Contrary to what has been represented to the press, VAWA is completely discriminatory and hence unconstitutional. Its very name reveals that it only provides resources for female victims. Male victims of female violence are ignored. N.O.W. and other proponents of VAWA have misled the public and our elected officials regarding the true nature and scope of domestic violence. Contrary to the claims of VAWA advocates, domestic violence is not overwhelmingly acts of violence committed by men against their intimate female partners.
Most domestic violence is perpetrated against children, and most often the perpetrator is female.
VAWA is many things to many people. In other words, full-employment for all the people who earn their living in part by contributing to fatherlessness, the nation's number one social problem. VAWA is not that legislation. It is illegal for Congress to make laws that deny equal protection of the law, and to fund any program that discriminates based on sex. I am a member of the Fatherhood Coalition , a Massachusetts statewide organization advocating for father's rights since 1994.