Question 10022 — assistance to victims

Summary

Mr. José Gonzalez draws the attention of the Minister to the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families, responsible for health and access to care, to the absence of a clear and visible national system dedicated to male victims of domestic violence. If the Government regularly recalls the existence of several call numbers (notably 116 006 and 3039), it is clear that their visibility public remains extremely weak in comparison with 3919, a recognized and widely publicized national number, but reserved for women. However, according to the Living Environment and Security survey conducted by INSEE and ONDRP, around 130,000 men are victims of domestic violence each year in France, or almost a third of the total victims recorded. These figures, although lower than those for women, reveal a reality that is too often overlooked: men can also suffer domestic and intra-family violence, whether physical, psychological, economic or sexual. Several studies also highlight that male victims are less likely than women to seek outside help. This is explained by social taboos, the fear of being perceived as weak, or the fear of not being taken seriously. In this context, the lack of visibility of a clear and recognized public system accentuates their isolation and reinforces the invisibility of their suffering. Protecting women and fighting against the violence they suffer, the scale and seriousness of which are indisputable, must remain a national priority. However, this imperative cannot justify trampling on the fundamental principle of equality in public service, by reducing to silence another category of victims. Every victim deserves to be listened to and supported. It is therefore not only a question of broadening the scope of 3919, the limits of which the Government has already specified in its responses to other parliamentarians, but rather of noting the insufficiency of concrete and constructive proposals on this subject. The challenge now is to open up real avenues for joint reflection in order to strengthen the protection of victims who are now forgotten, so that everyone benefits from protection without distinction. Consequently, the MP asks the Minister what concrete measures he intends to take to guarantee real equality of treatment and visibility between all victims. He asks him, in particular, if he intends to create an equivalent number specifically dedicated to men, benefiting from national visibility and massive communication campaigns, or, failing that, equip the existing systems (116 006, 3039) with means of communication and institutional recognition comparable to those of 3919. He finally asks if the Government recognizes that the current situation maintains a breach of equality and contributes to making male victims invisible, in contradiction with the republican principles of universality and equal treatment before public service.

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