soc.women

On Jul 2, 10:25 pm, "simple_langu...@ "
wrote:
> Nearly twice as many women as men said they perpetrated domestic
> violence in the past year.
> source: /2007/06/nearly-twice-as-many-women-as-men...

According to the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention circa. 2000,

"Intimate partner violence is pervasive in . society. Nearly 25
percent of surveyed women and percent of surveyed men said they
were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse,
cohabiting partner, or date at some time in their lifetime;

Stalking by intimates is more prevalent than previously thought.
Almost 5 percent of surveyed women and percent of surveyed men
reported being stalked by a current or former spouse, cohabiting
partner, or date at some time in their lifetime;

Women experience more intimate partner violence than do men. The NVAW
survey found that women are significantly more likely than men to
report being
victims of intimate partner violence whether it is rape, physical
assault, or stalking and whether the timeframe is the person's
lifetime or the previous 12 months.

These findings support data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics'
National Crime Victimization Survey, which consistently show women are
at significantly greater risk of intimate partner violence than are
men.

Violence perpetrated against women by intimates is often accompanied
by emotionally abusive and controlling behavior.

Women experience more chronic and injurious physical assaults at the
hands of intimate partners than do men.

Women living with female intimate partners experience less intimate
partner
violence than women living with male intimate partners. Slightly more
than 11
percent of the women who had lived with a woman as part of a couple
reported being raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked by a female
cohabitant, but percent of the women who had married or lived
with a man as part of a couple reported such violence by a husband or
male cohabitant."

Thought it would be nice to inject some actual FACTS into the
discussion.