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One non PC conclusion you can draw from this is that domestic violence arises partly from the behavior of the victim.
The researchers found clear evidence for a "cycle of violence" among men and women--with
childhood exposure to family violence increasing the likelihood of either instigating or being the
victim of violence as an adult. However, in the current issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family,
the authors point out that gender appeared to affect how this cycle played out.
Women who had both witnessed violence between their parents and were victims of parental
abuse themselves were twice as likely to abuse their partner or children than mothers exposed to
only one or the other.
Women appeared to be most greatly influenced by their mother's behavior. The likelihood a
woman would abuse her child rose, they noted, with every witnessed incident in which their
mother had attacked their father. Also, the investigators found that each incident increased the
likelihood that a woman would abuse her partner by 6%.
In the case of men, however, Heyman and Slep observed that while exposure to childhood
violence was also associated with current partner and child abuse, the likelihood of such abuse
was not diminished if the father had witnessed only one form of parental abuse.
On the other hand, exposure to multiple forms of childhood violence did increase the likelihood that
men would become victims of partner abuse. Each act of abuse by the man's father and mother
raised the likelihood of being the victim of current partner abuse by about 10%.
This violence association held for women as well, with every act of abuse by the woman's mother
raising the likelihood of being the victim of current partner abuse by 35%, the report indicates.
Men appeared to be most greatly influenced by their father's behavior. Each time a man had
witnessed his father attacking his mother, the likelihood he would abuse a child or partner rose by
13% and 8%, respectively.
Those who like this sort of thing
will find this the sort of thing they like.
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The striking thing about this article is not what they say but what they don't say. They are specific about percentages and recurring violence but they don't tell you what percentage of the sample population they consider to have been abused and what percentage of that population goes on to abuse. They of course don't talk about % of women and % of men in that population. That would be very interesting to know. I am going to dig to find this research. Heymen seems to have done a good deal of research on violence and what he has done has titles that seem to be feminist oriented. The one important finding that flies in the face of the fems is that it is the girl's mother's violence that predicts the girl's future violence. If you look at most of the DV factoids you will see that they always point towards the fathers as being the role models for violence.
Stand Your Ground
Stand Your Ground Forum
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Spit on me if this is not true, but according to the talk shows that I've been watching lately, some daughters [and sons] are even more abusive towards their parents! In addition, it's not just the violence, but they even call them names, dress derogatorily, do drugs, and sleep around. So before you go grunting and sweating on mothers and fathers being abusive, you'd better start focusing on the child's violent actions.
And another thing, speaking of Eminem's misogyny, I am starting to understand his pain behind his violent lyrics about being swerved by his mother and his then girlfriend! It's starting to all make sense!
Emmanuel Matteer Jnr.
Emanslave@aol.com
*****MASCULISM IS A BLACK MALE'S BEST FRIEND!!!!!*****
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And isn't it interesting that Eminem is called a "misogynist" for his lyrics, But women like the Dixie chicks, Paula Abdul, Madonna and Shania Twain get a pass no matter how much anti-male garbage THEY spew?
Oh, by the way. Shania Twain claims to be American-Indian. Don't you beleive it, folks.
She was raised by an American Indian Man. But she doesn't have a DROP of Indian blood in her, from what I understand.
Shania, take your medicine and quit hateing men and trying to be an Indian, will ya?
Thundercloud.
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