Women Nazi?

Ever heard of the term "Women Nazi"? Well this nickname was given to the cops around Canada. Many people back in the late 1990s called cops this way because they did not believe in the wife assault law. What is the wife assault law? When a woman is physcially abused by their husband or significant other, all they have to do is call the cops and the police officer will come and arrest him right away. Now I was ment to interview a sociologist professor Terri Petkau but she was busy so she had sent me her link http://www.batteredmen.com/. Terri Petkau did a study on what wife assault is and why police officers did not agree with it. There were many different reaons but the one that I found interesting and not fair, was the fact that many women take advantage of this system. Police officers say that most women use wife assault as self-defense during a disagreement or retaliation. Then many women do not want to charge their significant other and take them back. And it is in an on going process. Many innocent men get arrested for no valid reason because they did not hit their wife or hit a woman. This law is highly praised by feminists and believe that in theory this is an accomplishment and is good for women that they do not need to be scared anymore and there is justice. But in reality many women are just taking advantage of this and police officers notice this. They feel like they are in a middle of a domestic dispute when they recieve the calls. So really, do police officers deserve this title?

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