From: Tom Chandel
To: eaull@pressherald.com
""If there was an arrest, he's probably pretty (angry)," said Heidi Leinonen of Caring Unlimited, a Sanford-based domestic-violence prevention agency."
Excuse me - *He's* probably angry? It is never a *she*?
Tell that to Mark Dugas who was stabbed in the chest by his wife when she was out on bail for assaulting him.
Funny how the Domestic Violence crowd is silent about that. I guess they think it's a just a fine thing when a woman would kill a man with domestic violence. Heck, it probably makes them happy, a chance for a woman to "become empowered by the overthrow of the patriarchy" or some such.
Anyway, the gender reference in your article, even though it is attributed to someone else, reveals your own (and your editor's) personal bias about domestic violence.
And, by reinforcing the gender stereotype, your article reinforces the distorted view of domestic violence that allowed the Dugas jury to come to such an unjust conclusion.
From: "Aull, Elbert"
To: 'Tom Chandel'
Tom Chandel,
Perhaps the quote is important because it reveals the domestic violence crowd's gender bias when it comes to those cases, rather than mine or that of my editor. I would suggest referencing the quote as evidence of your claim that the domestic violence crowd is silent about acts of hostility towards men in a letter to the editor.
Elbert Aull