Erin Pizzey — Founder of the Modern Women's Shelter Movement

For more than two decades we have been exposed to never-ceasing and ever-increasing propaganda to create sympathy for battered wives. Nobody deserves to be treated violently. However, not every woman who is being battered is simply a victim. Countless members of both genders are 'prone to violence', victims of a deep-seated addiction to violence—both as victims and victimizers, vectors in the never-ending cycle of family violence.

As grim as the reality of these facts is, there are possible solutions that can cut the vicious circle of violence that has our society in its tightening grip, in spite of the attempts of the battered women's shelters advocates who have not had all that much success with their aims since Erin Pizzey wrote her book Prone to Violence.

Prone to Violence was boycotted by radical feminists to such an extent that a search of all libraries in the world that could be accessed from the US Library of Congress through the Inter-Library Network in 1996 revealed a total of 13 listings in the whole World.

I did a search in November 1997, of university- and other on-line catalogues showing library listings. I found two listings in Canada. One was at the University of Alberta Library, the other at the University of Toronto. Look for the book in bookstores. If you should happen to find a copy, hang on to it. It is a rarity and possibly worth quite a bit now — very likely far more so in the future, once the insanity of the destruction of our families is recognized as such.

Prone to Violence, thoroughly boycotted and totally censored by the feminists, is accessible now on the Internet, but for those who would like to have a hard copy on hand to be able to read it more comfortably if they don't have the need to do word searches, it is now back in print.

ABOUT ERIN PIZZEY

Erin Patria Pizzey, nee Carney. da Cyril Carney MBE Diplomatic Service (d 1980)m. Ruth Patricia Last. b. 19 Feb. 1939. Educ. Leweston Manor, Sherbourne Dorest; m 1961 9m dis 1979) 1.Amos b1976, d.cleo b. 1961. 7 adopted sons, grandchildren, Keita Craig b. 21 Apr 1977 Amber Craig b 24 Jan. 1979. Dymitri Scott b 24 Jan. 1990.

Career:

International author USA Harper Collins. Translation rights to: Japan, Russia, Greece, Brazil, Poland, Latvia, Israel, Italy, Hungary, Turkey. All English speaking countries. Published poet and playwright. International founder of refuges for battered women and children working in the field of Domestic Violence.

Awards:

International Order of volunteers For Peace, Diploma Of Honour (Italy) 1981. Nancy Astor Award for Journalism 1983. World congress of Victimology (San Francisco) 1987. St. Valentino Palm d'Oro International Award for Literature, Italy, February 14th 1994.

Non fiction:

Scream quietly or the Neighbours will Hear, edited by Alison Forbes Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1974 (first book in the world on wife battering - out of print (the Edmonton Public Main Library has a listing)
Infernal Child - a memoir - out of print
Slut's Cookbook
Erin Pizzey Collects
Prone to Violence - working with violent women, out of print for a long time — now back in print (an on-line version is available too)
This Way to the Revolution: An Autobiography [Paperback, 356 pages]; Peter Owen Publishers; First edition (July 1, 2011)

Fiction:

The Watershed, London : H. Hamilton, 1983
In the Shadow of the Castle, London : Hamilton, 1984
Morningstar, London [England] : Harper Collins, 1992
The Pleasure Palace
First Lady
The Consul General's Daughter, London : Collins, 1988
The Snow Leopard Of Shanghai
Other Lovers, London : Collins, 1991
Swimming with Dolphins, London [England] : Harper Collins, 1993
For The Love Of A Stranger
Kisses, London [England] : Harper Collins Publishers, 1995
Described by Erin Pizzey as being her most anti-feminist book
Reviews and Ordering
The wicked World of Women, London [England] : Harper Collins Publishers, c1996.
The Fame Game (in progress)
Hugs and Kisses (in progress)

Short Stories:

The Man In The Blue Van
The Frangipani Tree
Addictions
Dancing
Sand

Contributed to The New Statesman, The Sunday Times, Cosmopolitan. Contributed to journals and newspapers internationally and completed two world tours lecturing on domestic violence and helping to set up refuges. Invited by the German Government to Berlin to speak and to show my film 'SCREAM QUIETLY OR THE NEIGHBOURS WILL HEAR.' 1977 Lunch of honour on Capitol Hill sponsored by Congresswoman Lindy Boggs and Congressman Newton-Steer. 1978 invited by Mental Health Association of New Zealand to give lecture tour. 1979 invited by US Government and sponsored by The Salvation Army to do a second lecture tour of 21 cities. 1979 film SCREAM QUIETLY OR THE NEIGHBOURS WILL HEAR aired twice nationally on PBS in America. 1982 asked to be resident expert on family Violence show on 'Phil Donahue.' 1884 gave evidence in San Antonio, Texas to President Reagan's Attorney General's Task Force on Family Violence. Guest of honour in Rome of a conference of women International Supreme Court Judges, 1994.

Films, interviews and documentaries:

Scream Quietly Or The Neighbours Will Hear;
Chiswick Women's Aid - a teaching film;
That Awful Woman - my work in America;
Cutting Edge Channel 4 Sanctuary;
Who's Failing the Family? (Documentary — Broadcast on BBC2, Mar. 30, 1999). See also related article.
Dads on the Air | THE ERIN PIZZEY INTERVIEW (by John Stapleton, May 22, 2007; transcript)
On the slogan "From the personal to the political" and about the beginnings of modern feminism (a.k.a. radical- or Marxist feminism), on YouTube (via Man, Woman and Myth)

Recreations:

Reading, writing, cooking, antiques, violin, gardening, wine, food and travel.

The following are links to miscellaneous of her writings:

Domestic Violence is not a Gender Issue (2005 commentary)
The Planned Destruction of the Family — short essay
Opinions about Prostitution — discussion via e-mail messages
Working with violent Women — discussion paper.
This discussion paper has been translated into Spanish, under the title of
TRABAJANDO CON MUJERES VIOLENTAS, and into German, under the title Gewalt von Frauen.
Aerobics — a poem about a 'different' life style
Domestic Violence — e-mail message in response to the release of B.o.J. Statistics
How The Women's Movement Taught Women to Hate Men — an essay recounting experiences
Why I, as an ardent anti-feminist, feel sorry for women — draft of an article for the London Daily Mail, 97 12 11
VAWA II Must Be Stopped — written in response to remarks by Professor Ruth Wisse, from Harvard, about women's liberation for Fathers Day 1998
WHEN DID YOU LAST BEAT YOUR WIFE? — written for the 1998 07 05 edition of The Observer, a very major Sunday paper in England
Comments on A Lesbian Domestic Violence Brochure
A weekend with Erin Pizzey — Family Conflict Workshop in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1998 09 26
Who's Failing the Family — Article published in The Scotsman 30.3.99.
FRAGILE — Article published in The Observer, 2000 04 09 — An obituary by Erin Pizzey, describing the life of her grandson and the circumstances of his death. He committed suicide.
No More War — Article published in The Irish Times, June 9, 2000.
Women or Men Who Are The Victims? (Dec. 2000) — a chapter from the book, and an article produced from that chapter: From the Personal to the Political
THOSE TO WHOM EVIL IS DONE DO EVIL IN RETURN: Anna Climbie — The death of a child, and society's inability to see evil
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
To my darling son, soon to be a father (Poem, 2002 04 26)
A response to Extremist and cunning misandry (e-mail 2004 02 22)

How feminists tried to destroy the family
Daily Mail
Last updated at 23:19pm on 22nd January 2007

Erin Pizzey, founder of the battered wives' refuge, on how militant feminists - with the collusion of Labour's leading women - hijacked her cause and used it to try to demonise all men. (Full Story)

Erin Pizzey, champion of women's rights, says radical feminist plans to let victims of domestic abuse get away with murder are an affront to morality (Daily Mail [UK], July 29, 2008; Full Story)

What others say about Erin Pizzey:

Domestic violence can't be a gender issue, The Guardian, November 26, 2001
Neutralizing Hostility between the Sexes : Solving the Problem of Domestic Violence with the Bigger Picture
Transcript of a speech by Chris Erickson honouring Erin Pizzey at Toronto Mensa's Annual Regional Gathering, October 19, 2002