Weaponising banks against men

Note, there is an important real issue buried in the bank's financial abuse initiatives, and that is elder abuse. Financial abuse is the most common form of elder abuse – Australian Institute of Family Studies research shows 2% of elders have suffered financial abuse in the last 12 months, which compares to 1.6% of people suffering this abuse from a cohabiting partner, as found in the ABS's Personal Safety survey. But clearly most of the banks have other priorities.

One amusing sidenote. Even though the feminists realise they might need the muscle of new criminal coercive control laws, they do acknowledge this territory comes with the problem that women could also be identified as perpetrators. Here's a CommBank document on legal responses to financial abuse which warns about the "misidentification" of financial abuse victims – which is code for women being nailed instead of men.

They are right to be concerned. Psychologists at the University of Central Lancashire, who carried out the major research available on male victims of coercive control, report financial abuse was a major issue for many of these men: "Half of male victims had their earnings controlled as a pattern of abuse which in some cases led to men not being able to purchase food or clothing. Men were also expected to take on the burden of all household finances as almost two thirds of the female perpetrators refused to contribute to household bills and over half refused to work even if able to. Similar to women, some male victims were prevented from going to work, whereas almost one in three male victims were forced to go to work even when unwell."

Hmm, can you imagine the banks cutting off the accounts of women who refuse to work or contribute to household bills? That's clearly not going to happen. This whole outrageous exercise is simply the latest feminist weapon for targeting men, introduced without government oversight, parliamentary scrutiny nor community consultation. It must be stopped.