NLA International has called on the Leather/SM/Fetish community to take the lead in reducing domestic violence through education.

NO GROUP IS FREE OF DOMESTIC BATTERING AND ABUSE, BUT FEAR, DENIAL AND LACK OF KNOWLEDGE HAVE SLOWED PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THIS SERIOUS SOCIETAL PROBLEM.

NLA:I is committed to reducing this violence by attempting to:

1. Show that community action can reduce domestic violence.

2. Hold batterers accountable for choosing to be violent; to encourage victims to take legal actions; to deny drug or alcohol abuse excuses battering; and to encourage the batterer to seek treatment, and the victim to seek support.

3. Listen to and support those who have had the courage to tell us to help them end their shame and isolation.

4. Educate the legal and social service systems about the difference between consensual SM and domestic violence, and to encourage their appropriate intervention.

5. Take responsibility for educating our community about forms of domestic
abuse and their extent and severity.

6. Promote information and where to get help.

Domestic abuse takes many forms; physical violence, isolation, outright and subtle psychological or emotional abuse, economic control, sexual abuse, and the destruction of personal property. Non-consensual manipulation, terror and assaults are not part of Sadomasochism.

NLA advocates relationships and friendships based on personal responsibility, honesty and integrity in which power and pleasure derive from mutual respect.

For more info on NLA-I:

3439 N.E. Sandy Boulevard #155
Portland Oregon 97232
Mark Frazier (Co-chair)
(214) 559-3511

lhang@aol.com

 

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