Inappropriate
I was concerned by Ivor Williams' letter (BDN, 12/12) which appears to be making light of domestic violence or, worse still, victim blaming.
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If Mr Williams seriously believes lack of cooking skills is justification for violence then perhaps those men that feel so strongly should go and learn to cook for themselves.
Also domestic violence perpetrators should be taking behavioural change classes.
Finally I do not believe it is appropriate that a letter trivialising and justifying domestic violence should be published in the first place.
Mara Roberts
Tura Beach
Pearl of wisdom
Another pearl of wisdom on offer from our favourite local misogynist Ivor G Williams (BDN, 12/12).
This time a very "concerned" Sir Williams, a knight on a quest, dishes up a stunningly simple solution to temper domestic violence by venturing forth the claim that if only all young girls were forced to take cooking classes at school, domestic harmony would rapidly ensue in every household across the land.
Mr Williams you may be confident your letter has fulfilled its intended purpose.
Your musings have no doubt incited countless females practising the swing of their skillets in one hard downward motion.
You may also have stirred the dormant desires of the ladies to demonstrate their most creative cooking for you everywhere you go.
It would hardly surprise anyone who has read your letter, if you should find your next Chicken A'la King discreetly laced with a generous dose of rat droppings and laxatives.
Your reference to taking Mylanta suggests that someone has already made regular, but unsuccessful attempts to poison you.
I wonder why?
Furthermore Mr Williams, it is highly unlikely that you should ever come to suffer the ghastly trials of having any a female wishing to make herself pretty for you.
Charlotte Lyngbye
Bega
No laughing matter
Ivor Williams is absolutely correct when he offers his own no doubt well-researched pontifications on the causes of domestic violence - it happens to women for reasons as trivial as burning the potatoes.
Mr Williams may also be aware of this from the ABC News of May 6, 2014 - "Domestic violence is the leading cause of death and injury in women under 45, with more than one woman murdered by her current or former partner every week"
And when you've ceased to chortle over that little snippet Mr Williams, perhaps you'll find some laughs in the fact "there are young victims too, with more than one million children affected by domestic violence. Accounting for 40 per cent of police time, the cost to the economy is $13.6billion per year."
Perhaps those children should have done their homework with more enthusiasm and helped Mum with the washing up.
When faced with domestic violence, women and children now have nowhere to turn in the Bega Valley.
Our refuge remains closed, despite all the chatter from Mr Constance to the contrary.
Distressed families have been told to go as far afield as Darwin to seek shelter!
This is a joke, but few of us are smiling.
So yes, Ivor Williams, domestic violence is a crack-up, a real barrel of laughs.
Until it happens to your daughter, your granddaughter, or, god forbid, your wife.
Jo Dodds
Bega
Dishonourable
I am writing in response to Ivor G Williams' letter "Domestic Harmony" (BDN, 12/12).
If Mr Williams intended this to be a joke, it is absolutely not the slightest bit funny.
I suspect, however that he is very serious as he suggests that women who are bashed by their husbands have only themselves to blame.
According to Mr Williams, domestic harmony can only be achieved when the female provides outstanding meals for her husband and if a lump appears in the gravy, or indigestion results, then who could blame him for using his fists to rectify this appalling situation?
This dishonourable man should be prosecuted for inciting violence against women and "condemned to a lifetime of…half cooked potatoes and peas".
Domestic violence is a disgrace to our community and cannot be justified under any circumstances.
Trevor Taylor
Narooma