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VP Biden Charged With Misrepresentation: Abuse Statement Ignores Three Decades of Research, SAVE Says

Mastodon - Wed, 2012-08-01 22:14

Article here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON, Aug 1, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- A leading victim-advocacy group is charging Vice President Joe Biden with spreading one-sided and false information regarding domestic violence. Stop Abusive and Violent Environments says Biden's statement issued Tuesday (1) condones the cycle of violence by ignoring the widespread problem of female abusers and male victims.

Female-initiated aggression is the leading risk-factor for women becoming injured by an intimate partner, reveals a research summary by Sandra Stith, PhD (2). And according to Martin Fiebert, PhD of California State University, 286 research studies conducted over the last 30 years show "women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners" (3).'