GirlsAskGuys and RAVEN partner up!
March 15, 2012 at 2:47 pm girlsaskguys 5 comments
Last year, GirlsAskGuys member A_Guy suggested a terrific idea – adding a charity donation as an option to redeem Xper Points! We took his suggestion and put it to work, adding an option to redeem Xper points to make a donation to charity: water, a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. The result: an overwhelming success. GirlsAskGuys members redeemed enough points to meet our goal of $1000 for charity: water to fund a drilling rig in northern Ethiopia.
GirlsAskGuys has chosen our 2nd charity for this initiative: RAVEN, a non-profit organization dedicated to domestic violence intervention and prevention. RAVEN is recognized nationally as a key part of the movement to stop the cycle of violence in our families and communities.
For 3000 Xper points, GirlsAskGuys will make a donation to RAVEN in the amount of $15, noting your user name. For 6000 Xper points, GirlsAskGuys will make a donation to RAVEN in the amount of $30, noting your user name. These dollars will go further their mission of ending violence against women and girls. To redeem Xper Points for a donation, simply Contact Us. To make a donation directly to RAVEN, visit the RAVEN Donation Page.
We are thrilled to offer this option to GirlsAskGuys members, and are honored to work with RAVEN!
Melissa
GirlsAskGuys.com Team
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1. simonthemagician | March 15, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Why is GAG supporting a charity that only believes in stopping violence against women and girls?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/05/men-victims-domestic-violence
Domestic violence will be taken seriously (and reduced) when organizations stop the obfuscation the truth that both men and women commit and are victims of, domestic violence.
GAG, I’m disappointed.
2. Moaterboat | September 11, 2012 at 1:08 am
No where in this blog post or in the accompanying link to the Raven site does it say, or even imply, that this Raven group is dedicated towards stopping violence specifically against females. Perhaps you should be disappointed in yourself for jumping to conclusions.
3. Stubbsy | March 25, 2012 at 6:45 am
I agree that men do suffer from domestic violence, but the majority of victims are among the women, so I support the cause, because women should be protected against this sort of violence among other sorts of violence as well, and the only reason support for the man is scarce, is because its rare or lightly reported.
4. BC | November 14, 2012 at 10:44 pm
Actually it is nearly 50/50 although, I do believe in any effort to stop any form of domestic violence. You are correct about the reasons of why men hardly get the support they need. Psychology teaches us men hold things in because that is in our upbringing. As you said, Men can report domestic violence but, it is in the minority, I am a survivor of domestic violence, never reported. – Male also
5. MrNiceGuy2 | January 19, 2013 at 10:12 am
I to am a man who has become the victim of domestic violance to a degree, I’m also a man or at least would like to think so, yet the shame of discovery is more than just simply admitting it, although it is a start. So what went wrong? She was independent, aggressive and physcially stronger. When we were married the latter was not an issue, but as time passed and differences of opinion became evident, she took the position of taking advantage. I can’t say that I wasn’t currious of her prowest, actually I admired her physcial strength it was a benefit to be straight about it. But she on the other hand decided more was better than less, joined a gym hooked up with other like minded and eventually worked out her frustrations on me. How does a guy report this kind of behavior, who do you talk to? Especially when i allowed to go on until it became brutal and I’m not exagerating! The shame of being less a man the virbal humilation directed at me, was more than i could handle. What if other’s found out, family, friends, I was the abused man???? Yikes! We are no longer together, dealing with it is not easy, where does a humilated man go for help???