Monday, December 6, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
Wife batterers
Continued from Paee 3
In the women's case the same man who supposedly
loves her also batters her. The relationship connises and
frightens the victim, Ganley said.
The untrained observer does not understand why
women do not simply leave the men who batter them,
Ganley said. Men who batter often threaten to kill women
if they try to leave. The abuser may also threaten to take
his own life or the lives of children or relatives of the
woman, she said. , v-
Harsh economic realities sometimes force a woman to
remain with the man who abuses, her. In many situations
she continues to .stay, hoping the violence will end,
Ganley said.
Stress may "trigger" battering, but it is not the cause
of battering, Ganley said. The point becomes clear, she
said, when you realize that men without much stress
may batter their wives and other men who may have
very high stress levels do not.
Cindy Kadavy, staff member of the Friendship Home
shelter for abused women and their children in Lin
coln, said Ganley's treatment philosophy will break what
she called "the cycle of violence."
Children influenced
Men who batter influence children who grow up and
often repeat the pattern, Kadavy said. In that manner,
violence can be carried down through generations, she
said.
There are two major stereotypes of men , who batter,
and they are both incorrect, Ganley said. Many people
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think men who batter are all members of a lower socio
economic class and have a dependence on alcohol or
drugs.
"There is always the notion, that battering is going on
in 'another' group," Ganley said. "The reality is that the
men come from all groups and all classes of society."
Alcohol or drugs is not the usual cause of battering,
Ganley said.
In all comparisons of men who batter, the only thing
they have in common is battering, she said. The reasons
why they do it differ from case to case.
The legal system provides the best means for stopping
battering for two reasons, Ganley said. First, it makes
the offender face the fact that he has commited a grime
and is responsible for it. Also, court-ordered counseling
for batterers ensures that they will complete a counsel
ing program successfully. Many men who begin counsel
ing on a voluntary basis drop out because recalling their
attacks causes them pain, she said.
Mandatory counseling desired
Ganley said she would like to see a mandatory counsel
ing period of one year for batterers. Currently, in states
which have such programs, the average treatment time is
six to nine months, she said. During that time physical
attacks can usually be stopped. However, psychological
battering takes at least a year to correct, she said.
"Protecting" men from the legal consequences of their
actions only promotes continued violence, Ganley said.
Some men "learn" to batter based on what occurs after,
the first physical assault, she said. If the attack is not
reported, it may reinforce the acceptance of the batter
ing in the mind of the attacker.
Children can be direct attack victims or secondary
victims by witnessing violence, Ganley said. Often child
ren manifest symptoms of abuse by attempting or
threatening to commit suicide, and violence against peers
or family members. Recent statistics show that 63 per
cent of male children between the ages of 1 1 and 20 who
murder someone, murder their father who was battering
their mother, Ganley said.
Therapy for the victim and the abuser are handled
separately to avoid delays in progress, Ganley said. In
working with couples or families together, she said, she
finds too much minimizing and, denial of the violence to
"make any progress.
Counseling cannot eliminate the problems that may
face a man, but his response to those problems can be
changed from violent to constructive methods, Ganley
said.
CFA works to give students best deal
By Peggy Polacek
Giving students the best
deal for the least amount
of money continues to be
the goal of the Committee
on Fee Allocations, said
John Leif, CFA chairper
son. "I hope CFA can work
to obtain this goal," Leif
said, "and it looks right
now that we will accomp
lish our task. With the
enthusiasm and dedication
displayed in the first sem
ester, we hopefully will
continue this in the next
semester."
CFA will begin their
budget approval tasks next
semester, begining Jan. 11.
The committee will meet
on Tuesday and Thursday
during the first five weeks.
Established -by ASUN,
CFA is composed of five
ASUN senators and six
students elected at large.
The chancellor makes final
decisions on Fund A allo
cations, while the NU Board
of Regents, upon the re
commendation of the chan
cellor, decides on Fund B
allocations.
According to UNL By
laws, the total of Univer
sity Program and Facility
Fees (UPFF) are divided
into Fund A and Fund B
fees. Fund A fees support
programs and activities
managed by student
groups. Fund B is used
for staff, salaries and oper
ating costs for student
services and facilities and
to make bond payments.
Organizations that use
CFA allocated fees are:
ASUN, Nebraska State Stu
dent Association, the Daily
Nebraskan and University
Program Council as Fund
A users, and the recreation
department, Nebraska
Unions and University
Health Center as Fund B
users.
Earlier this year, CFA
delegated salary adjustment
powers to the regents. Now
CFA must concentrate on
representing students by
telling fee users and admin
istration how fee money is
to be spent. CFA must
carefully examine the bud
gets presented and ques
tion anything out of
line, making any needed
modifications.
All CFA members re
alize their responsibility to
the UNL students, Leif
said, and all members are
motivated to do their best
because of this responsibil
ity. Committee members
are responding positively
to their responsibilities this
year, he said, and added
that he hopes they will
continue to do their best.
Communications created
some problems for CFA
last year, Leif " ' s
a former CFA memu
as the current chairperson,
he said he hopes to keep
business running smoothly
so members can make edu
cated decisions based on
knowledge and logic.
As a voting CFA mem
ber, Leif said, he hopes to
discover what services need
to be offered to students
and then decide on the
money needed to offer
those services.
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