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Male college students also victims of violence at girlfriends' hands

k-state.edu

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Thinking about a typical victim of college dating violence, you're probably imagining her, not him.

Yes, that's because the typical victim of dating violence is female. The article doesn't seem to show any sense of proportion, as if the existence of a woman abusing her male partner "disproves" research concentrating on the much more prevalent case.

For example, from wikipedia:

Men kill their female intimate partners at about four times the rate that women kill their male intimate partners. Research by Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD RN FAAN has found that at least two thirds of women killed by their intimate partners were battered by those men prior to the murder. She also found that when males are killed by female intimates, the women in those relationships had been abused by their male partner about 75% of the time.

I don't like when a problem that is largely committed by men to women is equivocated like this -- "it could happen to anyone!". Well, yes, but it probably won't.

I suppose the question then becomes, is the study of female parters abusing their male counterparts getting even 20% of the total number of relationship abuse stories?

You've confused violence with lethality. It's absolutely true that more male attacks against their partners are lethal. However, it is not true that most violence or even most violence serious enough to require first aid is committed by the male partner.

There have been dozens of studies conducted across multiple countries showing that very similar rates of men and women report being the victims of domestic violence (despite cultural norms that make male reporting difficult). Newer studies regarding the treatment of minor injuries sustained from DV are also actually show greater numbers of male victims of female attackers.

One of the biggest problems in dealing with this issue is the general incredulity the public have that women could be aggressors.

Several of these studies are listed at the bottom of this page: http://www.mensrights.com.au/page13y.htm

Crock. How many women compete in mass, let alone lean mass, or in reach with their boyfriends? How many have even gym-class experience of contact sports?

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