Domestic Violence: ‘Are the local women abusing expatriate men?’ Zan Lewis asks
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It was on Talking Points on ZBVI 780 AM on October 28, 2024, that Gender Affairs Coordinator Patricia Hackett disclosed that for 2024, up to September, 103 women were reported victims of domestic violence, with 23 being serious assaults.
High number of male victims of domestic violence
Hacket also revealed that 65 men were victims of domestic violence and that 1 matter was of sexual assault, 8 were serious assaults, and 56 cases were minor assaults.
“Zan [Lewis] wants to know if it is the local women abusing expatriate men?” Co-host Damion C. Grange informed.
Hackett said she didn’t have those figures and noted that she doesn’t think police collect data based on nationality and jurisdiction, “but that’s a very good question.”
“But regardless of where you are from and you live here, you are part of the society…so whether you are from Trinidad or Grenada and you are being abused or you are the abuser you should be dealt with the same way…” Hackett added.
“Maybe Zan just needed an opportunity to vent or tell his story,” Mr Grange quipped.
Power & control
Earlier, Hackett noted that most domestic violence cases are about power and control and noted that developing healthy relationships would curb domestic violence cases.
“A person might want to control for different reasons: for finances, living conditions, the person [the victim] might not have anywhere to live and he or she [the abuser] is the person who has the residence where you can live, you have a lot of power and control that could take place there. So you have to do as he says or she says,” Hackett stated.
She added that from her “experience working in this area” for a number of years, some of the things that women experience as victims, men experience them too and, in some instances, worse.
VI too small for such high numbers- Hackett & Mrs BVI
Hackett also said the population of the Virgin Islands is too small for the type of domestic violence numbers being recorded. “These are very, very high numbers.”
Another guest of the show, Mrs BVI Rhonda R, Victor-Pinnock, who is a domestic violence survivor, agreed that the numbers were too and that it may even be higher.
“These are the record numbers, imagine those that are not recorded.”
Victor-Pinnock also said being Mrs BVI and having a platform has presented the opportunity where several males have approached her to share their domestic violence stories, “and it’s quite alarming because some of these males never reported the issue because of the fear and stigma that is associated with reporting such incidents.”
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26 Responses to “Domestic Violence: ‘Are the local women abusing expatriate men?’ Zan Lewis asks”
yes! the girl from butu mountain who married to the do****** dude he is mentally drain from her and her entire family
I too was one of them.
So wat u trying to say the local men cant $#@ good?
Let it be known that these BVI are fa
Populated by a diverse group from many different countries.
However,one demographic stands out in the negative social context...crime of all description and has been a "Black" stain effective with their
massive influx as immigrants both legal and illegally. How and why these once outstanding in character,living,decency and economy not curb/ reject this virus? There is zero need for them. Their countries overflow with Natursl resources
Policemen from afar at an alarmingly amount is useless as demonstrated in the countries from where these folks originate. To quote a local utterance.." Dem mek de dawg sik" Self destruct buttered with blame de whyte man. A pathetic state and predictable future for the not too.long ago pure and serene BVI,why did you adopt the self destruct method comparable with your neighboring islands and distant neighborhoods in the US and UK.