3-Year-Old Xavier Mokarzel-Satchel Violently Beaten to Death by His Mother's Girlfriend and Her Mother
This is one of the most disgustingly offensive things I've seen in a long time.
According to BET
A child from Pine Hills, Florida, died as the result of a brutal beating at the hands of his mother’s partner and her partner’s mother on Friday.
Three-year-old Xavier Mokarzel-Satchel was beaten with a plastic wand inside a Pine Hills apartment by Lakesha Lewis (pictured, left) and her mother, Callene Barton (pictured, right). Both women are facing first-degree felony murder and aggravated child abuse charges while Xavier’s mother, Brandi Mokarzel (pictured, center), is charged with neglect of a child, reported the Orlando-Sentinel.
"Where was the father?" you might ask:
Xavier’s father, Jaquan Satchel, who lives in Spokane, Wash., said he hadn’t seen his son in two years. Satchel, 27, dated Mokarzel for about four years before they separated and she moved away.
“The kid was a ball of sunshine,” Satchel told the Sentinel. “Every day was amazing. I got to joke and laugh with him.”
Cultural Discrimination Against Fathers
I can't say conclusively about this case that the father was discriminated against regarding child custody -- for all I know, they were agreed that the child would stay with the mother after breakup -- but it is a fact that many state governments in the US discriminate against fathers with a program known as the the Duluth Model:
The mission of Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs is to end violence against women. We give voice to diverse women who are battered by translating their experiences into innovative programs and institutional changes that centralize victim safety. We partner with communities worldwide to inspire the social and political will to eliminate violence against women and their families.
Emphasis mine.
What is the problem with the Duluth Model? Well, primarily, it doesn't even admit the fact that violence from women is possible, and offers ZERO protection for men and even lesbian women in abusive relationships.
There have been many cases of lesbians seeking help in states that operate the Duluth Model and being turned away because, according to the official program, it is impossible for women to be abusers and therefore lesbians cannot be in abusive relationships.
This does not conflate with reality, as it turns out that statistically lesbian relationships are the most likely to be abusive:
The National Violence Against Women survey found that 21.5 percent of men and 35.4 percent of women living with a same-sex partner experienced intimate-partner physical violence in their lifetimes, compared with 7.1 percent and 20.4 percent for men and women, respectively, with a history of only opposite-sex cohabitation.
This means that men and women are more likely to be abused with a same-sex partner than an opposite-sex one, no matter the sex of the couple.
Denial of Reality is Killing Children
Child abuse is something that concerns me greatly.
As a peaceful parent, I do not believe in any physical punishment or repercussion against children. And when I see the statistics that show how dangerous women can be towards their partners and children, and that these statistics are completely ignored because it doesn't fit the prevailing social narrative (men are always abusers, women are always victims), then I know that things need to change.
Keep in mind, I'm not saying that men aren't abusive nor am I giving men a free pass in any way. What I'm saying is that female abuse is minimized and/or completely ignored in many places -- such as my home state of Washington, which operates the Duluth Model of domestic violence, where women are always the victims of male aggression -- and it is putting women and children at risk.
Forever be marked,those who abuse,rape and kill children!
Forever.
sad news...
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Abuse in any form is horrifying and should be dealt with harshly. Preconceived gender stereotypes are definitely a major problem, in all areas of life!
We have the ability to gather accurate data about these things, which should allow us to make rational decisions. Many people are simply not enlightened enough to do that, unfortunately.
Two wrongs don't make a right. I agree with the article that the stereotypes aren't helping anyone, but harshing on harsh people is not going to make harsh people act right in the future and will likely make them act harsher even. The point that I wanna make is that everyone fucks up, and punishment doesn't magically turn on and work for people after they're a kid or before they're an adult. Punishment doesn't work for kids as it equally doesn't work for adults, and it won't do anything for the victim. Is it right, yes, it is a form of vengeance, retribution, but is it sensible anymore, is it understanding and proactive, hardly.
I get what you are saying. But how effective is corrective treatment? Once people are so desperately maladjusted they can do this to a child is there really any hope. Society needs to be built from the foundations up.
On another note, if someone abused my child at all I would maim or kill. I am not forgiving when it comes to my family.
Isn't coercive treatment an euphemism for punishment? How effective are the alternatives to punishment? Like forgiveness? You shouldn't ask me that, you should ask yourself that.
You are right I should.
It's horrible. Children is our future. Children must be loved.