step fathers,' so these cases are far more sinister, far more primitive ... they reflect the male of a cultural group killing the progeny of another male, borne by their partner.

This reflects an absolute break down of civilsed thinking and behaviour in these people ... and Helen is partly correct in that it is not specific to maori ...

A teenager will appear in court today charged with the murder of two young brothers near Toowoomba, in Queensland's south-east. A 19-year-old man, believed to be the boyfriend of the boys' mother ...

"And John Howard is a racist ....." No, John Harawera said nothing, did he? His silence was/is somewhat resounding. This time Honee just aint on the monee! Perhaps Pita has demanded his silence, sent him off to mummy Titi so that he doesn't inflame the situation.

Gored.

Gore the least gay town in New Zealand.
Once lampooned as the gay capital of New Zealand, is officially one of the least homosexual towns in New Zealand.
Census results have revealed that there are just three gay couples living together in the South Island town, all lesbians.
Too cold for gaiety and since homosexuality has metamorphosed in to a male only exercise - none of that either - only three lesbian couples. My how the census can leave one so exposed, so alone.
But really I think the allusion was always entirely metaphorical, Gore being a playground a 'bit up from the bottom.' A legend untouched by census figures.

The Lesser Man.

"I knew something was wrong, " said Kimbers, reflecting , "due to his reluctance to ... well to make out. I had given him many hints and his reticence had started me thinking that there must be someting wrong with me ... but then when he finally succumbed ... and he was so determined to have the lights out, I knew there was something wrong and when I got a brief glimpse he hurriedly covered it with his hand and it immediately went flaccid and I am sure it tried to withdraw in to his body. He was just so tortured by it, by the notion that his parents had brutalised him, maimed him and of the sight of that bared glans - from my research I know lots of sexual words," she said, knowingly and then continued.
"I knew I had to do something to help him deal with this post traumatic stress, this feeling that he was somehow less of a man ... and then it came to me. I already knew a lot about blood flow, tumescence, thermal imaging and pain - but really I had always wanted to be a psychiatrist and I would have been if my parents had not been so goddamed emphatic that that sort of pain was a luxury" she sighed depairingly and continued,"And so I designed this research project to measure pain and sensitivity thresholds in both the covered and uncovered glans and put one sensor on the penis and one on the non dominant forearm - putting it on the dominant forearm would have likely given results no different to those on the penis. The results, and I saw them with my own eyes, were quite unambiguous, quite compelling, uncircumcised men receive no more sexual sensation than circumcised men, and this contradicts the widely held belief ...
circumcised men felt the same amount of sensitivity to touch and pain in various states of sexual arousal as those with foreskins ... while viewing erotic films." She looked skywards, wistfully, fondly recollecting, " and he was so empowered by this he became unashamedly exhibitionistic, so brazen. I felt so fulfilled, well for a while at least ... and it is quite difficult ascertaining the equivalence of feelings of sensitivity across males," she interposed, reflecting on her professional acumen and creativity.
But then her mood darkened. " I looked at forty men, half circumcised and half uncircumcised in different stages of arousal, of tumesence, of erection ... and they were all so big ... and he was so, well, so small. I felt so trapped, robbed," her eyes welled-up with tears as she continued, " and it got worse. I should have known, I did know that the anxiety he was showing combined with an unprotected glans meant masturbation sessions would be quick, brief ... I knew he was a plumber, he made no secret of that and that reflexively people try to avoid pain ... and I knew that the average time for the average american male to orgasm, from go to whoa, was 2.5 minutes and that they were almost all circumcised ... I knew all this, and still I chose a premature ejaculator ... and he was so quick." She paused, long, " But that was all right," she said, "because I suggested he should share his new found confidence with others and he was only too keen to oblige."
She stared thoughtfully in to the distance, " I learned much from that research," she said, " and not only about the range of shape and size and the need to optimise, but also that the circumcised glans has necessarily been trained for speed or abrasion minimisation, and the need to assay before you lay." She smiled at her cleverness .... and of her research, she just shrugged her shoulders.

Oh Yeh.

One in seven primary school teachers were hit by their students last year, a New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) survey has found.
The study also found more than 50 per cent of teachers and more than 25 per cent of school support staff reported "aggressive verbal confrontations" with studentsThe responses of 67 principals, 150 teachers and 75 support staff were analysed.
The most common assaults involved students pushing, shoving or shouldering teachers, followed by "punched or struck with open hand" and "kicked or stomped".
Other reported being "scratched, kicked" and "hit by object".
Some of the attacks were not covered by the survey, so respondents wrote them in – one noted "spat in face", another was headbutted.
Year 3 students accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the assaults, and, nine times out of ten, boys were the ones hitting their teachers.
The most common event leading up to the attacks involved children contesting staff members' directions, followed by attacks resulting from attempts to restrain the children from hitting others.
Twenty per cent of teachers and support staff said they had been verbally abused by parents – often in front of their children.
"Parents are becoming an increasing problem, very verbal over very minor problems. (They show) very poor modelling for children," one principal said.
NZEI acting national manager Peter Monteith said violent students "seriously undermine the teaching and learning process." "The survey is a `wake up call' for everyone involved in education either directly or indirectly to ensure that our schools remain safe and effective in terms of teaching and learning," he said.

Loss of Contact with Reality?

This man's (Beran's) first conviction for sexual offending was in 1988, when he was 45. He raped and molested a number of young people since then.

Counsel for Beran, Louise Elder, told the court he did not want periodic detention because of the stigma attached to it . His objections to his sentence was heard and overruled

Unrepentant, recidivist rapist given preventive detention ... Justice Gendall said Beran's advancing years had not "diminished his proclivity for violent and coercive sexual behaviour".

Now either this is a misinterpretation in reporting or a lawyer with no conception of the gravity of the offending and potential consequences for this ... the difference is, well, potentially a lifetime ... and if this is reported correctly it is a little disconcerting.