En un post anterior, me referí a la contribución de Catharine Lumby al debate sobre la violencia de los hombres jóvenes. Este debate fue re-encendida por la hospitalización de Daniel Christie. Él ahora se encuentra en estado de coma después de haber sido, supuestamente, golpeó a la tierra por Shaun McNeil.
La muerte de Thomas Kelly se ha presentado como una prueba más de que se trata, según Lumby una "cultura arraigada de la violencia masculina". En junio de 2012, Thomas Kelly murió en un incidente muy similar en la misma zona, un importante centro de la vida nocturna de Sydney, Kings Cross.
Tim Hawkes se une al debate en The Australian. Ahora, Hawkes revela a sí mismo como el director de la Escuela del Rey en Paramatta, donde Thomas Kelly fue una vez un estudiante. Él no revela a sí mismo como miembro de la Fundación Thomas Kelly Juventud donde es una figura destacada.
Fathers under attack
Editor’s note: Since this article was published Daniel Christie died. He did not wake up from his coma. Shaun McNeil has been charged with his murder and awaits trial.
In a previous post, I discussed Catharine Lumby’s contribution to the debate over violence by young men. This debate was re-ignited by the hospitalisation of Daniel Christie. He now lies in a coma after being, allegedly, knocked to the ground by Shaun McNeil.
The death of Thomas Kelly has been put forward as further evidence that this is, according to Lumby a “deep rooted culture of male violence” . In June 2012, Thomas Kelly was killed in a very similar incident in the same area, a major night-life centre of Sydney, Kings Cross.
Tim Hawkes joins the debate in The Australian. Now, Hawkes discloses himself as the headmaster of The King’s School in Paramatta, where Thomas Kelly was once a student. He does not disclose himself as a member of the Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation where he is a leading figure.
The importance of this requires a little understanding of not-for-profit organisations and their funding. Consider the Heart Foundation’s Go Red For Women Campaign and ponder this simple question, where is the corresponding drive for men?
The answer is this: there is none. Women’s issues get far more funding than men’s.
This was recently highlighted in the Brisbane Courier Mail in an article which described the “spectacular” gap between the sexes when it comes to health funding. In fact, men’s issues only received a quarter of that allocated to women’s health. This has been going on for years.
That no other major news outlet ran the story gives a real indication of society’s interest in men’s problems.
Therefore, you can understand Tim Hawkes’ desire to widen his approach to target not just the senseless drunken violence that took Thomas Kelly’s life, but to include a more Feminist-friendly agenda.
It doesn’t, however, make it right.
The headline reads “What every father must do if we’re to defeat violence”, but the article begins with a mumbled set of disclaimers. He begins by back-peddling, using “It has been suggested…” instead of “We know for a fact…” He also recognises that “under-fathering is not always a factor,” and acknowledges “there are many elements contributing to senseless violence.”
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