Double R was finally back on the air this morning, and for those wondering why he hasn’t been around…here is Double R’s official statement on his return:
“I needed some time off…I’m back…and I don’t wanna talk about it.”
Thanks to Ned Holstein, the founder of Fathers & Families (www.fathersandfamilies.org), for calling in to our show…he was on to talk about an article he wrote:
McNair’s Death: Domestic Violence by Women Is Not Uncommon, Says Public Health Specialist Ned Holstein, MD of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend, police concluded yesterday. While there are over 10,000 media entries on Google News for "Steve McNair," hardly one of them is paired with the phrase "domestic violence."
Violence by women against their male partners is often ignored or not labeled as domestic violence by the media, law enforcement, the judicial system, and the domestic violence establishment, which are still stuck in the outdated ‘man as perp/woman as victim’ conception of DV. This has serious consequences for children exposed to their mothers’ violence.
Domestic violence by women against men isn’t rare. Over 200 studies have found that women initiate at least as much violence against their male partners as vice versa. Men comprise about a third of domestic violence injuries and deaths.
The most recent large scale study of DV was conducted by Harvard researchers and published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study, which surveyed 11,000 men and women, found that, according to both men’s and women’s accounts, 50% of the violence in their relationships was reciprocal (involving both parties). In those cases, the women were more likely to have been the first to strike. Moreover, when the violence was one-sided, both women and men said that women were the perpetrators about 70% of the time.
As a result of the tendency to ignore domestic violence by women, many children of divorce or separation are placed in the custody of violent mothers instead of non-violent, fit fathers. Yet research shows that women's violence, like men’s, is tightly correlated with family violence injury risks to all parties— including children. Ignoring female-on-male violence undermines efforts to raise children in violence-free homes.
Many commentators are criticizing McNair because his murder revealed that he was apparently having an extramarital affair. This is another double-standard on men & DV--it’s very hard to imagine the media criticizing a married woman who was gunned down by her boyfriend.
Huge thanks to Kevin Heffernan & Steve Lemme – Landfill & Fink from Beerfest – for joining us this morning. These guys are a part of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe (they are the people that brought us Beerfest, and Super Troopers). The guys will be performing at The Moore Theater on November 20th. Here is the official info on what they are doing at The Moore:
Currently Broken Lizard is returning to their sketch comedy roots, embarking on a nationwide tour. Join all five members as they present stand-up, live sketches (including appearances by characters from Super Troopers and Beerfest), Improv, original films, and Q & A about their experiences creating and releasing all of their films including the upcoming The Slammin’ Salmon.
I’m stoked to see these guys live, as Beerfest is my all time favorite movie!
These guys were a fun interview…it was very random, it felt more like we were b.s.’ing & goofing about random stuff. Double R summed it up by saying it felt like we were hanging out with them in a living room. Somehow during the interview we created things we can all do while they are in town on Friday, November 20th…we basically came up with the Ultimate Broken Lizard Man-Date! Here are some of the stuff we came up with:
Go to Pike Place and toss fish
Ride the Ducks
Play softball at Safeco Field
Go to the Space Needle
Go to my house & watch On Demand movies
I got this email today…
Hey Steve,
Read the blog and saw how you liked the Humptulips river. Thought you would get a kick out of hearing that Sequim WA actually has a road called "kitchendick rd". I kid you not. mapquest it if you dont believe me lol
JB
So after many requests, we got Intern Vicky Barcelona to sing Pearl Jam with a lot more jam in her mouth so that it sounds sloppier. Not only did it sound sloppier, it looked sloppier too...check out the video:
Today’s Video Blog features…yup, you guessed it…Intern Vicky!!!!
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