An Assault from PBS

Tonight PBS plans a frontal assault on fatherhood entitled Breaking the Silence. I am one of many fathers who has protested the airing of the film, as its contents are one-sided and portray only a negative picture of fatherhood. It is precisely this one-sided picture that put me on the street in 2003 and has kept me there ever since.

When I turned for help in 2003, I was told point-blank, "We don't give shelters to men." I was openly ridiculed. I've seen that in Los Angeles, men do receive help, but Montgomery County, MD apparently is above the law; I was told, "You know what you have to do; what are you going to do about it?" With those words, I was sent away. Such is what a male victim of domestic violence can expect in most cases. He can't take his children to safety because he will be charged with kidnapping -- why should I repeat what's written in the article in the link above? Men do not have full protection from the law, as I learned all too quickly. I've been on the street ever since because of it, and I don't expect to see much of a future because of it.

Many other men are protesting the PBS film; fathers' rights groups are making massive appeals to have the film pulled. Feminist groups are pushing equally hard to air the film, and PBS will bow to whichever power it chooses. My own feelings I have stated already; I can only regard the film as a frontal assault from PBS.