The long shadow of Joe Biden's legacy on Violence Against Women DemDebate
And one reason these draconian provisions passed with such overwhelming support was because Biden engineered it so a vote against the crime bill was a vote against women. Tucked inside that 1994 crime bill was the, a measure that meant $1.6 billion for rape crisis centers, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, battered women’s shelters, training law enforcement, and grants for police departments that created “pro-arrest programs.
When VAWA is discussed in the press, it’s often discussed separately from its crime bill origins—cast as a victory for women and proof of Biden’s longstanding commitment to women’s rights. But this sectioning off of VAWA matters. It obscures the law from its origin as well as some of its consequences, and allows Biden and his supporters to present a selective, rosy narrative of a good man trying to do right by women.
The major strategy relied on by the women’s anti-violence movement of criminalizing violence against women will not put an end to violence against women–just as imprisonment has not put an end to “crime” in general. I should say that this is one of the most vexing issues confronting feminists today. On the one hand, it is necessary to create legal remedies for women who are survivors of violence.
At the time VAWA was passed in 1994, appearing “tough on crime” was a reliable way for a politician to make a name for themselves. (While he was governor of Arkansas and campaigning for president in 1992, Bill Clinton
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