tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000251005810058047.post8757926062767933725..comments2023-10-27T03:42:10.857-04:00Comments on Artful Articulations: Domestic violence laws do violence to civil rightsDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18240902108412357968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000251005810058047.post-84503631206198767702009-10-16T10:13:59.160-04:002009-10-16T10:13:59.160-04:00Curt,
I believe you're right. One of my earl...Curt,<br /><br />I believe you're right. One of my earlier posts I linked to above had these stats from a CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) study:<br /><br /><i>The most recent large-scale study of DV was conducted by Center for Disease Control and Prevention researchers and published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study, which surveyed 11,000 men and women, found that according to both men's and women's accounts, <b>50 percent of the violence in their relationships was reciprocal (involving both parties). In those cases, the women were more likely to have been the first to strike.</b> Moreover, when the violence was one-sided, both women and men said that women were the perpetrators about 70 percent of the time. [emphasis added]</i>Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240902108412357968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000251005810058047.post-76582510338952497132009-10-15T09:05:45.539-04:002009-10-15T09:05:45.539-04:00I was in a relationship once where my "partne...I was in a relationship once where my "partner" would attack me (usually under the influence) and basically dare me to hit her back...because if I had retaliated or even defended myself physically, she was going to call the police and report that I was abusing her.<br /><br />Fortunately, she wasn't strong enough to really hurt me and I wasn't stupid enough to take up her challenge. <br /><br />After the second time I had to call the police on her, it came to end poste-haste.<br /><br />Once may be an aberration. Twice is a trend. <br /><br />I have no doubt that had I struck her or even pushed her hard to defend against her attacks, she would have followed through with her threats and I would have ended up in jail.<br /><br />Later, after sobering up, she would have been really, really sorry, but there are no guarantees that a DA would drop the charges either. <br /><br />I sincerely believe that domestic violence is initiated at least as often by the woman in a relationship as the man...men just don't report it, or they are assumed to be the aggressor if they defend themselves.<br /><br />And vindictive women, knowing that it can ruin a man's life, absolutely will use it as a weapon to exact revenge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com