@lurker172602 wrote:
How many men each week?
I doubt that too many people would argue with you that more DV perpetrators where men than woman, but I suspect there is a massive under reporting of DV by woman towards their children or partners. Reasons for this could include
* Social stereotyping....ie only men commit DV. This being a message constantly pushed by some of the men haters in the feminist movement
* Social stereotyping that says men should be the strong leader in the family and shame they feel at being abused by their partner mean they often don't report
* The fact that men are physically stronger means that unless weapons are used, they often inflict greater physical damage than woman
* An institutional system that is geared towards protecting and providing refuge for woman and children rather than men. Woman are still regarded as the principle carers for children. ( more social stereotyping that needs to be addressed if we are to have genuine equality for woman )
* This institutional prejudice means that men who are being physically or psychologically abused by their partner often just quietly leave the house and the relationship, rather than working through a biased system geared towards woman. Oh did you hear so and so have just split up. He's living with his brother now.
And here's a link from the W.H.O that provides another shade of grey to the issue of domestic violence. Victims of domestic violence as children, often go on to become perpetrators in later life. The damage DV causes is traumatising and can cause enormous social dysfunction and psychiatric illness in later life. That perpetrator you love to hate may also be the victim you didn't protect. More compassion and understanding is needed if we are to really make inroads into the problem of domestic violence.
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/98783/E90619.pdf
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